Programme

Art Tech Fun AI Robots Manifestations

Best of Graduates 2025 Art Academies, International Pioneers, Virtual Worlds..

Onverdeelde Aandacht

An interactive installation

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.

Raw Color x RAL

The functionality of colours

Avans District 2035

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.

Striptopia

Striptopia is an immersive 2 hour show that challenges stigma and celebrates the artistry of pole dancing, drag, stripping, and performance.

Redesigning Design Weeks at DDW 2025

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

REwild

by implementing regenerative agriculture on an abandoned industrial site, we are exploring how collaborative food production empowers community.

Any Way the Wind Blows

A creative journey by illustration studio Zenk One that leads to beautiful interior- and art objects in any kind of way.

GameChangers - Playful innovation, VR,AI,Robotics

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

Face

Face – Wall objects where wood and light merge into a new kind of portrait

Figure

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

Archive of the unbroken

Archive installation with an object-intervention workshop that reframes grassroots repair in a post-consumerist world.

Humain - an inclusive coffee cup system.

A rethought coffee experience supporting ageing and ability.

Beyond the frame

From graphic language to tactile worlds, a collaborative design experience where 2D graphics transform into 3D objects and spaces.

The smell of home: Ciàvuru

Playful, flexible lights that spark imagination, invite interaction, and connect memories, materials, and everyday life.

Materia Futura

Reconnect with wonder through a sensorial journey of biobased materials, where craft, XR, and imagination converge.

(Re)materialised

Deconstructing Materials, Reconstructing Narratives

DEWA & DEWI

DEsign from Waste of Agriculture and Industry 2025: Creating a sustainable future from what we already have.

Verbonden in draad

Research translated into textile, exploring how the shape of women's clothing gains meaning through people, time, and environment.

Material Girls

The debut exhibition of our newly formed collective consisting of four young designers; Sien Entius, Carys Higgins, Nell Maher and Martha Nash.

Designs for the Material Future

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

Heavy Light - Tender Brutalism

Design by absence: a sculptural chair blending brutalist mass with tender, sustainable surfaces.