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Welcome to designlab! but what is it?

DesignLab is a creative and cross-disciplinary ecosystem at the University of Twente, connecting science and society through design. Faculty and students from all fields work together with companies and governments to implement and develop scientific and technological insights that can be used in finding and shaping creative, innovative and meaningful solutions for complex societal challenges. Top talents from engineering, natural science, social science and the humanities join forces to take on the wicked problems of tomorrow’s world, using their creativity to bring science to design for society.

First edition of 'enlightening conversation starters' DesignLab

Citizens of Enschede monitor groundwater with Internet of Things

UT brings ‘High Tech, Human Touch’ to Dutch Design Week

Join the DreamTeam

Adapted opening times mWorkshop + eWorkshop DesignLab

Link with the university of twente

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.