Programme

The TUBES

Art for Interiors - a modular system of lightweight, reflective tubes transforming interiors into dynamic, colorful three-dimensional designs.

Where contrast creates impact

A project exploring the use of contrast in furniture and lighting design

VOLTA

Help your employees to break free from social media addiction by tracking scrolling activity and delivering precise, corrective feedback.

Breath of Hope

tuRn

De Wachtkamer

Designing shelters with privacy and dignity

Digital Foosball table

The first digital foosball table connects all kind of people and make then have fun.

Ctrl+Coil

Fashion Tech: Like Insects

V.I.B.E - Viral Ideology Broadcast Experiment

Urban Utopia

Welcome to Aptum’s home base, where ideas are born, experiments unfold, and light designs come to life.

Ai, Ai, Ai

a space to play, fail and tinker with machines

4TU Design United Dialogues 2: Thriving Planet

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

Graan Voelerij / Grain Sensation

A grain sensing experience.

Exposé: Circular Design Contract

Connection Lost

Social media; we once thought they would bring us closer, but they have only pushed us further apart. How can we truly reconnect online?

WOLWEVERS

We weave woolen blankets. 100% plastic-free and from Dutch origin. An ode to the Campine heath sheep, the craft of weaving, and the beauty of wool.

Mission Days: Equal Society

Louvanes, glory to the guts

For Kazerne, young french designer Thibault Philip presents Louvanes, a light fixture made from woven and dyed intestines leftovers from industry

Unplug

A temporary escape within the design week

FIGHT, FLIGHT or FREEZE? Lessen uit Oekraïne

Workshop "What can I do myself?"

Soft Shields

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

Do the DotDotDo!

Unique, acoustic wall decoration

Beren op de weg

Anti-terrorism obstacles revisited – a well-known Dutch expression translated with 3D concrete printing.

'Bouche Mordue' collection

This furniture collection is inspired by something deeply personal to me: my favorite red lipstick and the powerful femininity.