Kazerne Competitors

Design Academy Eindhoven educates designers who will shape the future. We promote a mentality of creating new ideas, strategies, things, experiences, spaces and services. Designers need to be responsive to the changes in the world. Designers define how we will experience the world around us. There are different creative thinkers and makers needed. There is a growing request for authentic, engaging and conscious creatives. Meet the next generation of versatile designers. Discover the different roles designers can play.

People are at the core of our Academy. We position ourselves as a place of communality, where individual contributions evolve into something greater. Our creative practices resonate within and outside our walls, empowering students and staff to act with care for the planet and contribute in novel ways to shaping an interconnected and inclusive world. Our values ground our community, inform our decisions, and guide our actions. Rooted in communality, they inspire us to make, to be present, and to share perspectives: Making Matters A learning-by-making attitude shapes how we work and learn together. Prototyping as an iterative process helps us reflect on tangible, digital, and embodied ways of making. It is driven by our Maker Stations and interdisciplinary research activities. This reflection also leads us to embrace practices of remaking and unmaking, to critically question the why and what of cultural production. Being Present We are aware of and responsive to the diverse communities within our Academy and beyond. By making space for one another, we take care of our relationships. We show up and cultivate a sense of responsibility, accountability, and reciprocity within the Academy, in the city of Rotterdam, and across wider society. We thoughtfully and critically engage with the world around us, including both human and non-human actors. Sharing Perspectives We come together across differences and similarities. Through collaboration and open dialogue, we listen to each other, learn together, and actively contribute to reducing inequality of opportunities. While critically reflecting on our positions, we create space for curiosity and understanding. We share our practice and research publicly, encouraging a culture of exchange that values diverse perspectives from both inside and outside the Academy.

Het TextielMuseum is een dynamisch en creatief museum in bedrijf waar heden en verleden samen komen. Textiel wordt getoond vanuit verschillende disciplines: design, kunst, techniek en geschiedenis. Het maakproces van textiel staat hierbij centraal. Bezoekers zijn er getuige van hoe producten en objecten worden en werden ontwikkeld. Een divers aanbod van tentoonstellingen en activiteiten toont de bezoekers vakmanschap en creativiteit en inspireert om zelf actief deel te nemen. De locatie van het museum weerspiegelt het heden en verleden. Een deel van het museum is gehuisvest in voormalige textielfabrieken (Rijksmonument). In 2008 is het TextielMuseum uitgebreid met een nieuw, eigentijds, glazen EntreeGebouw dat vanaf de bovenste verdieping een prachtig uitzicht over het gehele museumcomplex biedt. Op de begane grond zijn de TextielShop en het Textielcafé te vinden.