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17-25 October 2026

Back and forth

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Entrance fee

Free access

Event type

Exhibition

Accessibility

Dogs are allowed
Free wifi available
Toilets available
Fully wheelchair accessible

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Soft side up - Table set
Soft side up - Table set
Joris Wintgens
OFFSITE is a design label based in Eindhoven, working with designers and its manufacturing partners. Back and forth brings together new and existing objects made from industrial offcuts, deadstock and rejected material.

Process

OFFSITE's design process starts with a material: an offcut, a deadstock batch, a rejected production run. Working with industrial waste means looking at material differently. The back of a sheet or profile can hold as much shape and story as the front. Back and forth makes that process visible: test, find out, go back to the material, try again.

Designers

The presentation brings together pieces by Rik van Veen, Structural Aspect, Rik Frans Jansen, Nina van Bart & Willem van Doorn, Julius Esser and Joris Wintgens. Some pieces are new, developed for Dutch Design Week 2026. Others are existing OFFSITE work, shown again in this context. Suggestions go back and forth between designers too, and with the manufacturers who supply the material.

Cafe ocho

Next to the presentation, OFFSITE runs Café Ocho, a pop-up café furnished entirely with OFFSITE pieces. It is open to visitors during the day for the full run of Dutch Design Week.

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About OFFSITE

OFFSITE is a design label based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. We design objects and spaces from industrial waste, in collaboration with the manufacturers who produce it and the brands who commission us. The work starts on the factory floor: offcuts, rejected batches, deadstock. Around these we build a catalogue of furniture and lighting, and custom installations for cultural, fashion and retail brands.

Partners

Sponsored by Back and forth
Sponsored by Back and forth