Programme

Use Like Play

Balancing ‘useful’ and ‘playful’, turning daily life into small adventures

Roots at Play - contemporary design and art

Lamps, furniture and art rooted in conscious ideas and materials—meet the makers of studio-crafted pieces.

LinumTube – Framing Circularity

Convertible furniture made from renewable flax and infinitely recyclable steel tubes.

Oori apparel 25

An open studio exhibition where garments become sculptural landscapes and textiles are reframed through photography.

Unplug

A temporary escape within the design week

Poly Ply

Flexible Plywood and Polymer Composite

Simulacra Physis

Simulacra Physis explores how humans, nature, and technology merge, imagining hybrid futures where the organic and artificial intertwine.

FuckUp MeetUp Beyond Aplause: Good Intentions Aren’t Enough

Join us for an honest conversation at this Fuck-up Meetup. Together we’ll explore how to move from applause to action.

Materia Futura

Reconnect with wonder through a sensorial journey of biobased materials, where craft, XR, and imagination converge.

Machine Law for Human Life

Prototyping legal logic into digital public services for life events and basic economic security. - Session October 24 - Equal Society

Rondom

Investigating construction through material efficiency and flexibility.

In full bloom

A colorful and flourishing indoor garden beneath a spacious skylight. Featuring orchids and plants grown on Dutch soil.

Herinnerings objecten (aan-denken)

How do you preserve a memory? Memorial objects offer the opportunity to cherish something precious in a personal item.

PlexusKana

PlexusKana is a multidisciplinary exhibition where cultures and creative practices come together.

Apathos

Craft your own algorithm and witness manipulation in action

Let the Monster Speak

The Alien Between Us: Intimacy Through Biofeedback

Embodied Empathy in Technologically Mediated Interactions

Clay and Climate Grief: Holding What We Cannot Fix

The climate and ecological crisis can feel overwhelming. In this workshop we'll translate our feelings into something tangible: a personal clay altar.

GameChangers - Playful innovation, VR,AI,Robotics

Exploring new ways of engagement in the worlds of training, entertainment, and organisational change.

Sliver Fiber Printer

Re-spinning the Textile Innovation Chain

Ai, Ai, Ai

a space to play, fail and tinker with machines

Game-playing Sessions: Our Future Is Somewhere Here

Create possible future scenarios with this collective conversational game.

Workshop Wanted

During Dutch Design Week 2025, designer Teun Zwets sets out on a demonstrative search for a new workshop.

4TU Design United Dialogues 1: Living Environment

Let’s not be paralyzed by ecological crises and threats to democracy, but ACT with optimism.

How to Design a Just City

A new toolbox for just design