IDW 2021

organizer UAntwerp Campus Mutsaard Mutsaardstraat 31 2000 Antwerp team Faculty of Design Sciences ��������������������������� Prof. dr. em. Alex Vanneste — dean Prof. dr. Inge Bertels — vice-dean Jozef Smeets — faculty director curator ������������������������������������������ Johan De Walsche co-curators �������������������������������������� Els De bruyn (Royal Academy of Fine Arts) Marleen Goethals (urbanism and spatial planning) Jo Meers (architecture) Ilaria Rosetti (heritage studies) Inge Somers (interior architecture) Kristof Vaes (product development) Student representatives of Modulor project officer ������������������������������������� Elke Lingier coordinator internationalization ����������������������� Nele Simons intercultural communication�������������������������� Kim Boudiny Nele Simons graphic design ������������������������������������ Gert Van Echelpoel communication ����������������������������������� Sven Verheyen Nele Simons 28 Xplore Design Week Workshops #1 Creative facilitation by Gert Dierckx #2 Plastic Poetry by Lore Veelaert #3 Build and destroy by Ola Mirecka #4 Prototyping a Mobile App in Figma by Eline Wouters #5 The Product Story by Kris Van Bosstraeten #6 Product design + digital testing by Pieter Vanderhenst (Voxdale) #7 Who cares? A Crash Course for Impactful Narratives by Filip Fransen and Frédéric Snauwaert #8 Material Tinkering by Adriaan Debruyne #9 Human Augmentation with a Critical Twist by Anne Britt Torkildsby, Muriel De Boeck and Kristof Vaes #10 The stage is yours by Janne Desmet and Stefan Vandervelden #11 Digitalize physical objects to redesign products by Yvette Plaisier, Jeroen Raeijmaekers and Gerd Van Cauteren #12 Remote Design Thinking & Doing by Lansen Walraet, Lode Rummens and Thomas Waegemans (Accenture Interactive) Xplore DesignWeek (XDW) is part of the International DesignWorkshopweek (IDW) and is an event of workshops, lectures and social events. Xplore Design is specifically aimed at bachelor students in product development (2nd and 3rd bachelor) and wants to explore and deepen innovative or alternative design skills and techniques.