Dutch Design Week

In October of each year, Dutch Design Week (DDW) takes place in Eindhoven. The biggest design event in Northern Europe presents work and ideas of more than 2000 designers to more than 300,000 visitors from home and abroad. In more than 100 locations across the city, DDW organizes and facilitates exhibitions, lectures, prize ceremonies, networking events, debates and festivities.

Over the past 20 years, DDW has made a name for itself as a festival that shows the design of the future and the future of design. An objective that highlights how creative minds from around the world shape a positive future. As such, DDW thinks it’s even more important to show, explore, and discuss the research, ideas, and developments that can impact the years and decades to come.

From 16 to 24 October, Dutch Design Week (DDW) took place in Eindhoven. The biggest design event in Northern Europe presented work and ideas of more than 2000 designers and facilitated exhibitions, lectures, prize ceremonies, networking events, debates, and festivities in over 100 locations across the city.

For 2021, DDW chose the overarching theme of 'The Greater Number' – the quest for the better number. With this theme, DDW calls for less. Less consumption, less production, and therefore less waste. On the other hand, we know less isn't always possible. So when it comes to more, it should be better: more sustainable products and production processes that create transparency and value, so that consumers treat products differently.