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17-25 October 2026

De Voorkamer / in search of new intimacy

Hosted by De Voorkamer

This project is now archived and was part of DDW20

Sapin Makengele working on his design.
Sapin Makengele working on his design.
Photo by Alaa Khwies.
De Voorkamer is an open space to meet different cultures. We use design and culture to create an inclusive place. The function creative processes in De Voorkamer is to encourage and stimulate participation and inclusion - both crucial ingredients for integration and social cohesion.
In De Voorkamer we connect people from different cultural backgrounds by capitalising on talent. One of our core strenghts is that we actually develop everything that happens here together with and for our community. Everything in De Voorkamer has been de
Sapin Makengele's table top.
Sapin Makengele's table top.
Photo by Alaa Khwies.
Maher Sobhea's table top.
Maher Sobhea's table top.
Photo by Alaa Khwies.
Shurooq Al-Qasemi's table top.
Shurooq Al-Qasemi's table top.
Photo by Alaa Khwies.
Alaa Khwies's table top.
Alaa Khwies's table top.

About De Voorkamer

In 2016 De Voorkamer opened its doors in Utrecht, creating a cultural meeting space to promote inclusion and integration by stimulating and facilitating the talents of our diverse community. Since day one, we have striven to ensure the initiative is not only for our community, but created by them. We do this by working with small groups to establish creative and valuable connections through which to share and exchange inspiration and talents.

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Social designer & project coördinator & Table design Pim van der Mijl
Table design Sapin Makengele
Table design Alaa Khwies
Table design Shurooq Al-Qasemi
Table design Maher Sobhea