In five themes, we showcase the latest approaches in Design Research at the 4TU's in which the natural meets the artificial, the individual collaborates with the collective; the past connects to the future, and methods for making span the traditional to the novel.

Design United will fuel the Design Research Debate with 5 inspiring themes for 5 consecutive days in 5 appropriate formats. More than Human Design, Futuring, Politics of Design, Entanglements with AI, and Neo Craftsmanships will be in the centre of this programme.

For 5 consecutive days, Design United fuelled the debate around design research in the Effenaar during the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. Isolde Hallensleben hosted a vivid show and talked to researchers and designers to ignite a lively discussion on 5 design research themes: 1 Entangled Ecologies, 2 Connected Interactions, 3 Changing Things, 4 Embedded Designers, 5 Evolving Methodologies.

Design United fuelled the Design Research Debate with 5 inspiring themes for 5 consecutive days in 5 talkhsows, led by Isolde Hallensleben.

Design at the intersection of advanced scientific research, fast-moving emerging technologies, and the shifting needs and dreams of our future societies.
Design is a powerful tool – increasingly used to shape the future. With this power, comes responsibility for designers to work together. To unite. To better understand and respond to a rapidly evolving world. This what we do.