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From 18 to 26 October 2025, the Dutch Design Week (DDW) is held in Eindhoven. During this nine-day design event, all disciplines of design are featured, both the artistic and the practical. The emphasis lies on experiment, innovation and cross-over, with special attention to the works of young aspiring design talents.
HKU at Dutch Design Week
Each year in October, the city of Eindhoven is hosting the nine-day event Dutch Design Week. It’s the biggest design event in Northern Europe, and so HKU is of course always present.
HKU at Dutch Design Week
Class of 25
During the Dutch Design Week, six HKU alumni will be exhibiting their designs in Klokgebouw (Hall 2) as part of the Class of 25. In this group exhibition, both Dutch and international academies present a selection of their graduation works in multiple disciplines. The theme is ‘The storm of the incomprehensible’, featuring a young generation of creators who relate themselves to a future in which, among others, technology and our most intimate experiences merge into one.
Meet the HKU Class of 25
HKU alumni at DDW
Next to this Class of 25, there are others works by our alumni to admire at the Dutch Design Week, spread across the exhibitions in, among others Manifestations, Design Perron and in De Fabriek.
Click here for a map that displays all the HKU alumni who are present at the Dutch Design Week.
Click here for a map that displays all the HKU alumni who are present at the Dutch Design Week.
Manifestations
Strijp S, VEEM, 8th floor, Torenallee 100
Guus Holtman – HKU Fine Art
Mattie van Bergen – HKU Product Design
NRE
Canal Area, Gasfabriek 6
Dario Freyre Hechavarria – HKU Spatial Design
DE FABRIEK
Hallenweg, Baarsstraat 38
Isabelle Boiten – HKU Graphic Design
Klokgebouw
Strijp S, Klokgebouw 50
Maren Stam – HKU Image and Media Technology
Design Perron Graduates 2025
Station Area, Fuutlaan 12E
Judith Spil – HKU Product Design (makers collective 'De Makersmarkt')
Bowen de Boer – HKU Product Design (makers collective 'De Makersmarkt')
Nean Lotze – HKU Product Design (makers collective 'De Makersmarkt')
Fenna Hofstede – HKU Product Design
Lydia Nieuwmeijer – HKU Product Design
Lotte Raida – HKU Product Design
Job van der Bent – HKU Product Design
Marco Sleumer – HKU Spatial Design
Willemijn van Cuijk – HKU Spatial Design
Marlot Eefting – HKU Spatial Design
Babs Groote Schaarsberg – HKU Fashion Design
Rebecca Stroeven – HKU Graphic Design
Muna Jonkman – HKU Graphic Design
Dominique Bonne – HKU Illustration
Anne Cappendijk – HKU Illustration
Nathalie van Dalfsen – HKU Illustration
Rosalyn Reijnders – HKU Illustration
Glenelys Josefina – HKU Photography
Thomas Fontein – HKU Photography
Florentien Stikkelorum – HKU Fine Art
Activate your design skills at DDW
The world is on edge. Polarisation is growing. Climate change demands action and technology is progressing tirelessly. This time asks for another type of thoughts and actions. During DDW25, UN/School is opening the door for curious professionals, designers, students and policy makers, who want to amp up their skills. In the workshop ‘The Art of Creative Space’, HKU’s lecturing researcher Willem-Jan Renger, together with strategic digital design agency Greenberry will give insight in creative leadership. In this design session, you can learn how to look at leadership from the viewpoint of a designer.
The workshop is held at Thursday 23 October, 9:30 – 10:45 uur, Ketelhuisplein. Registration is required.
Tickets and more
For more info about the programme and tickets for Dutch Design Week, please visit www.ddw.nl.