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17-25 October 2026

VPRO x Dutch Design Week Live

PICTURE THIS: WE’RE DONE WITH THE THROWAWAY SOCIETY

Hosted by VPRO x Dutch Design Week

This project is now archived and was part of DDW23

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On Sunday 22 October, VPRO and Dutch Design Week (DDW) join forces for an interactive live show: designers, experts and you, search together for solutions to the current throwaway society. Brainstorm and talk with us!

PICTURE THIS

Picture this: a different future. Creating products without mining raw materials. Where consumption does not equal more waste. A future of reusing everything by transforming it into something new. Again and again.

THE PROGRAMME

Designer and Dutch Design Award winner Christien Meindertsma, photographer Kadir van Lohuizen and product designer Tjeerd Veenhuizen excite the audience with their design, photos and vision to really inspire changing the throwaway society. Social design studio Muzus interacts with the audience on the dilemmas of system change. And we offer stage to young talents from Eindhoven University of Technology and Design Academy Eindhvoen who are going to do things completely different. Should new products be designed at all? Moderation: Sophie Derkzen Afterwards, you can join everyone for a drink together and enjoy mouthwatering food by chef Merlijn Amaro. AFTER PARTY! After the live show we invite you to join the VPRO x DDW After Party, which we host in collaboration with Tegenlicht Meet-up Eindhoven. With drinks and food from chef Merlijn Amaro, stands from the Repair Café, the E-waste Race and more. Ample opportunity to discuss our future with each other and the guest speakers.

INFORMATION

VPRO x Dutch Design Week Live is free of charge. Please note that you DO need to register in advance through the button in the pop-up on the right side. This programme is in Dutch. Date: Sunday 22 October Doors open: 16:00 - 16:45 Time recording: 17:00 - 18:30 Time after-party: 18:30 - 21:00 Location : De Blauwe Zaal - Auditorium TU/e Campus Auditorium 5612 5612 AZ Eindhoven

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About VPRO x Dutch Design Week

This programme is a collaboration between VPRO Tegenlicht and Dutch Design Week (DDW). For the VPRO x Dutch Design Week Live show, the editors of VPRO Tegenlicht have invited inspiring speakers and designers. Some of them have also featured in various VPRO programmes such as Tegenlicht, The World of Dutch Design by Nadia Moussaid and Food for Thought by photographer Kadir van Lohuizen.

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Moderator Sophie Derkzen
Guest Tjeerd Veenhoven
Guest Christien Meindertsma
Guest Kadir van Lohuizen
Guest Muzus
Guest Babette Porcelijn

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