Programme

Unplug Finissage

A temporary escape withing the design week

Bloomlight S

An interactive living light that bends to greet you

Leaf it to Nature

Returning control of our taste to nature.

Light into Darkness

Alexandre Henry repaired everyday objects of civilians living close to the frontline in Ukraine using the same materials that used to destroy it.

Our Future Is Somewhere Here

A conversational board game about memory, experience, and the futures we shape together.

De Sociale Zuster

An interactive installation in which the Nursing Station transforms into a space for care, encounter, and reflection.

Bondmaken!

Nature as ally

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.

PHYGITAL SEASONING

Phygital Seasoning redefines taste as a designed experience of perception, not ingredients.

NEWBEEZZZ

Global warming is welcoming new species into our urban gardens. We live among them, but who are these newcomers and what do they pursuit?

Design Innovation Sessions: Equal Society

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

Rewind

A new life for wind turbines

Let the Monster Speak

Ruins of the search for belonging

(non) adversarial living companions

A design research project examining algorithmic impacts on material culture

Rietveld Alumni 2025

Dutch Design Week x Rietveld Alumni 2025

From Alaska to Eindhoven: A Voyage in Frozen Forms

The six-month exhibition at the Anchorage Museum explores the morphology of Alaska’s winter landscape, using cardboard to explore structure and form.

Nohri

A collective experiment of coexistence through Nohri—immersive play that reveals difference without erasing it.

Wall

– and a water stream.

Designing Interaction with Physical AI

Exploring new relationships between humans and intelligent products

COLOUR: CLASSIFIED

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

Manifestations at Night - Drinks, Demo's and Pitches

Drinks, Pitches & Demos is an energetic gathering for innovators, start-ups and inspired professionals. Network event.

FIGHT, FLIGHT or FREEZE? Workshop Sketch Emotions

But I can draw - by Daryna Pasyuta (Kyiv, Oekraine), artist, architect and urban planner.

Met design thinking bouwen aan een fijne wijk

A workshop on the key elements of T-HUIS | Social Design for a promising neighborhood

ClipHut Shelving System

Tool‑free modular shelving made of dyed wood; award‑winning, German‑made, repairable and endlessly expandable—clip‑in assembly evolves with you.