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World Design Embassies & What if Lab continue as Coalitions

Rabobank and Dutch Design Foundation sign agreement as transition partners

Open Call: Grand Projects Dutch Design Week 2025

WDE Spotlight: ST-DUO

Guide | How to purchase a design-driven approach in the public sector?

PONT Education Alliance | Join now!

WDE Spotlight: Studio Futurall

Are you a student? LET’S TALK TALK TALK!

The Generational Thinkers: a growing design field

Feeling and experiencing what matters

Transforming waste collection: Wahu joins Co/Lab

Events als learning cycles

Webinar: Design approach in the public sector

De Generational thinkers: PINWU Design Studio

De Tekentafel: How can design help people who need implants?

The aftermovie of DDW24!

Embassy conference: From thinking big to acting small

Amsterdam empowers youth to shape their digital future

Making Eindhoven’s design DNA tangible

Embassy conference: New Safety

Embassy conference: Designing with different people

Watch the WDE aftermovie 2024!

Embassy conference: Exploring new digital futures

Embassy conference: Taking time as a recipe for a healthy society

Embassy conference: The city as a regenerative landscape

Embassy conference: Bringing together water experts, designers and the construction industry

Upcycled Turbines in 4 minutes

This is What if Lab at DDW24

5x projects using design to create a healthier society

5x innovative projects using gamification to convey a larger message

5x innovative projects from co-creation between civil servants and designers

4x projects contributing to the integration of nature in the city

New choices for mixed-use spaces in the city

Embassy of Inclusive Society at DDW24

The regenerative city of tomorrow

Embassy of Food at DDW24

4x projects that contribute to the needs of different generations

Embassy of Digital Futures at DDW24

Embassy of Water at DDW24

Design and imagination contribute to urgent transitions

Pallas Agterberg creative lead Embassy of Digital Futures

Embassy of Safety at DDW24

Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building at DDW24

Embassy of Health at DDW24

Creatief lead Barbara Vos in the Food100!

The Generational Thinkers: Melle Smets

Nieuwe Vroenten: A Taste for Change

Dutch Design Foundation remains in Basic Infrastructure, advises Council for Culture

Health as currency session: obstacles and opportunities in practice

Design teams for the regenerative city

De Generational Thinkers: Kim van Sparrentak

Coalitions for future food scenarios Embassy of Food

Design team for future elderly care

The Generational Thinkers: Dirk van Peijpe

Rethinking Shared Space in three minutes

Dutch Design Foundation guest at Alliander’s De Metercast

De Generational Thinkers: Maarten Baas

Dutch Design Awards in transition

Decommissioning wind turbines as a second chance

Kick-off of the Dutch Design Foundation design year

De Tekentafel: Area development from different perspectives

Multifunctional bridges for city life

Rujak Plaza, a transformation of quiet roads in Jakarta

The Generational Thinkers: Li An Phoa

A new entrance for Eindhoven

Research Regenerative City and Infrastructure

The Generational Thinkers: Marjolijn van Heemstra

A conversation with the Rabobank

Feelings and numbers: our food system in focus

Totally Local in 3 minutes

The Generational Thinkers: Jannemarie de Jonge

De Tekentafel: How do you involve your target audience in the design process?

2023 Retrospective: Embassy of Water

2023 Retrospective: Embassy of Mobility

2023 Retrospective: Embassy of Safety

2023 Retrospective: Embassy of Food

A conversation with the Ministry of Health, Wellfare and Sports

2023 Retrospective: Embassy of Health

2023 Retrospective: Embassy of Inclusive Society

2023 Retrospective: Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

Watch the WDE aftermovie 2023!

What the power of making can mean for staff shortages

Maakruimte voor Mooi Nederland well on its way to a ‘minor revolution’

Embassy of Inclusive Society Conference: Vulnerability and Connection

How can we work together on major spatial challenges?

Embassy of Food Conference: small roundtables discussing big issues

Embassy of Health conference: the value(s) of health

Possible Landscapes: imminent dreams of nature-inclusive building

More room for design thinking at Justice and Security

Watch the launch of PONT

PONT festively launched on 23 October

Embassy Tour: Designing liveable cities in the Embassy of Mobility

Queen Máxima inspired by designers at Dutch Design Week 2023

Embassy Tour: Making (amends) in the Embassy of Safety

Alex Datema and Barbara Vos: Working towards a future-proof food system

Embassy Tour: Sustainable living environments in the Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

Embassy Tour: Learning and unlearning in the Embassy of Inclusive Society

City and infra become nature

Embassy Tour: Health as wealth

Embassy Tour: On the basis of water

Embassy Tour: The farm of the future at the Embassy of Food

De Tekentafel: How do you design for everyone?

