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17-25 October 2026

Speculative Design Workshop

WHAT IF YOUR NEXT BIG IDEA STARTS WITH A LEEK? To create unexpected results, you have to take unexpected steps.

Hosted by Laila Snevele

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Event type

At night

Accessibility

Dogs are allowed
Toilets available
Partially wheelchair accessible

Event time

18:00
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22:00
THIS IS NOT ANOTHER BRAINSTORMING WORKSHOP. This is for people who are restless with the usual. People who don't sit back and wait for the next idea. People who question the obvious. People who are curious enough to enter unfamiliar territory.

UNEXPECTED RESULTS REQUIRE UNEXPECTED STEPS! 4-hour dive in seeing, thinking and making differently

FOUR HOURS. TEN PEOPLE. ONE VERY UNEXPECTED PROCESS.

This is a hands-on experience. No long lectures. No sitting around talking about innovation.
You will look, question, explore, connect, imagine, make and prototype.

You will learn how to:
→ see possibilities in ordinary things
→ break objects down into properties instead of purposes
→ find inspiration where you wouldn't normally look
→ challenge assumptions and familiar ways of thinking
→ connect seemingly unrelated ideas
→ turn unexpected inspiration into speculative concepts
→ prototype quickly and without overthinking
→ use multiple senses to make an idea tangible and memorable

And you will leave with a physical first prototype of your own speculative idea.
Made from a leek.
You have no idea what that prototype will look like yet.
That's the fun part!

Bring your curiosity. Leave your expectations at the door.
Come ready to make something strange.
Come ready to question what you know.
Come ready to discover what you're capable of when you stop taking the expected route.

Because if you want unexpected results, you have to be willing to take unexpected steps.


Tickets via Eventbrite, eur 177,00 pax.

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About Laila Snevele

Sensoverse, led by sensory food designer Laila Snevele, explores how perception can transform our relationship with food. Working across sensory science, speculative design and emerging technology, the practice creates experimental concepts that challenge conventions and imagine new food futures. Sensoverse turns research into ideas that can change how we experience, produce and understand food.