Programme

Het Instituut voor het Zandkorrel Hoogtebeleid

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

Storytelling-Design – Timeless with a Story

“More than objects: stories that shape design.”

Krijt-Je-Rijk

A World Record attempt where art, play, and imagination transform the city into a living canvas.

Interior Product Design with a Story

An exploration of interior products in everyday life. To challenge everyday shapes and the way we use products at home.

Mission Days: Equal Society

Micro Orchestrism

Synkros: Space for Reconnection & Living Design

A living, biophilic pavilion that invites reconnection through nature-inspired design and multisensory experience.

FINISHED FORMS: the residence

A collective exhibition presenting a fully furnished space, showcasing functional design with a strong focus on material and form.

De Wachtkamer

Designing shelters with privacy and dignity

Shanidar X

A sculptural meditation on the primal human impulse to create - by the Danish artist Johannes Holt Iversen

Renewed Purpose

It's all about context

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.

Techno

Rugged elegance, crafted to endure.

Hot Flash Dance Clash

Hot Flash Dance Clash is an interactive game and dance battle by affect lab.

More than a Bioplastic

A shared moment, transformed into a material bridging culture and circularity.

Kinderkunstclub: Bouw mee aan de toekomst!

Create your own cardboard artwork at the Kazerne and Van Abbemuseum!

4th Design & AI Symposium

Re-imagine, re-sist and re-purpose design and AI

GROWinK : Living prints that return to nature

Living bio-inks combining fungi and bacteria to create self-decomposing, regenerative prints.

Grid Shelf

A shelving unit transforming industrial fiberglass mesh into an object of utility and beauty

Melted Film Festival

A 4-day festival of films, performances, and programming.

Manifestations at Night - Drinks, Demo's and Pitches

Drinks, Pitches & Demos is an energetic gathering for innovators, start-ups and inspired professionals. Network event.

Redesigning Design Weeks at DDW 2025

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

Incubators in Fashion Tech: What's new in 2025

Re-charge #2 Live

Listening room

SONIC MAZE

Enter the SONIC MAZE – Where Sound becomes Space