Arne Hendriks searching for the practical and metaphorical power of miso

WDE Spotlight: Bertrand Burgers

4x projects that contribute to the healthcare transition

Match for Impact

11x projects contributing to the spatial transition

Visit the Embassy of Inclusive Society at Van Abbemuseum now

5x projects that contribute to the social transition

The Living Lab of the Embassy of Mobility

A conversation with the ministery of Justice and Security

WDE Spotlight: Afdeling Buitengewone Zaken

De Tekentafel: How can technology play a role in increasing our empathy for each other?

The workshops of the Embassy of Inclusive Society

6 projects contributing to the agricultural and food transition

Katja Pahnke and Martijn Paulen will form the new management of Dutch Design Foundation

Embassy of Health – Expo

4x projects that contribute to the circular transition

Embassy of Food now in Evoluon

WDE Spotlight: Karin Fischnaller

Dutch Design Foundation taking on ‘The Public Design Practice’

Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building at DDW23

Lydia Fraaije new Voice of Water for the Embassy of Water

WDE Spotlight: Charlotte van der Woude

Embassy of Health at DDW23

Embassy of Mobility at DDW23

Embassy of Safety at DDW23

De Tekentafel: Why is it crucial to involve the entire chain in major societal challenges and transitions?

Totaal Lokaal: what does the self-sufficient city of the future look like?

A conversation with Máxima MC

Embassy of Water at DDW23

Embassy of Inclusive Society at DDW23

Embassy of Food at DDW23

Collaborations For Future – Open call for designers

The Generational Thinkers: John Jacobs

Fifteen farms as a metaphor for our food system

Vacancy: Event Manager – World Design Embassies

Vacancy: Interim Manager MarCom & PR

‘Cheating’ with the Makers Collective – Exploring the unknown

De Tekentafel: Why is seeking friction so important, and how does design contribute to this?

WDE Spotlight: Gabriel Fontana

From research to practice

Building a context for makership

WDE Spotlight: Bureau Ruimtekoers

Criminal assets: how do you return confiscated assets to society?

We look back at Water Works – Ecologies of Entanglement

The Nature Building Kit showcases biobased materials at Salone del Mobile

The value is in the quest

WDE and What if Lab: community of practice & learning

De Tekentafel: How does design raise awareness of behaviour on the street? And what can the government learn from it?

De Tekentafel Special: Studio SMELT’s Straatvonk audio tour makes you aware of your interactions on the street

Barbara Vos and Jelleke Raats new core team at Embassy of Food

Joost van der Made new creative lead Embassy of Urban Mobility

Building synergistic collaborations

De Tekentafel: What is the importance of design thinking within the government domain?

Oscar Kneppers new member of the DDF Supervisory Board

Empathetic design with Boey Wang

Inclusive sport with Gabriel Fontana

Cross-generational thinking with Verveeld & Verward

2022 Retrospective: Embassy of Health

2022 Retrospective: Embassy of Safety

2022 Retrospective: Embassy of Urban Mobility

2022 Retrospective: Embassy of Water

Public Annual Report 2021

2022 Retrospective: Embassy of Rethinking Plastic

Retrospective 2022: Embassy of Food

Check out the WDE aftermovie!

WDE Spotlight: Diya Samit

Watch the stream of Ch… Ch… Changes!

Be curious about others

2022 Retrospective: Embassy of Inclusive Society

2022 Retrospective: Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

Give water the freedom to flow

An expedition to the Liveable City

Looking at care differently, the conference of the Embassy of Health opens people’s eyes

Visit from Danish Design Centre: learn and inspire

Safety: trust in the makers

Jetske van Oosten and Tabo Goudswaard in De Correspondent

Unexpected perspectives provide a new outlook on mobility

The supermarket of the future: tech hero or human coach?

Ch… Ch… Changes; change starts with asking new questions

A new vision for unused space under viaducts

Curator Tour: Question your thinking patterns in the Embassy of Inclusive Society

Curator Tour: Liveable cities at the Embassy of Urban Mobility

Curator Tour: Experience the mindset for a chronically healthy society

WDE Spotlight: Yuri Veerman

Curator Tour: Trust the maker in you at Embassy of Safety

Curator Tour: Step into the supermarket of 2050

Curator Tour: Step into a world where we live together with water

Fifth year anniversary of WDE!

Curator Tour: The next steps for the Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

From the margin to the middle

Curator Tour: Leonne Cuppen shows the power of nature in the world of plastics

DDW22 has kicked off!

Embassy Labs at DDW22

New partnership with Secrid and What Design Can Do

WDE Spotlight: The OtherAbilities

6x A sustainable home

Food design, education and a world of ideas with Menno Stoffelsen

The Embassy of Inclusive Society in the Van Abbemuseum

EIT Food on making our food systems future proof

WDE Spotlight: Chiara Treglia

Ready to (un)learn?

