Programme

Designed for Society

Fontys Industrial Design Engineering students are committed to solving environmental and social issues through meaningful and responsible design.

Mohs Chair & Echo Side Tables

Transforming recycled material waste into playful, experimental furniture with new shapes and leftover materials.

Poly Ply

Flexible Plywood and Polymer Composite

Celestial Bodies

This project focuses on the energies of the eight planets in our solar system. Translating them into ceramic vessels and poetry.

STRUCTURED TO EXIST

FROM EVERYDAY OBJECTS TO DESIGN

i Food Design

“ENSEMBLE” Empowering the next generation of purpose-driven creative professionals to create thought leaders dedicated to bettering our food systems

ALL YOU CAN EAT

Where does the unlimited end?

Design van moleculen - anders bekeken

VNCI

House of Discard: Space-Making under Uncertainty

Textile and Material innovation

A selection of projects that showcase the future of textile and material innovation.

Rewind

A new life for wind turbines

iF DESIGN Get-together in Eindhoven

iF DESIGN Get-together & Tour Exhibiton at De Kazerne

suzusan

Hands in Japan. A craft is officially recognized by the government as a “traditional craft” if it is still used in daily life.

FAAJA / wood coil lamps

Crafted Layers of Wood and Light

Design Innovation Sessions: Health & Well-being

Short and powerful sessions by CLICKNL. Explore where value-driven design and academic research meet, with urgent topics and inspiring speakers.

Redesigning Design Weeks at DDW 2025

How can we rethink the social and environmental impact of design weeks on their host cities?

Oryza: Healing Ground

Un/School

Remaster your skills at DDW

Future Work Hub

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Onecht Ceramics

Inconvenience as design language

All the woMEN from Venus

How the menopausal experience can be improved.

Eindhoven future proof visie onderwijsinstellingen

Various vocational and higher education institutions in Eindhoven share their vision of the future of our city based on their curricula and projects.

REMEMBER | RETAKE

Sustainability, re-use, and material exploration

Design Beyond Vision: Tactiel Schilderij

Exploring how images can be experienced through touch, making visual culture accessible beyond vision.

Soil Lab

from Waste to Wild