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Dutch Design Week 2025: kidult aesthetics and serious play

On a rainy day in Eindhoven, the design capital of The Netherlands, artists and designers showed us something that really makes us human, that sets us apart from machines: our ability to play.

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Technology

Dutch Design Week 2025: Digital afterlives and making space for grief

Dutch Design Week 2025 has so far prompted visitors to question what it means to be human, and what challenges that notion more than death itself.

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Design

Dutch Design Week 2025: Slowing AI and fostering empathy

The 25th edition of Dutch Design Week has kicked off in Eindhoven with this year’s anniversary theme being Past, Present, Possible. The purpose of the theme is a call to the design industry to keep room for experimentation, a key component of the festival.

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Food & Drink

The Big Idea: AI Nourished Foodscapes

At Dutch Design Week 2024, we learned how AI is fuelling the re-invention of the food and drink landscape, from ecosystem-nurturing agriculture to empathetic dining experiences.

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Food & Drink

Dutch Design Week 2024: AI Nourished Foodscapes

At Dutch Design Week 2024, we learned how AI is fuelling the re-invention of the food and drink landscape, from ecosystem-nurturing agriculture to empathetic dining experiences.

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Technology

Dutch Design Week 2024: Life in The Synthocene Era

At the 2024 edition of Dutch Design Week designers addressed what life might look like in The Synthocene Era, as the boundaries between human and non-human entities are increasingly blurred.