10 x Improving the world with living organisms

Eindhoven Design District is live!

WDE Spotlight: Lisa Mandemaker

6 x Technology for a better world

Listening to water, how do you do it?

De Tekentafel: How can design contribute to system change?

5x Design for everyone

Social design offers a new perspective on elderly care

WDE Spotlight: Omlab

Relying on the power of creation for a safe society

Inclusiveness as a continuous process of learning and unlearning

WDE Spotlight: STUDIO 1:1

De Tekentafel: How does speculative design contribute to making new world views imaginable?

Circular construction requires a different landscape

The mindset for a chronically healthy society

Chloé Rutzerveld invited to speak in VPRO Tegenlicht Podcast

Living with water

The new role of the supermarket in 2050

The Exploded View is longlisted for the Dezeen Awards 2022

Working with nature as an answer to the ‘plastic problem’

Liveability and happiness are important starting points for future mobility

Li An Phoa as the new Voice of Water

De Tekentafel: How do you scale up and should that always be the goal?

WDE Spotlight: Van Eijk & van der Lubbe

These are the Labs of the Embassy of Safety

Design Works is looking for a Marketing & Communications intern

Van het podcastje naar de muur #7

Water Café #1: Regeneration… what exactly is that?

Van het podcastje naar de muur #6

WDE Spotlight: Hollandse Luchten

Watch the WDE Talk: How can biobased construction contribute to a sustainable future?

Listen to the Mobility|Society Podcast with Rob Adams

WDE Spotlight: The Night Club

WDE Spotlight: Shaakira Jassat

De Tekentafel: Hoe draagt ontwerp bij aan een meer weerbare samenleving?

De Tekentafel: Hoe draagt ontwerp bij aan een meer weerbare samenleving?

De Tekentafel: Hoe draagt ontwerp bij aan een meer weerbare samenleving?

De Tekentafel: How does design contribute to a more resilient society?

De Tekentafel: Hoe draagt ontwerp bij aan een meer weerbare samenleving?

Rethinking Plastic in Yksi Expo

Visit The Exploded View at Floriade 2022

WDE Spotlight: Yuval Yancovitch

Marleen van Bergeijk new curator Embassy of Health

WDE Spotlight: Lio Huntjens

Andere Tonen: in conversation with De Reuringdienst

Van het podcastje naar de muur #4

Watch the WDE Talk: What will the supermarket of the future look like?

De Tekentafel: How can design contribute to a better living environment?

Miriam van der Lubbe Creative Head of DDW22

WDE Spotlight: Studio Corvers

Van het podcastje naar de muur #3

Probation Service Netherlands seeks social designer for permanent position

Andere Tonen: in conversation with Garage2020

Watch the WDE Talk: How can design and policy come together in the safety domain?

Van het podcastje naar de muur #2

Shay Raviv new curator of Embassy of Inclusive Society

Luister nu Van het podcastje naar de muur

Watch the WDE Talk: How do we design a society where everyone feels seen and represented?

New focus for DDF director Martijn Paulen

Submit your design project for the New European Bauhaus Awards 2022

Andere Tonen: a conversation with Are We Europe

Watch the WDE Talk: How can we make society healthier together?

Embassy of Food initiates Embassy Lab: Supermarket of the Future

De Tekentafel: how does design contribute to more connection?

Watch back: A home for all young people

Watch the WDE Talk: How can we redesign our relationship with plastic?

Andere Tonen: in conversation with Multitude Creative Agency

Retrospective 2021: Embassy of Health

Retrospective 2021: Embassy of Inclusive Society

Retrospective 2021: Embassy of Safety

This is the What if Lab aftermovie of 2021!

Retrospective 2021: Embassy of Rethinking Plastic

Watch the water press conference here

Retrospective 2021: Embassy of Mobility

Retrospective 2021: Embassy of Food

Retrospective 2021: Embassy of Water

How can everyone in our society participate without limitations?

Check out the official WDE aftermovie!

Retrospective 2021: Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

WDE Spotlight: Liselot Cobelens

Watch the WDE Talk: What if liveability is central to designing mobility?

