Dutch Design Week | DDW

📣 We are absolutely thrilled to share the news that @designacademyeindhoven has confirmed they are here to stay in Eindhoven! Although the search for a new location is ongoing, the academy and the municipality are confident they will find the perfect spot that meets all programme requirements. On behalf of the Dutch Design Foundation team, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to the academy, students, alumni, municipality, and everyone involved in shaping the city’s design ecosystem. It is truly inspiring to see how all stakeholders have come together to make this wonderful decision a reality. It is a fantastic moment for the entire community! ( ( 🔔 ) ) 📸 #DDW22 , @jasperbloem.world ’s Visions of Katarina at GraduationShow DAE, photographed by @maxkneefel

( (🔔) ) Designers, last call! Join the event redefining the design of the future and the future of design. You have ten more days to submit your project to #DDW24 . Don’t snooze—14 June is coming by fast. 💥 Ready to be part of the best of all weeks? Apply now via DDW.NL/participants. 📝 Got questions about your application? Get in touch! If you need further assistance, the DDW programme team is hosting a walk-in session coming Wednesday, June 12, at the Dutch Design Foundation’s office to help you with the final details of your application. Are you a graduate? Then you can also pop by for an additional walk-in on Wednesday, June 19.

Thinking of applying to Dutch Design Week? The clock is ticking! 💥 With less than three weeks left to apply, don’t second-guess: head to ddw.nl/participants and let Teun the Raccoon guide you through the easy application steps. 📫🦝 💛 You are the future of design—be part of the best week in the design calendar! 🏁 Are you ready to shine? 👉 Apply now! Don’t miss out. Applications are open until 14 June. Join in a 3-step process via ddw.nl/participants. . . . 🎥 Teun the Raccoon is part of Studio Bruno Baietto @bbaietto — Teun is a critical designer, selected as one of the creative voices of Dutch Design Week that reviewed our last edition. We invited them back this edition for a peer to peer view on how to apply for Dutch Design Week.

🥽🪨 What appears to be a plastic inflatable chair is, in fact, 600 kg of solid Carrara marble. Masterfully crafted by @hanne.arends , this piece merges state-of-the-art technology with traditional craftsmanship to create a playful paradox through contrasting materials. 🪑 “Freddy Marbic believes he is made of plastic, and what he believes becomes his truth. Because that is the era we live in,” states Arend. This piece blurs the lines between reality and perception, merging two seemingly opposing materials into a familiar design. ♵⛏️ The manufacturing process began with a CNC machine roughly shaping the slab, followed by meticulous artisanal labor to complete the design. The final piece is polished to shine like plastic, challenging our understanding of both materials through their respective manufacturing processes.

The unique DNA of Eindhoven is at risk. A possible departure of @DesignAcademyEindhoven from this city raises serious concerns with us regarding Eindhoven and the future of the Academy. 👉 Read the open letter on DDW.nl Creative head Miriam van der Lubbe, and Dutch Design Foundation's directors Martijn Paulen and Katja Pahnke touch on the many ways DAE and Eindhoven are inextricably linked; not only due to the great value of the economic sector, but as an essential part of the DNA of the region and an important ground in realising the possible futures we want to live in. "Our heartfelt cry to everyone at the decision-making table of this dossier: please pull out all the stops to keep this valuable Eindhoven DNA intact for our future. Let’s not make an irreversible mistake. A solution to this crisis requires flexibility and an open mind, from both sides. We will continue to cooperate and offer our strength and expertise until that solution is found. So buckle down! Because once gone, it will be lost forever." . . . 📸 DAE Graduation Show DDW22 and DDW23 photographed by Max Kneefel. Works Featured include Jasper Bloem’s Visions of Kataro, Charlene Dosso’s Burnout The Game, and an overview of critical works from DAE's Master students.

#heyddw 🐑💚 Christien Meindertsma's FLOCKS Wobot works as a 3D printer using wool, allowing for discarded local European wool to be industrially processed into three-dimensional structures without additional material by-products or water usage. 🦾🧶 Aiming to repurpose the tremendous amounts of raw wool that would be otherwise disposed of, the technique offers an environmentally friendly substitute for a wide range of materials by using a custom robot arm developed by TFT. Retaining the material properties of wool, including its strength, softness, warmth, and breathability, the method opens up many potential applications for this by-product, including locally sourced furniture, acoustic, and insulation applications. 🏆 The pioneering technique continues Meindertsma's research into the undervalued quality of local wool, demonstrated in De Zachte Stad with @RotterdamCirculair , a project winner of @DutchDesignAwards 2023 for Best Commissioning. Photography: Mathijs Labadie, Roel van Tour

