Programme

HOW&WOW

Crafts Council Nederland is the platform for creative craft.

Soft Shields

What looks soft from afar can, in fact, be powerful.

FuckUp MeetUp Beyond Applause: Good Intentions Aren’t Enough

Join us for an honest conversation at this Fuck-up Meetup. Together we’ll explore how to move from applause to action.

Gallery Untitled at Piet Hein Eek

pop-up art gallery

Clay and Climate Grief: Holding What We Cannot Fix

The climate and ecological crisis can feel overwhelming. In this workshop we'll translate our feelings into something tangible: a personal clay altar.

De P’s in de spotlight

Proud to present the P’s

Meegroeien

Veteran trees; trees that connect

Small Factory Ring

Transforming industrial precision into contemporary jewelry — modular rings offering limitless customization

1.75 Planets: Fashioning Tomorrow

A visionary fashion design made from waste-based biomaterials, imagining how to dress in a future of scarce resources.

Boilers

Objects crafted from scrap copper, such as old boilers, are transformed into unique pieces by blowing glass into them.

Fashion: Gu Spirit – Post-Human Witchcraft

Between Signals: Meaningful Encounters

A liberating experience beyond the screen

De kerroksia

One of a Light

Urgency Calling

Industrial Design and Systemic Design students from HTW Berlin presenting their projects, Bachelor and Master thesis

Silicon Sublime

Red Box

Red Box is a programme that brings together designers and organisations who use empathetic and thoughtful design to strengthen the position of women.

Het Instituut voor het Zandkorrel Hoogtebeleid

An absurd yet hopeful institute that raises the Netherlands by collecting and spreading grains of sand.

Into the Body

Overstimulated? Shift your focus to your own 'inner design' in this grounding space experiment.

SYSTEMATISCH

A new way of thinking about costume design, driven by love and enthousiasm for the changing field.

Redesigning Design Weeks at DDW 2025

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

POLARIS - Spelen met polarisatie

For a healthy democracy, you need some friction!

Bridging Minds

Grand design exhibition shows forward and connecting power of design

4TU Design United Dialogues 5: Equal Society

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

Kruisstraat Design District

Of Essential Interest to the Dutch culture

De Sociale Zuster

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