The Dutch Design Charrette

International Design Challenge
The Dutch Design Charrette 2026 is an international Design Challenge in cooperation with partner universities all over Europe. A week with inspiring workshops and guest lecturers, working on the following interesting design challenge: 
Each project group will work on a challenge for a collaborator. The collaborators are all organizations that wish to contribute in some way to one of the Sustainable Development Goals. You bring your own expertise to the project! At the end of the week you present your (digital) concept to the collaborator.

Description of the project 
The Evoluon is an iconic building in Eindhoven. Originally it was built as a showcase for technological progress, particularly those aspects in which the Eindhoven-based company Philips was involved. The building was “presented” to the city of Eindhoven in 1966 on the occasion of Philips' 75th anniversary. It is currently an interactive museum and event venue (the Next Nature Museum) focused on the relationship between humans, nature and technology. It also serves as a high-quality conference and event centre, with plans to become a fully-fledged museum open to the general public on a daily basis in the future. In 2026, the Evoluon will celebrate its 60th anniversary. A wonderful reason to organise our international week around this building.   

Students will work on the following assignment:

• How can the Evoluon become an interactive landmark in Eindhoven, reflecting past, present and possible future of human nature and technology?

The kick-off will be in the iconic Evoluon in Eindhoven. 
There we will also have our final presentations on Friday. These final presentations will take place in the exposition space of the Evoluon, which means that the products that you made will also be open to the public.

The programme of this week includes:

• All lunches
• Farewell dinner
• Guest lectures
• Workshops
• Excursion
• Social activity