Programme

Fontys | Area 51

Fontys for Society

Designing for impact

Fenna Kosfeld | Building TT

Critters with me

Nanjing University of the Arts, School ID & II | Klokgebouw

Reconfiguring Futures

A Group Exhibition of Design Works by the School of Industrial Design and Intelligent Innovation, Nanjing University of the Arts

Dolly Qianyu Wu & LAB-1 | LAB-1

Melted Film Festival 2026

Four screenings. Four themes. Dozens of perspectives. Come discover what contemporary filmmaking looks like right now

Mathias Blanc | BioArt Laboratories

Llàgrima Salta

A material exploration of salt crystallization on 3D-printed scaffolding to grow a poetic stage architecture inspired by the salinity of tears

Pforzheim University BA + MA Jewellery; MA Design | Schellens Fabriek / Something.bigger

something.beyond

Pforzheim University BA | MA Jewellery and MA Design & Future Making graduates

Vereniging Gehandicaptenzorg Nederland | Van Abbemuseum

Markante avond

An exclusive evening bringing together experts by experience, social designers and many others to ‘redesign’ care and society.

Yvonne Mak | Van Abbemuseum - lake

SANDBAG CASTLE — The future of concrete is now

Concrete is here to stay. But can it become part of the solution to climate change?

Emma van der Leest | Klokgebouw

The Biodesign Warehouse, Department Store for Life

Emma van der Leest x DDW

212.575 | Area 51

DDW Closing 2026 - The Basement (Area51)

Underground club sounds at The Basement (Area 51) — part of DDW Closing by 212.575.

Accenture | Innovation Powerhouse

The Hornet Trap: Designing for Living Systems

Reinventing Technology to Protect Biodiversity

KETTER&Co - ProvincieDrenthe - GemeenteNoordenveld | Klokgebouw

Archiveren&Activeren -12 jaar Design in Veenhuizen

An archive of twelve years of projects by Design Academy Eindhoven students in and for the UNESCO village of Veenhuizen

Anna P., Manuela C., Setareh B., Zahid H. | Young Graduates HUB | DDW x Design Perron

Noticing Wind: Exploring new perceptions of energy

A research device that reshapes how we notice and perceive wind energy through live weather data.

Daphna Laurens | Daphna Laurens

Sneak Peek

Get a sneak peek at what's next

Catherine | Foundation We Are

After Paper

twofold Design Studio | Sectie-C Punt-C Industriële hotspot

Decomposing Values Through Urushi: Lacquer

Urushi: Giving New Value to Things No Longer Needed

OSA | POPEI

Drumdock - Rethinking Drums

Play drums anywhere

Transcape Supply | Piet Hein Eek

Small Factory Ring - Material Studies

Exploring New Materials

Around 4.4 | Design Perron

Around The Table

Translating familiar spaces of interaction, presence, and conversation into spatial objects.

Huis saai | Auto Vitesse

Lean On.

Huis Saai Issue 01 Auto Vitesse

LABORATORIOFERRETTI | Building TT

Modulo Imperfetto

Modulo imperfetto is modular lighting system, set between standard reproduction structures, and contextual, expressive light sources.

PRISMA Collective | Kazerne – Design Lab

SOBREMESA

On the quiet ritual of lingering — where the meal ends and belonging begins.

BFA | BFA

RAW WORTH: The True Value of Clothing

The True Value of Clothing by Maryam El Atimi, Rica van Gentevoort, Judith van de Geijn, Isis Reulen, Patricia Koster.

Nitzan Toren | BioArt Laboratories

Illuminated Overgrowth

Biocomposite lamps from Nuenen's canal duckweed, translating ecological light blockage into material opacity.

Zizi Mitrou | Dynamo, de Etalage

Zizi x Ties x Design Dinner @ Dynamo