Programme

Class of 25

The annual group exhibition featuring both Dutch and International design schools + the Avenue Of Fresh Perspectives.

Gesprek Woonopgave: Beter Benutten Bestaande Bouw

The future is already built. We explore how we can tackle the housing crisis in an integrated way and what promising initiatives already exist.

Boxed In — Rethinking the Jewellery Box

De Sociale Zuster

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

Swedish School of Textiles Graduation Exhibition

Fabric Form Future

THE BOUNDARIES OF SIGHT

GameChangers - Playful innovation, VR,AI,Robotics

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

Am II Alive and Re:Subjected

Emergence invites you into the world of synthetic cell research and shows you the outcome of an open-ended exploration into the future of materials.

Sweco Co/Lab: Wat als de aarde onze klant is?

What would the world look like if we considered Earth our client?

Trails Beyond Aisles: Curating Retail for The Many

Trails is a multi-sensory shopping experience that works for the many people and goes beyond the visual.

Soap Sink Soak

A washbasin made from palm oil soap.

Textile and Material innovation

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

Workshop On Touch

Use Like Play

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

When the devil comes for our heels

Paul Heijnen and Friends is an intimate group exhibition

Redesigning Design Weeks at DDW 2025

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

REwild gatherings

we invite you to share time in the garden; our informal and collectively run evening program offers food, music, and space to re-create in nature.

All OF US - Opening Night

Welcome to the official opening night of ALL OF US at the United Cowboys Arthouse - a 9-day program filled with group exhibitions and presentations.

UTSUWA

A collaborative project with Jo Sijen involves a container: an URN.

Workshop Depicting Dark Waters

Learn about the Deep Sea Coral Ecosystem with glass artist Alice Baker and Dr. Rhian Waller while handling real skeletons and glass samples.

Celestial Bodies

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

Big from Small: Inclusive Design in the Kitchen

The design students’ experiment focuses on creating inclusive kitchen tools that can be used by people with limited physical abilities

Meet-the-Designer

Discover a world where instinct, beauty and urgency meet. Meet the designers this Saturday at Kazerne, join the conversation and get inspired!

4TU Design United Expo

Less Hope More Action! Let’s not be paralysed by ecological crises and threats to democracy; let’s ACT with optimism.

Unplug Vernissage

A temporary escape withing the design week