Programme

ACTIVISTIC DESIGN INTERVENTIONS

Combining creative, activistic storytelling with scientific research and humor to create awareness for the issues and needs of others.

thefoundededit

every crafted object is a story

Taste of Tomorrow : Future Food Toys

Learn about the future through food toys

Entangled Taste: Forgotten Collaborators

A sensory encounter with Korean food as a multispecies co-creation.

Living LAB 040 | Rondleidingen en seminars

CurioCity for Future Living

Of Wells, Vessels and Whispers

What does it mean to meet, care for and listen to Water?

Nieuw Zwanenburg X WDKA

Harvest of Dreams: Fibers of Renewal

Futureproof – Engineering Resilient Cities

Transformation to Circular Cities - a Lab Talk with Buro Happold

Fabric Light

A tactile dialogue between material and atmosphere

Batu dan Banjir

Material Erosion in Contemporary Photography and Textile Design.

Forest Design Workshop

Creativity beyond walls — experience nature, think differently, and co-create ideas that matter.

Decolonoscopy

Abject Queerness Towards Postcapitalist Discourse

Living Colour

Living bacteria as a source of colour

Graan Voelerij / Grain Sensation

A grain sensing experience.

Design for Change

Creative action for social and sustainable impact

(Re)materialised

Deconstructing Materials, Reconstructing Narratives

beyond imitation

Simulacra Physis

Simulacra Physis explores how humans, nature, and technology merge, imagining hybrid futures where the organic and artificial intertwine.

UEG Retrospekt

Stijn Op De Macks

4TU Design United Dialogues 2: Thriving Planet

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

Food Untold vol.2 - Food Observing

What do we know about food when it's not written down, but lived, sensed, or quietly assumed?

Egglamp x Ayano Koda

Made from real eggs

UrbanComfort

3D-printed concrete outdoor furniture; ready to relax

Let the Monster Speak

Redesigning Design Weeks at DDW 2025

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