💥📣 CALLING ALL DESIGNERS #DDW24💥📣 You are the future of design! 💛 Step up to the challenge. Apply now and take the stage this Dutch Design Week 2024. ⚡️ Come together in the best of all weeks. #DDW24 runs 19-27 OCTOBER 2024 in Eindhoven. Creativity, innovation, and smart coalitions will power us into the future during the best of all weeks. 🐐 Submit your work* before 14 June in a 4-step application process on www.ddw.nl. 🏗️ *Please note that projects that are outdoors or require a permit should be submitted for earlier assessment by 3 June. 👉 More info and registration via www.ddw.nl/participants Do you need assistance or have any questions? We are happy to help you! DDW wants to encourage applications from all possible backgrounds that can give a broad picture of the design field and realistically represent what is going on in society. Become a part of our community! ✹ ✹ ✹ 🎞️ Animation & Design: @studiothonik 📀 Music: @Yskid_beats

🔥💥 Get ready: experience the creativity and innovation of Dutch Design Week 2023 in our official after-movie! We’re proud of what we've achieved with our community and can’t wait to come together again at #DDW24 from 19-27 October 2024! 🚀 🎬 Video: @blickfanger 🥁 Music: @yskid_beats

#OpenCall 📣 Dutch Design Week is looking for grand projects in public spaces: 🏗️ Large-scale projects, striking installations, sizeable objects, or special presentations to land on prominent squares in Eindhoven, and act as a hub for creativity and connectivity during DDW24. Apply before 15 April 2024, and join the ranks of unique and grand projects at the heart and hearth of past editions including: The Solar Pavilion ( @MarjanvanAubel and @V8Architects ), The Exploded View Beyond Building ( @Biobased.Creations ), the People's Pavilion ( @overtredersw and @bureauSLA - we are architects), the Stoelendans ( @Waagnl Futurelab), and the modular building (W)ego (@MVRDV ). 👉 More info on DDW.nl Involved with a large-scale project, exhibition, or installation? Take the stage this DDW24. . . . 📸 1 The Solar Pavillion photographed by @studio.about.today 2 Stoelendans photographed by @maxkneefel 3 The Exploded View photographed by @maxkneefel 4 The People's Pavilion photographed by Filip Dujardin 5 (W)ego photographed by Ossip van Duivenbode.

🔅 Inspired by the intricate forms of a sunflower’s inner disks, @rollo__studio ’s latest lamp collection transforms black sand into intertwining, spiralled 3D-printed structures that create an intricate play of contrast and colour in diffusing light. 🌻 Adhering to biophilic design principles, the wall-mounted lighting pieces embrace a unique surface geometry, folding and curving to layer light and shadow. The complex organic geometry infuses an earthy material with a gravitational aura, through which craftsmanship can be cherished in the era of additive manufacturing. 🌐 Harmonising into visual synchrony reminiscent of solar sands, the spiralling pattern, rooted in the enigmatic beauty of black sand, becomes almost hypnotic. 📸 Courtesy of the designer. Dune pictures by @non_sticky_tape ; video at @kazerneehv during DDW23 #Repost @rollo__studio ・・・ NEW ~ Aureole Collection ~ Sun Shade 01 Released publicly @londondesignfair Made from Quartz Sand 66 x 66 x 32 cm After working really hard to finish these new pieces in time for the fair, it’s a huge pleasure to finally present them in London Photographed by @non_sticky_tape in the dunes… #lightingsculpture #functionalart #contemporarydesign #digitalfabrication #3dprinting #sandhelden #parametricdesign #furnituredesign #designinspiration #designideas #designgallery #collectibledesign #interiordesign

#heyddw 👟 👩‍🚀 A running shoe designed to be worn on Mars, the Red Comet accounts for the low gravity of the red planet. With each shoe weighing 7.5kg, @nolan_le_goff ’s sneakers would recreate the conditions of exercising on Earth in Mars, by layering additional mass that would stimulate the body and prevent loss of muscle mass and bone density. 🔭👾 Speculating on the challenges of the Mars Exploration, the graduate from @designacademyeindhoven positions how shoes can become a tool to adapt to new environments and boost everyday living. 3D printed, they look at the of additive manufacturing not only as a mean for smart material use, but also distributing labour and production. 📸 Nicole Marnati #Repost @nolan_le_goff ・・・ The ‘Red Comet’ is a running shoe, designed to be used on Mars. It’s designed to prevent the loss of muscle mass and bone density on the red planet. The gravity of Mars corresponds to 38% of the Earth’s gravitational force. Unfortunately, low gravity is detrimental for the human body. The first Mars settlers will therefore suffer from the effects of low gravity. ‘Red Comet’ combats those effects with integrated weights to increase the wearer’s mass, stimulating the body as if the user was exercising on Earth. The project is born from a passion about Mars exploration and running. The shoes are 3D printed so they can also be manufactured in space, and their weight is 7.5Kg each. #mars #running

Connect, create & celebrate.. Een terugblik op de exclusieve business lounge van ELLE Decoration en @daphnalaurens tijdens de Dutch Design Week. Wat was het toch een feestje! Een mega bedankje aan het fantastische team achter de schermen en iedereen die de lounge tot leven heeft gebracht 📸 @ronaldsmits @daniellesiobhan