4TU Design Research

Design United 2021 @DDW: Up Close & Personal and the DRIVE festival
The Dutch Design Week starts October 16th and we can’t wait!
We will have a full daily programme at the Effenaar, running from Monday 18 October with the Design Research & Innovation Festival, followed by the Up Close & Personal Talkshow.
Next to that we have an exhibition @ de Klokgebouw, where 13 top design research projects of the Dutch four technical universities are highlighted from 16 October till 24 October.

You are cordially invited to:

  • visit our Up Close & Personal exhibition in the Klokgebouw & browse our e-magazine
  • join the recordings of our Up Close & Personal talkshows
  • follow the daily livestreams of our Up Close & Personal talkshow
  • join the DRIVE festival



The Design Research & Innovation Festival 18-22 Oct 10:30-13:45

At the DRIVE festival innovative research projects at the interface of knowledge and innovation are on stage. Designers, researchers and organisations that are experts on the themes will come together in de Effenaar, where Design United, CLICKNL and the World Design Embassies present state of the art research, design & innovation in 5 Themes: Mobility, Circular and Biobased Building, Health, Safety and the combined Food/Water theme. If you would like to join DRIVE LIVE, send an email indicating the day of your preference to m.k.idema@tudelft.nl.



Design Research Debate: Up Close & Personal Talkshow  18-22 Oct 15:00-16:00
Five consecutive days. Five livestreamed talkshows. Five contemporary topics: Entangled Ecologies, Connected Interactions, Changing Things, Embedded Designers. And last and most comprehensive, Evolving Methodologies! Join us online via our website each afternoon at 15:00 from next Monday 18 October.
Do you want to join the recordings of the talk shows live at the Effenaar, Eindhoven?
Subscribe now and before 16 October, via this link (limited seats available)!