Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Billie van Katwijk has developed a process for turning bovine guts into a material that can be used to make bags and accessories, and is presenting the results at Dutch Design Week. More
Dutch studio MVRDV has built a colourful, futuristic hotel, made up of nine rooms that can be moved into different configurations. More
Designer Lotte Douwes used shards of porcelain that would otherwise have gone to waste to create this range of translucent tableware, which she is presenting at Dutch Design Week 2017. More
Finishing off Good Design for a Bad World, our series of talks about how design could tackle the world's big problems, a panel of speakers debated our turbulent political times live from Dutch Design Week. More
On day two of our Good Design for a Bad World talks series, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs was joined by a panel of speakers to discuss design and pollution live from Dutch Design Week. More
Dutch Design Week kicked off in Eindhoven today, and Dezeen is in town hosting debates about whether design can tackle global issues. We've picked out 10 other worthy events and exhibitions, from an "embassy" exploring the future of food to a plastic recycling workshop. More
MVRDV founder Winy Maas joined a panel of speakers to discuss the relationship between city design and terrorism in this talk, which was the third in our Good Design for a Bad World series recorded during Dutch Design Week. More
Design's role in the ongoing refugee crisis is the focus of our next Good Design for a Bad World talk, which was the second in a five-part series we streamed from Dutch Design Week. More
Kicking off Good Design for a Bad World, our series of talks about how design could tackle the world's big problems, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs hosted a discussion on climate change during Dutch Design Week. More
To encourage people to consume more tap water, Dutch designer Lotte de Raadt presents a range of terracotta carafes that naturally keep liquids cool at this year's Dutch Design Week, which starts today. More
Architects and designers are too obsessed with being original and should get over their aversion to copying others, according to a new book co-written by Winy Maas of MVRDV. More
The past year has seen more and more designers responding to shifts in the political landscape, from the Brexit vote to the election of Donald Trump. Ahead of our Good Design for a Bad World talk series, here's a look at eight designs used as tools for change. More
Ahead of the launch of our Good Design for a Bad World, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs asked: "Can design save the world?" In this response, Louise Schouwenberg argues that global issues can't be placed on the shoulders of guilt-ridden designers alone. More
Dezeen has teamed up with Dutch Design Week to present a late-night party with DJs and live performances in Eindhoven on Friday 27 October. More
As part of Good Design for a Bad World, a series of talks we are hosting with Dutch Design Week, we will ask whether designers can help to solve climate change. Here are eight ideas already developed. More
Can design tackle the really big problems facing the world? Or is design helping to cause these problems? Join Dezeen and Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven on 21 and 22 October, where these questions will be addressed in a series of free discussions. More
A symposium taking place at Dutch Design Week later this month will discuss the rapid depletion of the world's sand reserves, which could leave supplies of the high-quality sand used in the glass industry exhausted within 20 years. More
Dezeen promotion: an exhibition of Design Academy Eindhoven graduates, Dezeen's Good Design for a Bad World talks progamme, and a robot research centre are among the 600 events taking place during this year's Dutch Design Week. More
Ahead of the launch of our Good Design for a Bad World initiative, Dezeen editor-in chief Marcus Fairs asks, can designers make a difference when it comes to global challenges like climate change, terrorism and political shocks? More
Dezeen is teaming up with Dutch Design Week to launch a new platform exploring the ways designers are addressing the big problems facing the world. More