Design is a tool, the world our playground. Design is more than just form and function—it's a way to shape reality, challenge perspectives, and create meaningful impact.

Whether through digital experiences, motion design, UX, branding, or speculative futures, design empowers us to reimagine the possible. WDTW is organised by the Leeuwarden School of Design, the bachelor programmes Teacher of Fine Arts and Teacher of Theatre, and the master programme Health Innovation.

WDTW was first organised in 2022 under the name You x Design x The World. From its 2024 edition onwards, it has been known as We x Design x The World.

Design

At WDTW, design is not a style, a trend, or a set of tools. It is a way of engaging with the world.

Design is concrete and abstract at the same time. It deals with tangible outcomes, artefacts, systems, interactions, while always addressing underlying questions: why this, for whom, and in what context? Design operates both in the small -the actual things we make- and in the large -the contexts we influence.

What you will find at WDTW is a broad spectrum of design practices: from visual, digital to technological. Student work, research and mere experiments. Workshops, talks, installations, and conversations that show design as a discipline that requires skill, judgment, and responsibility.