Rewatch all DDW Talks!

Check all the Talks on our video page. Together with our partners, we investigated 8 different topics in the field of design. We have listed all topics and speakers for you, scroll down to see all speakers in each category.

Future Cities

How pleasant is city densification? This talk has been moderated by Christele Harrouk, Managing Editor at ArchDaily. Talks by:

• Don Murphy | Founder of VMX Architects
• Bas Horsting | Design director urban planning & architecture and healthy urban living at Sweco
• Bas van Dam | Owner and CEO of Being Development

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Interactive Experiences

How does technology feed new forms of design, art and creativity? This talk is moderated by Marsha Simon, Community manager at Dutch Design Foundation. Talks by:

• Merel van Helsdingen | Founder and managing director of Nxt Museum and on the Dutch Design Award Expert Panel of the category Data & Interaction
• Boris Acket | Multidisciplinary artist
• Luis Ferreira | Creative technologist at Schuur Creations and DDW participant
• Angelique Spaninks | Director and curator at MU - hybrid art house and chair of Design Research category at Dutch Design Awards

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Contemporary Icons

What are the newest developments in the world of collectable design objects? This Talk is moderated by Evelien Reich, Editor in Chief at ELLE Decoration NL. Talks by:

• Tineke Beunders and Nathan Wierink | The designers of Ontwerpduo and APTUM Customized Lighting Creations
• Audrey Large | designer and Dutch Design Awards winner
• Nadine van den Bosch | Co-founder and programme manager of Young Collectors Circle
• Liv Vaisberg | Owner of Liv Vaisberg Office for Art & Design and founder of the COLLECTIBLE fair
• Federica van Adrichem | Category Manager of applied arts and design at Catawiki
• Frank Engel | Vice president and general manager art and antiques at Catawiki

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Eco Pioneers

How can we use design, science, and technology to save the planet? This Talk is moderated by Ruben Baart, Editor in Chief Next Nature Network. Talks by:

• Koert van Mensvoort | Artist and philosopher
• Sophia Crespo | Generative artist
• Dougal Dixon | Geologist, palaeontologist, educator, and author
• Sophie Falkeis | Multidisciplinary designer and DDW participant
• Cécilia Gross | Architect partner, director of VenhoevenCS, and DDW participant
• Max Latour | Experimental designer at Urban Reef, and DDW participant

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Designing Society

How can we use design to serve the needs of society? This Talk is moderated by Kimberley Bradley, journalist, author, editor, and educator. Talks by: 

• Mariana Pestana | Architect, curator, and co-founder of The Decorators, a multidisciplinary design collective
• Bernhard Lenger | Studio Bernhard Lenger and member of The Social Design Lobby
• Nienke Huitinga | Maker of WINWIN: an interactive debate experience where an algorithm guides you through a conversation about a polarizing societal issue, to create consensus
• Maxime Benvenuto | Researcher and writer working at the cross-section of practice and theory: design research projects and design theory and history
• Fides Lapidaire | Social designer working on the Social Design Police programme

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Adapted Realities

How can new forms of design improve both our physical and virtual worlds? This Talk is moderated by Izzy Sayers of The Next Web and Mischief Makers. Talks by: 

• Thijs Biersteker | Ecological artist
• Natasha Greenhalgh | Co-Founder & Creative Director Nxt Museum
• Harald Dunnink | Co-Founder & Creative Director Momkai
• Martijn Gastkemper | Senior back-end developer at GRRR
• Martijn Smeels | Process coordinator municipal educational facilities at the City of Amsterdam
• Maxine Penney | Diversity, equity and inclusion in the EMEA & APAC region at Media.Monks
• Jonas Onland | Managing Partner at Serendipity
• Tjeerd Haccou | Founding Partner of Space&Matter
• Andy Lürling | Founder of LUMO Labs

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Connected Living

How will we live and work together in the future? This Talk is moderated by Robert Thiemann, founder and director at Frame. Talks by:

• Lucas Zoutendijk | Founder of Studio 1:1 and participant of the Sweco Design Challenge 2021
• Tessa Winter and Frank Uffen | Head of Connector Program and Partner and director of partnerships at The Student Hotel
• Mathias Funk | associate professor of Industrial Design at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
• Pieter Kool | founder of Carbon Studio and co-developer of Schoonschip

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Sustainable Products

Which materials and crafts will help us build a better future? This Talk is moderated by Fabio Colturri, Head of Content at DesignWanted.

• Chris Kabel | designer-maker and enthusiastic participant of the Basketclub
• Rob Kragt | CSR Communication Manager, Tarkett
• Said Belhadj | entrepreneur and sustainable product developer, founder of Raphia: a sustainable shoe brand
• Päivi Tahkokallio | founder and CEO of Tahkokallio Design+, president of BEDA (The Bureau of European Design Associations) and chair of the jury of the Design Europa Awards

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