Get more out of Dutch Design Week (DDW) with a Design Tour. Looking for an inspiring outing with your team or professional network? Together with colleagues or business contacts, you will discover the projects that matter, meet designers and take away inspiring ideas for your own work.
With so many exhibitions and projects, choosing where to go during DDW can be a challenge. A Design Tour helps you get more out of your visit as a knowledgeable and enthusiastic Design Guide introduces you to a wide range of projects. You will visit a carefully selected programme, hear the stories behind the work and have the opportunity to ask designers questions.
Explore a DDW area with an Area Tour, dive deeper into a particular subject with a Mission Tour or choose a Custom Tour tailored to your organisation’s interests. Get inspired, expand your network and take fresh insights home with you. Choose your tour and book now.
Custom Tours and Strijp-S Bites & Insights can be booked until Friday 2 October inclusive. All other Design Tours can be booked until 19 October inclusive.
Do you have any questions about the tours? Read the frequently asked questions on the FAQ page or email tours@dutchdesignfoundation.com.
Area Tours
Explore a specific area
Klokgebouw Tour
Experience the diversity of Dutch Design Week and the power of design during the Klokgebouw Tour, in the heart of the creative district of Strijp-S.
Strijp-S Tour
The Strijp-S Tour takes you past some of the most iconic locations on Strijp-S, offering a captivating introduction to the creative heart of Dutch Design Week.
Design Academy Tour
The Design Academy Eindhoven Tours are a student-run initiative for guided tours, based upon individually curated tours, arranged, produced, and guided by graduating designers.
Strijp-S+ Tour | Bites & Insights
The Strijp-S+ Tour | Bites & Insights takes you past some of the most iconic locations in Strijp-S. Along the way, there is plenty of room for meeting and networking during several culinary stops.
Mission Tours
Mission Tours are based on DDW’s missions, designed to better connect its diverse community of designers and visitors. They help visitors explore with purpose and connect designers with the right audiences.
Digital Futures Tour
The Digital Futures Tour offers an in-depth exploration of how designers are shaping the digital world of tomorrow.
Equal Society Tour
The Equal Society Tour highlights projects working towards a more inclusive, safe, and connected society.
Health & Wellbeing Tour
The Health & Wellbeing Tour offers an inspiring exploration of design projects that aim to structurally improve our quality of life.
Thriving Planet Tour
The Thriving Planet tour focuses on design that supports a healthy planet and strengthens nature’s innate power.
Living Environment Tour
The Living Environment Tour focuses on projects that influence the quality of our daily lives, touching on themes such as architecture, public space, mobility and housing.
Custom Tours
Personalised tours to match your interests
Custom Tour | 1,5 hrs
The 1.5-hour Custom Tour offers a compact, unique and fully tailor-made DDW experience. This tour is ideal for organisations, teams or networks looking to discover the most relevant projects within their field or area of interest. Gain inspiration and connect directly with designers.
Custom Tour | 2 hrs
During the 2-hour Custom Tour, you and your colleagues or relations will explore a programme tailored to your organisation, featuring relevant projects, designers and insights aligned with your interests or network. Ideal for organisations, teams or networks looking to discover the projects most relevant to them. Get inspired and connect directly with designers.
Custom Tour | 2,5 hrs
The 2.5-hour Custom Tour offers additional room for deeper exploration, encounters and conversation. A tailor-made programme centred around the themes, innovations and designers most relevant to your organisation. Get inspired and meet the designers behind the work.
Custom Tour | 3 hrs
With the 3-hour Custom Tour, you’ll take a deeper dive into DDW. Together with an experienced Design Guide, you’ll visit a curated selection of projects and designers aligned with the interests and ambitions of your organisation or network. This tour also offers plenty of room for deeper exploration, conversation and encounters with designers.
