Programme

The Fundamental Collection

A place I’d like to live in

Onverdeelde Aandacht

An interactive installation

de-obsoletion

Reimagining what has been left behind

COLOUR: CLASSIFIED

Not every colour speaks. But when it does, everything shifts.

Avans District 2035

CalmCave: Interactive furniture to help you unwind

An interactive piece of furniture designed for public spaces, supporting relaxation and unwinding in overstimulating environments.

The smell of home: Ciàvuru

Playful, flexible lights that spark imagination, invite interaction, and connect memories, materials, and everyday life.

Living Colour

Living bacteria as a source of colour

Sculptural Vases between Brutalism and Poetry

The Red Landscape

Big from Small: Inclusive Design in the Kitchen

The design students’ experiment focuses on creating inclusive kitchen tools that can be used by people with limited physical abilities

Unplug

A temporary escape within the design week

Op de 4e verdieping

‘Op de 4e verdieping’ (On the 4th floor) is a book + installation by Isabelle Boiten about temporarily living together in a student house in Utrecht.

Bridging Minds

Grand design exhibition shows forward and connecting power of design

Entangled Taste: Forgotten Collaborators

A sensory encounter with Korean food as a multispecies co-creation.

Verbonden in draad

Research translated into textile, exploring how the shape of women's clothing gains meaning through people, time, and environment.

To Come and to Go

Arriving is a ritual: coat racks mark moments of return and departure in our daily lives.

De Wachtkamer

Designing shelters with privacy and dignity

Alien Vases, from another dimension.

Interior Product Design with a Story

An exploration of interior products in everyday life. To challenge everyday shapes and the way we use products at home.

Veggies on the Wall

Veggie veggie on the wall, who is the greenest of them all?

Do the DotDotDo!

Unique, acoustic wall decoration

Poma/Olera - setting a future food table

Designing for conscious food habits: where ancient knowledge meets future-proof solutions.

Unplug Vernissage

A temporary escape withing the design week

REMEMBER | RETAKE

Sustainability, re-use, and material exploration

Small Factory Ring

Transforming industrial precision into contemporary jewelry — modular rings offering limitless customization