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17-25 October 2026

The Sustainable Society

What if... we could design our sustainable society together?

Hosted by Studio Tast, Joes+Manon, Marleen van Bergeijk, Karin Vlug & Iwan Pol

This project is now archived and was part of DDW19

Event type

Exhibition

Sustainable education
Sustainable education
Studio Tast & Darina Maulana

What does sustainability mean for people and their behaviour? And how can we design for a sustainable mindset? Five Dutch design studios challenge these questions in various contexts: Education (Studio Tast) Participation & co-design (Joes + Manon) Healthcare (Marleen van Bergeijk), Fashion (Karin Vlug) and Spatial Design (Iwan Pol).

These designers teamed up with five designers from Indonesia, Darina Maulana, Kamil Muhammed – pppooolll, Vivian Marentina, Ronaldiaz Hartantyo (Mycotech) Nidiya Kusmaya. Collaborating to find solutions for some of the complex challenges tha

UNMASKED - Visualizing air pollution data around you
UNMASKED - Visualizing air pollution data around you
Marleen van Bergeijk & Vivian Maretina
Co-Design in the slums of Jakarta
Co-Design in the slums of Jakarta
Joes + Manon
Bio-based materials: Mycelium Future
Bio-based materials: Mycelium Future
Ronaldiaz Hartantyo (Mycotech), Iwan Pol (Olasol), Nidiya Kusmaya & Karin Vlug

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Studio Tast, Joes+Manon, Marleen van Bergeijk, Karin Vlug & Iwan Pol
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About Studio Tast, Joes+Manon, Marleen van Bergeijk, Karin Vlug & Iwan Pol

The Sustainable Society is part of ‘What if Lab’ organised by Dutch Design Foundation in collaboration with the Dutch Embassy of the Netherlands in Indonesia, Erasmushuis Jakarta, BEKRAF and Dutch Culture. What if Lab challenges the business community and the design world to come up with specific answers to current issues. What if Lab is about exchange: companies and service organizations get the chance to work closely with professionals in design and designers get the chance can get caught up in large, more complex challenges. Both parties broaden their network at the same time.