Dingen Doen Denken

Designers build towards an unknown future. Drawing on knowledge, experience and imagination, they create new products and services, things, in which practical experience and scientific insight flow together, consciously or unconsciously.
This book brings together a selection of texts by Jeroen van den Eijnde from 1994 to 2025, ranging from personal observations to contributions to professional and public books on design and design research. An inspiring cross section of reflections on a discipline that seeks to improve the world, from making it more beautiful to more social, sustainable and liveable. A book for doers and thinkers who recognise the value of the things around us.

About this book:

“The strength of these texts lies in the personal position from which the author discusses, understands and particularises the world of design. […] Each text stands out for its meticulous attention to the motivations of the designers discussed and their work, and to the details and meanings of the design.”
(Timo de Rijk, Director, Design Museum Den Bosch)

“As the author of this beautifully produced work shows, objects can function as boundary objects: objects that act as sensorially perceptible means of communication between highly diverse groups of people. This makes the book not only interesting for designers, but in fact for anyone seeking new paths in contemporary society.”
(Jeroen Lutters, Professor, ArtEZ University of the Arts)