Dutch Design Week kicked off in Eindhoven today, and Dezeen is in town hosting debates about whether design can tackle global issues. We've picked out 10 other worthy events and exhibitions, from an embassy exploring the future of food to a plastic recycling workshop.
Dezeen is media partner for Dutch Design Week, which runs from 21 to 29 October 2017 in Eindhoven.
There are over 600 events taking place across the city as part of the week-long festival, which this year has the theme "stretch".
These include Good Design for a Bad World, a series of five discussions hosted by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, looking at whether architects and designers can provide solutions to the world's biggest problems.
But there are also many other exhibitions and events that show ways that designers are trying to make a difference, from proposing new methods of recycling to exploring sustainable approaches alternatives to construction. "Today's world is complex and poses enormous challenges," said Martijn Paulen, director of the Dutch Design Foundation. "Designers have revolutionary ideas and innovative solutions for the future, sometimes inspiring, sometimes confrontational."
Here's our pick of the 10 best sustainably minded projects on show:

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