Programme

Office of the Winds

Fresh air as a tool for dynamic space.

Tracing by Hair

Use human hair as a sensory and symbolic medium to trace the impact of human activity within urban environment(s) from a more-than-human perspective

Veggies on the Wall

Veggie veggie on the wall, who is the greenest of them all?

Redesigning Design Weeks at DDW 2025

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

FIGHT, FLIGHT or FREEZE? Workshop Woolen Amulets

Van Nut & Loos, Useless Objects

A satirical series of beautiful useless objects that solve no problems—but raise all the right questions. It questions consumerism.

Designs for the Material Future

Engaging creativity and experimentation across generations and disciplines towards bio-based and circular material solutions

Welke rol speelt de bibliotheek in de toekomst?

THE FUNKY FACTORY – A peak inside the designer’s brain

When a bag is no longer an accessory, but an artistic experience.

Obscured records — Littoral Material Typologies

Color Record Series: Fermented Time of North Sea & Blue bone

Foundational Reflections

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

Bridging Minds

Grand design exhibition shows forward and connecting power of design

STRUCTURED TO EXIST

FROM EVERYDAY OBJECTS TO DESIGN

Machine Law for Human Life

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

Alien Vases, from another dimension.

eXtended Reality Dining

Explore how virtual environments can enrich dining experiences.

City Memories

Focuses on the stories, memories, and emotions that scent evokes, hidden layers beneath the speed and structure of urban life.

Avans District 2035

Folk

A material exploration into the Broomcorn plant.

Aesthetics of Bias

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

something.engaging

Pforzheim University BA | MA Jewellery & Everyday Objects and MA Design & Future Making graduates & students engage your [im]material senses

Vlees Bewust

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

Herinnerings objecten (aan-denken)

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

4TU Design United Dialogues 2: Thriving Planet

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

Scherven brengen geluk

Scherven brengen geluk is an installation by Rebecca Stroeven about the fragility of childhood, created in collaboration with a therapy group