Programme

The Nightmare Before Ddw

Let's ease drama of deadlines. A provocation by emerging designer Michela D'Angelo exhibiting at the MiDA-lab Studio

Shadow Labyrinth 2.0

Dressing the Characters of An Imaginary World

Onecht Ceramics

Inconvenience as design language

Any Way the Wind Blows

A creative journey by illustration studio Zenk One that leads to beautiful interior- and art objects in any kind of way.

KÖNIGSWINTER Light Sculpture

A Window of Light and Time

Flip World – City Wonders

Reimagining Cultural Identity Through AI & Tangible Play

Foundational Reflections

Three circular 3D-printed lamps by debuting Amsterdam label Beyond Bounds, co-created with French & US designers.

Awakening Hammer-Ritual of Qi

A culturally-inspired wellness game prototype for rethinking sedentary breaks through play, breath, and movement.

The Weight of What We Build

An immersive installation where materials speak, making the weight of construction tangible and inspiring new futures of design.

Basic Instinct: Making–With

Beauty and Symbiosis as a Necessity

Vlees Bewust

An exploration of the essence of meat consumption, expressed through a textile collage centered on the hare.

REwild

by implementing regenerative agriculture on an abandoned industrial site, we are exploring how collaborative food production empowers community.

The Holey Lamp

A woven ceramic lamp

Re-Creating life

Small exhibition, hosted by design students.

Nieuw Zwanenburg X WDKA

Harvest of Dreams: Fibers of Renewal

Aftermath

An asymmetric VR game experience interrogating the unequal dynamics of control between human and AI systems, revealing the quiet hierarchies embedded

Ruins of the search for belonging

Forest Design Workshop

Creativity beyond walls — experience nature, think differently, and co-create ideas that matter.

New studio New work

New Work New Studio captures a moment in our practice — a collection of works that speak to collaboration, exploration, and renewal.

Aesthetics of Bias

Exploring a reflective, interactive, and expressive manifestation of biased human-human interactions

Tafelwerk

A vivid groupexhibition curated by Atelier Fig where design, art and gastronomy merge into a unique experience of discovery, dialogue and connetion.

Form follows Friendship

A networking breakfast for design talents & professionals from Germany and the Netherlands

Custody

A playful display of human's overprotectiveness of organic individuals.

KRATER

Closing party of the Melted Film Festival at LAB-1.

Re-charge #2

Listening room