3 days left to explore Dutch Design Week 2024
As expected, this year’s Dutch Design Week (19 – 27 October) has been filled to the brim with creativity, knowledge-sharing, and inspiration. A lot has happened over the last seven day, and there’s still more to come with three days left. Are you still planning to go? Then here’s what you should know and how you can see what IDE staff and students are up to at this year’s edition of DDW.
What’s on
This year's Dutch Design Week 2024 (19 - 27 October) features a range of work from TU Delft staff and students. While some things may have already happened, there is still plenty to see, do, and explore.
Exhibition: 4TU.Design United Expo "Changing Gears"
Explore 4TU.Design United's DDW exhibition, "Changing Gears". Their annual DDW programme featuring the latest in design research from the Netherland’s four technical universities and can be experience in person and online.
This year's theme, Changing Gears, explores how design can drive the pace of change. Some societal challenges require a speedy response, while others require us to slow down. Dutch design researchers are setting the change in motion.
While the 4TU.Design United Dialogues may be over, you can still visit the physical exhibition in the Klokgebouw until Sunday. Or, alternatively, you can view all the exhibits and more online here.
Workshop: Unleashing the Potential of Spatial Computing
On 26 October (13:00 & 16:00), you can sign-up to attend a workshop that explores the gap between technological promises and reality using a dialectical approach. Drawing from UX design, Yeonju Jeon (IDE DfI almnus) has expanded this method to include tools like replacement, supplement, opposition, and synthesis for innovative problem-solving.
Register now—spots are limited and pre-registration is required!
Exhibition: 3D weaving techniques for zero-waste clothing and textile production
Milou Voorwinden (Studio Milou Voorwinden) is innovating the existing fashion and textile industry by developing 3D weaving techniques.
She creates a 'fold-out' fabric, which comes right off the loom as a complete garment, such as a pair of trousers or a bag. This on-demand approach results in zero-waste.
Milou's project is part of this year's Secrid Talent Podium at Dutch Design Week. She was one of 7 innovating designers chosen to show how design can transform industries from producing ever more to ever better. You can view her work in the Klokgebouw until Sunday.
What has happened
Design and AI Symposium 2024
On 22 & 23 October, a packed house of researchers, industrial professionals, and students dove deep into the world of design and AI at the third annual Design and AI symposium.
They explored questions like: How does AI really affect the work we do as designers? What is the impact of AI on education? On equality? And how can we use AI to our advantage?
The first day included a keynote by Savannah Kunovsky, Managing Director at IDEO. With experience in various ecosystems – AI/ML, XR, robotics, the future of the internet, new hardware, and more – Savannah opened the event with a bang.
Following Savannah’s keynote were two breakout sessions, including sessions by IDE researchers:
- Evolving Perspectives on AI and Design with Kars Alfrink, Iohanna Nicenboim, Jesse Benjamin
- Interactive Session: AI and Education with Janet Huang, Dave Murray-Rust and Simon Maris
- Introduction to Feminist Generative AI with Francisca Grommé and Sara Colombo
- Interactive Session: AI and Creativity with Derek Lomas
The second day included two keynotes. The first was Tobias Revel, Design Futures Lead at Arup. Spanning different disciplines and media, his work addresses the urgent need for critical engagement with material reality through design, art and technology. The second by Bas van der Poel, innovation director and co-founder of Modem. During his keynote, Bas explored why Modem, a design and innovation studio with a set expiration date of January 1, 2030, chose to define its lifespan from the outset.
Following the two keynotes were a series of workshops, including ones centred around:
- Unpacking the AI Act for Designers
- Industry Perspectives Session
- Digital Society - TU Design United
For the latest news about the Design and AI Symposium, click here.
Roundtable: Design for Repair – Towards Successful Circular Repair
On 22 October KIA CE, Cooloo, Techniek Nederland, and The Substitute organised a meeting around ‘Design for Repair’. Within the circular economy, repair is an important strategy.
Design plays a crucial role in this. During the meeting, we will use a number of inspiring ‘design to repair’ projects to show what is already possible today. Together with designers, researchers and pioneers, they explored explore what we can already do tomorrow to get to the next level of repairability.
IDE Professor Ruth Mugge spoke at this event. Her talk was centred around tackling fixaphobia.
Mini-Symposium: [Looking Beyond] Visual Literacy
"[Looking beyond] Visual literacy" was a mini-symposium organised by IDE's Pictorial Research Lab and Catelijne van Middelkoop (co-director of the Delft Design Lab). The event took place on 23 October.
The symposium explored to what extent are we (still) sensorily literate enough to truly experience and build upon what is happening around us? To find out more about what was on agenda for this event, click here.
For a round up of all the events, exhibitions, and sessions organised by TU Delft staff and students at this year's DDW, click here.