Thursday 22 October
How can design contribute to better care, healthier food, greater wellbeing and a healthier society?
This Mission Day brings together designers, healthcare professionals, researchers and other experts to explore how products, services and systems can better reflect people’s everyday lives and diverse needs. Talks, sessions and meet-ups address topics including regional healthcare, prevention, personal agency and collaboration between patients, professionals and organisations, with the shared aim of improving health and quality of life.
For who?
The day is relevant to designers and professionals working in healthcare, food, medical technology and wellbeing. Healthcare organisations, researchers, public authorities, insurers and companies working on health, behaviour or healthy living environments can also exchange knowledge and meet partners to develop new solutions together.
Below you will find the full programme for the Health & wellbeing Mission Day on Thursday 22 October. Explore all events, times and locations and create your own itinerary.
09:30 | Collaborative Care: Designing Regional Care Pathways
- 09:00 | Doors open
- 09:30–12:30 | Programme
- 12:30 | Networking lunch
- Location: Main Stage, Natlab
- Organised by: Catharina Hospital
A session on the collaborative design of regional care pathways. How can design and collaboration contribute to a healthcare system in which organisations and professionals work more effectively together around people’s needs?
09:30 | Is your health your own?
- 09:00 | Doors open
- 09:30–12:30 | Programma
- 12:30 | Networking lunch
- Location: Cinema 3, Natlab
- Organised by: Delft University of Technology
A programme exploring different perspectives on personal health. What roles do design, behaviour and personal agency play in how people manage their health?
10:00 | 4TU.Design United Dialogues 4: Health & Wellbeing
- 09:30 | Doors open
- 10:00–12:30 | Programme
- 12:30 | Networking lunch
- Location: Second Moon & Oscar, Natlab
- Organised by: 4TU.Design United
An in-depth dialogue about the role of design in health and wellbeing. Designers, researchers and professionals exchange knowledge and explore shared challenges.
10:00 | Building Sustainable Bridges
- 10:30 | Doors open
- 11:00–12:30 | Programme
- 12:30 | Networking lunch
- Location: The Tube, Natlab
- Organised by: What Design Can Do (Pepijn Zurburg)
What can design contribute when societal challenges are too complex for a single discipline? Pepijn Zurburg, co-founder and creative director of What Design Can Do, shows how designers and creatives around the world can be mobilised to help create a sustainable and just society. The session explores how imagination, collaboration and design can turn complex challenges into concrete action.
11:15 | Design Innovation Sessions | Health & wellbeing
- 10:45 | Doors open
- 11:15–12:30 | Programme
- 12:30 | Networking lunch
- Location: Auditorium, Natlab
- Organised by: CLICKNL
A Design Innovation Session exploring how design and innovation can contribute to better care, greater wellbeing and a healthier society.
12:30 | Networking lunch
- 12:30–13:30
- Location: Natlab restaurant
Four exhibitions from the DDW26 programme that reflect this Mission Day
Good design can make a tangible difference to everyday life. It can make eating easier, offer a sense of companionship or help us better understand care. DDW, these four projects show how putting people first can inspire new ideas about health and wellbeing.
Sharing a meal may seem straightforward, until holding a plate or serving food becomes difficult. HAK Studio designed JOYN: tableware and cutlery that help people with neurodegenerative conditions enjoy meals with others more independently. You can find the project at Kazerne – Design Lab (E31).
At Klokgebouw (B4), Katrijn Westland explores a different form of closeness with Soft Companions. Her interactive textile creatures move, give off warmth and respond to touch. Can objects also evoke a sense of mutual care?
Also at Klokgebouw (B4), the consortium behind Your Own Health? poses a question that affects us all: how much influence do we have over our own health? Through interactive projects, you discover the roles that family, healthcare professionals, technology and society play.
In Soul & Science, Philips Design asks how technology can feel more human. The project brings together three experiences. At Philips Museum (E8), the route begins with an exploration of how we imagine care.
