Programme

Future by Design

The departments of the Built Environment and Industrial Design at TU/e present a shared vision for a sustainable and socially engaged future.

Interwoven: LUCA meets LUCA

A group exhibition featuring master projects from LUCA School of Arts Ghent (Textile Design) and LUCA School of Arts Genk (Productdesign).

Econario

By growing or declining, this artwork visualises how our political choices today influence the biodiversity of tomorrow.

Nature at the Table

An experimental gastronomy event where food, design, and nature come together.

The Alien Between Us: Intimacy Through Biofeedback

Embodied Empathy in Technologically Mediated Interactions

Met design thinking bouwen aan een fijne wijk

A workshop on the key elements of T-HUIS | Social Design for a promising neighborhood

Gesprek Woonopgave: Beter Benutten Bestaande Bouw

The future is already built. We explore how we can tackle the housing crisis in an integrated way and what promising initiatives already exist.

In Stillness

An open studio display by Maxim Duterre. A poetic collection inviting reflection and a moment of stillness through engineering, craft and technology.

4TU Design United Dialogues 5: Equal Society

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

Ruins of the search for belonging

Wool: (Re)discovered

In a 9-day program, New Order of Fashion invites you on a journey to discover the regenerative potential of wool.

Fashion: Gu Spirit – Post-Human Witchcraft

Controlled by Comfort

A 32-metre audience-made canvas and a heartbeat-responsive wearable performance.

Raincafe @ Vrijst(r)aat

An interactive 1000 to 8000 liter rainwater storage that grows with the volume of water and celebrates people, water and technology.

Beyond the frame

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

Soft Shields

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

Tracing by Hair

Use human hair as a sensory and symbolic medium to trace the impact of human activity within urban environment(s) from a more-than-human perspective

The Coca Leaf Entanglement

De P’s in de spotlight

Proud to present the P’s

'Bouche Mordue' collection

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

Shift happens - wear your keyboard!

Wearing a keyboard and mouse can be very liberating, however tricky to design

NEWBEEZZZ

Global warming is welcoming new species into our urban gardens. We live among them, but who are these newcomers and what do they pursuit?

Glass Fossils

Let the past glow in the present.

Workshop Wanted

During Dutch Design Week 2025, designer Teun Zwets sets out on a demonstrative search for a new workshop.

Rietveld Alumni 2025

Dutch Design Week x Rietveld Alumni 2025