WDE Spotlight: Bygg Architecture & Design

WDE Spotlight: Kuang-Yi Ku

Watch the WDE Talk: Cohabitating with water

WDE Spotlight: What The Studio

WDE Spotlight: Reframing Studio

WDE Spotlight: Angel-Rose Oedit Doebé

World Design Embassies great success at Dutch Design Week 2021

Water spreekt ons een hartig woordje toe

Curator Tour: We take you through the Embassy of Inclusive Society

Your role in the transition to chronic health

Breaking the long building chain together

Curator Tour: Jetske van Oosten shows how you can contribute to collective health

Snacking on bacteria and fungi in the future

Curator Tour: Rob Adams shows how we can redesign mobility

Defining future mobility together

Watch the DDW TV episode: The Future of The Netherlands

Curator Tour: Tabo Goudswaard shows surprising safety

Surprising safety told by ex-juvenile criminal and cyber agent Roozy

Curator Tour: Walk with Chloé Rutzerveld through the supermarket of the future

Having breakfast together to see plastic differently

Gender equality and inclusion are central to ABN AMRO at DDW21

Curator Tour: Dive into the worlds of plastics with Leonne Cuppen

Hairsalon Embassy of Inclusive Society: A new haircut and a spontaneous encounter

Curator Tour: Lucas De Man takes you through The Exploded View Beyond Building

Volg de versheid en verminder voedselverspilling met Rui Xu

Curator Tour: Walk along with Anouk van der Poll through the Embassy of Water

Floris Alkemade guides you through the Labyrinth

Do you want to see what is in the Supermarket of the Future?

No bad hair day at DDW

DDW has kicked off!

Botanic Bites met Doreen Westphal

Customizing food for health with Annelies Hermsen

Personalize your crop with Chloé Rutzerveld

Embassy of Water op DDW

Embassy of Safety at DDW

Embassy of Rethinking Plastic at DDW

These are the Labs of the Embassy of Mobility

Embassy of Mobility at DDW

Embassy of Health at DDW

New podcast: De Tekentafel!

Get with the (cultured meat) times by evolving in vitro with Yuval Yancovitch

WDE Spotlight: Michelle Baggerman & Jessica den Hartog

The Labyrinth: trusting the power of doubt

Surprising safety at the Embassy of Safety

Reshaping mobility: Now is the time

Embassy of Food at DDW

Embassy of Inclusive Society at DDW

Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building at DDW

Rediscovering traditional Chinese medicine with Kuang-Yi Ku

WDE Spotlight: RikMakes

De Embassy of Water allows you to be amazed by water

New perspectives for inclusive shopping

Better healthcare: ‘Everyone can make a difference’

Seeing plastic as an opportunity at the Embassy of Rethinking Plastic

The Labyrint: the art of changing direction

Screen Mutations: tableware designed for interaction through a screen

Look in the (hairdressing) mirror at the Embassy of Inclusive Society

SUNSEEKER and the power of collaboration

What will your future supermarket look like? The Embassy of Food makes you think.

This is what the Embassies will present at Dutch Design Week

“There is nothing more uniting in this world than water”

The Exploded View: a biobased house as a starting point for a different value system

Good news for the Embassy of Water!

Floris Alkemade: DDW Ambassador!

Watch the WDE Talk: How do we design a safe and inclusive society?

What if Lab and World Design Embassies join forces with Embassy Labs

Visit the expo ‘Art and New Materials’ in De Domijnen

Minister HWS responds to ‘Unhindered participation’

Visit Design Open in Eindhoven

Watch the WDE Talk: Food and water systems for a healthy planet

Traveling expo Rethinking Plastic

Visit The Exploded View in Design Museum Gent

Watch the WDE Talk: Shaping a liveable and healthy environment for all

Retrospective 2020: Embassy of Mobility

Retrospective 2020: Embassy of Water

Retrospective 2020: Embassy of Health

Designing with inmates

Retrospective 2020: Embassy of Food

Retrospective 2020: Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

In conversation with the Social Design Police

Retrospective 2020: Embassy of Rethinking Plastic

Our house is on fire, but what about the water?

What brings a social designer to a nursing home?

Clay and straw as modern building materials

BPD will provide 1,000 new homes with a materials passport in 2020

Partners of Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building share their expertise and their questions

“It’s about asking the right questions”

An intimate conversation about local food

Meet the makers at Embassy of Rethinking Plastic

The future of care is intimate (and two more propositions worth reflecting on)

From ‘healthy streets’ to ’15-minute city’, a world tour along new concepts for mobility

A house of popcorn and mushrooms: join the creation process of The Exploded View

Inspiring mobility pilots from Boston to Bogota. Join us on a trip around the world?

Water is alive in Eindhoven!

Colofon

Program announcement Embassy of Water

What if we put water first?

Mussel shells and water bottles? How small things can change an entire industry

Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are (and the other way around)

Happy train interior

Dealing with plastic differently, we have to and it is possible

Retrospective 2018: Embassy of Food

Retrospective 2017: Embassy of Food

Retrospective 2019: Embassy of Sustainable Design

Retrospective 2019: Embassy of Safety

Retrospective 2019: Embassy of Health

Retrospective 2019: Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

Advice Council for Culture: DDF in Basic Infrastructure from 2021 onwards

Retrospective 2019: Embassy of Water

Retrospective 2019: Embassy of Mobility

Retrospective 2018: Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

Retrospective 2018: Embassy of Water