Welcome to Dutch Design Week 2019!

This year, Dutch Design Week (DDW) presents 8 design trends that mark the most important developments in the field of design. In this trend we discover the perks of collaboration and joining forces.

This year, Dutch Design Week (DDW) presents 8 design trends that mark the most important developments in the field of design. In this trend we explore the problem solving qualities of designers when it comes to the challenges of the modern world.

This year, Dutch Design Week (DDW) presents 8 design trends that mark the most important developments in the field of design. This trend is all about the role of design in a museological context.

This year, Dutch Design Week (DDW) presents 8 design trends that mark the most important developments in the field of design. In this trend, we explore the concept of an invisible designer.

This year, Dutch Design Week (DDW) presents 8 design trends that mark the most important developments in the field of design. In this trend, we explore new applications ceramics.

This year, Dutch Design Week (DDW) presents 8 design trends that mark the most important developments in the field of design. In this trend, we explore the need to reconnect with each other.

Sewage sludge. Sounds anything but appetising! It’s pretty disgusting stuff – the sludge of fats and oils from food and cosmetics which we wash down the drain every single day. Although filthy, it’s the main ingredient in a product recently designed by artist and entrepreneur Jalila Essaïdi. Indeed, at ABN AMRO’s Game Changers Experience, she’s presenting the world’s very first candles made from sewage sludge.

Who doesn’t appreciate a fine leather bag glossy with age? Or your nan’s cracked enamel bread bin and all the nostalgia it evokes… But whoever heard of an ordinary conference table whose beauty and character are enhanced the more it’s used? Well, product designer Adrianus Kundert has now created the Transformer Table, which was selected by ABN AMRO for the Game Changers Experience at the 2019 Dutch Design Week. Adrianus is fascinated not just by change and wear, but also by mass production and new techniques. His practical yet creative approach has resulted in a product which is simple and surprisingly sustainable in equal measure. Gather around the table!

Minimalistic, experimental, innovative and radical: Dutch designers have long been praised for their work and their design thinking. ABN AMRO understands how important Dutch Design is to the country’s economy and is a strong advocate of entrepreneurship in this sector.

Microfibres… They sound harmless enough, right? Wrong, says designer Eric van Slooten, Director of MarcelvangalenDesign. In fact, he calls them the “assassins” which are turning our oceans into a plastic soup. Meet the ABN AMRO Game Changers.

We’ve all been there… The bananas you bought only two or three days ago are already going brown, as is the inside of that avocado… But what can you do? Most of us just bin them. A shame according to House of Thol. Meet the ABN AMRO Game Changers.

“Design a product that solves an everyday problem and that also helps to reduce the ecological footprint.” Last spring ABN AMRO set ten designers to work with these instructions.