Connecting science and society through design

Welcome to DesignLab. We are a collaborative platform for creative changemakers. Firmly rooted across the University of Twente ecosystem, combining insights from high-tech sciences with a human touch. As a catalyst for innovation - fuelled by the spirit of our student-driven DreamTeam - we connect science and society through design principles. All to build a better tomorrow today. 

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University of Twente students help with drug labs investigation
Open funding call: Responsible Design
With support of TKI CLICKNL, the board of DesignLab invites UT researchers, together with societal or industrial partners, to submit proposals that aim to explore and enhance the field of 'Responsible Design'.
The future of the University of Twente through the eyes of students
For a period of six weeks, students considered the question of what the future of the University of Twente should look like. They presented the results of their search at the DesignLab last week. The most important mess…
‘Monitoring Groundwater’ pilot results available
On 11 April, project partners and participating residents of Enschede rounded off the Monitoring Groundwater pilot with a meeting in DesignLab. As of today, the booklet with pilot highlights & recommendations as well as…
Sniffing out the drug waste problem
DesignLab is teaming up with the police, the IJsselland environmental department (Omgevingsdienst IJsselland) and province of Overijssel to provide insight into production and disposal sites for synthetic drugs.
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28May
Tosti Talks: Smart Cities
28May
Lecture Series Master Honours Design
28May
Build A Drone (DesignLab University Workshop) - Full, registration closed
03Jun
LightBulb Chats: e-Democracy
12Jul
Responsible Design: The Launch
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DesignLab DreamTeam

The student team with the green-beating heart, running the daily business of DesignLab. Contact us for operational questions about DesignLab (or to exchange brilliant new ideas).

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The University of Twente is a frontrunner in socially-relevant technological developments, fueled by the presence of a combination of technical and social sciences: High Tech Human Touch. This vision is encouraged by the environment that is explicitly designed for multidisciplinary design-oriented challenges, in which scientific knowledge is connected with societal problems and challenges: DesignLab.  

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