Every day, we move through a world that has been designed. What we don't always see are the expectations that shape that design: ideas about how we want to live, work, care, consume and live together. They form the unwritten rules of our society. And in doing so, they also shape our future.
But old expectations and patterns don't always fit the world we live in today. They can hold us back. At a time of social tensions, climate crisis and growing inequality, they can slow down change or even stand in its way. If we want a different future, we need to rethink not only our systems, but also the ideas behind them.
In Designing Society, designers, thinkers and changemakers explore how things could be different. They work together to break through deeply rooted patterns. This creates moments of change: perspectives and experiments that open up new possibilities.
This exhibition invites you to look again. What do you take for granted? Which expectations would you dare to let go of? Because what has been designed, can be redesigned. And what seems set in stone today, can be done differently tomorrow.
Designing Society: ActiZ | GGD Brabant | Heijmans | Pilot duurzame CAO Rijk | PONT | PWN | VVT Platform Zuidoost-Brabant & Samen Precies! | Un/School
Hosted by Dutch Design FoundationThis project is now archived and was part of DDW26
Event type
Exhibition
Location
Strijp-S
Ketelhuisplein Greenhouse
Ketelhuisplein
5617AE
Designing Society at DDW25
Max Kneefel
Participants of this exhibition
Co/Lab: The first 1000 days
Blik op nieuw leven
Co/Lab: Building for Wellbeing
Building for Wellbeing
Co/Lab: Samen de Balans Herstellen
Declaration of Dependence
Co/Lab: Drinkbare Natuur
Drinkbare Natuur
Pilot duurzame CAO Rijk
Duurzame CAO, Aha!
Heijmans
G³ - Building Happiness Score
PONT
PONT werkplaats
VVT
The Last Chapter
Un/School
Un/School
ActiZ
Gezonde spanning
About Dutch Design Foundation
Dutch Design Foundation is convinced that designers provide an essential contribution to making our world a more beautiful, sustainable and social place. We are optimistic but we also recognise the current issues and how serious they are. We believe in the forward thinking and action of designers and create space for this.
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