Dutch Design Week is officially in full swing this week. With hundreds of design events happening throughout The Netherlands, it's difficult to narrow the list down to a reasonable amount. That's where we're here to help—we've created this insider's guide full of our favorite exhibits, workshops and events to help you navigate the best of Dutch Design Week. 

Work by Thomas Kanters

AKV St. Joost

This exhibit features a selection of eight young designers who design for difficult topics, including the refugee crisis and sustainability. Each project takes a different approach to research—from collaboration to alienation. 

Changing the Skin: Mae Engelgeer

Changing the Skin

This exhibit reimagines the process of creating ceramics through the idea that breaking during production isn't such a bad thing. The artists involved in Changing the Skin want to remind everyone that traditional craft can still influence design today and tomorrow.

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Bricks of the Future

A student exhibition that showcases the work resulting from a workshop challenging participants to design the brick of the future. The featured designs use less energy than typical bricks and are made from recycled materials.

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ARCHI TEXTILES

A series of sound absorbing fabric with a 3D structure, designed by Aleksandra Gaca. Attractive, sound-proof fabric has the possibility to influence future of sound-proofing interiors.

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Insectology vs. Veganism

Here are two exhibits with two completely different views of the future—Insectology imagines a future where the Western world views eating insects as a luxury, and Veganism imagines a world in which animal exploitation is prohibited. Bring a carnivore and a vegan to both if you want to provoke a heated debate.

Burg: A look in the studio

9 Days of Making

A rotating exhibition and research project that highlights traditional handicrafts and material exploration. Each day, a new project will be featured and new research will be conducted.

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Made in Grunn: Experiencing the Senses with Sugar and Salt

What new sugar and salt based products, concepts and applications are out there? This very specific exhibit aims to find out.

KNITTO Textiles

KNIT-O-MAT

Learn about the process and possibilities of 3D knitting with NITTO Amsterdam.

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Radio for Disaster Management

This workshop is your chance to learn about disaster management, make your own survival kit and build a mini radio. You're welcome.

Objects of Research

Why Does My Refrigerator Know my Birthday? and Devious Devices

We said it once, and we'll say it again—these are two must-see exhibits that highlight the potential horror of future electronic devices.

Lambert Kamps's Tube Lamp Clock

Tube Lamp Clock

This is a working tube lamp clock that you can watch in action. Try not to get too hypnotized. 

Freerk Wieringa's Android / Humanoid

Manifestations—Will the Future Design Us?

A virtual fairy tale desert, a psychiatric clinic for robots, Furbies with separation anxiety and predictive police—just a few things you can explore at this curious exhibit, described as a "dream trip."

"Spacy" Philips TV, 1970

Space Age Design and Philips

This exhibit features Space Age designs that have greatly influenced later designs. Revisit the age that had unlimited faith in science and engineering through product designs, advertising and buildings, and consider how they've affected present-day design.

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Parliament of Things

What if people shared political power with non-human things? What if animals, plants, objects and technologies could represent their own interests? Find out at Parliament of Things—an exhibit where interests collide and future ideas are conceived.

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For Play

For Play is another exhibit worth repeating–reimagine the act of having sex through the eyes of some very talented artists.

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Redesign the Netherlands in 48 Hours

A call to action asking participants to create a new vision for the Netherlands. Work with data from various regions, including North Brabant, the City of Eindhoven and DataLand to solve one of four specific design challenges.

The VERTIWALK

Vertical Walking

With two billion new urban dwellers in the next 25 years, we are forced to make use of vertical space. But how do we get there? Stairs are a growing challenge with taller buildings and an aging society. Lifts are not an alternative in many cases—they're too complex, too expensive and consume significant amounts of energy. Vertical Walking gives you the opportunity to explore VERTIWALK, a new solution for vertical walking.

Creating this list was no easy task—check out the rest of the wonderful Dutch Design Week events, exhibits and workshops here.