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Food is magic. It is the simplest and at the same time the most complex subject there is. At Food Design Playground we have a changing programme of events. Come to lectures, pop-up dinners by food designers and radical chefs. Eat what you read at the Food Book Club or wake up radiant at an inspirational breakfast. Our programme is always new and surprising. Do you want to stay informed about the latest events? Then sign up for the newsletter.
Food Design retreat
Imagine walking up the timeworn steps of a majestic, centuries-old building in the heart of Dordrecht. The air carries whispers of history, and as the doors of the Food Design Playground open, so does a new chapter in your creative journey.
Lunch with audio tasting Aug. 21
Eat with your hands, then travel with your mouth. MIND MOUTH is an audio tasting like no other—half meditation, half strange fairy tale.
Food Book Club Sept. 3
Food book club. Every other week we read and discuss a book that features food and serve a dish from the book. eat what you read
Lunch with audio tasting Sept. 4
Eat with your hands, then travel with your mouth. MIND MOUTH is an audio tasting like no other—half meditation, half strange fairy tale.
Inspiration breakfast Sept. 4
Extraordinary and delicious breakfast followed by a lecture by food design pioneer Marije Vogelzang. This is a series, every two weeks Marije highlights a different topic.
Food Book Club Sept. 17
Food book club. Every other week we read and discuss a book that features food and serve a dish from the book. eat what you read
Lunch with audio tasting Sept. 18
Eat with your hands, then travel with your mouth. MIND MOUTH is an audio tasting like no other—half meditation, half strange fairy tale.
Inspiration breakfast Sept. 18
Extraordinary and delicious breakfast followed by a lecture by food design pioneer Marije Vogelzang. This is a series, every two weeks Marije highlights a different topic.
FOOD DESIGN DAY September
One day. Everything different. Awaken your senses and never see food as before.
Food Book Club Oct. 1
Food book club. Every other week we read and discuss a book that features food and serve a dish from the book. eat what you read
Lunch with audio tasting Oct. 3
Eat with your hands, then travel with your mouth. MIND MOUTH is an audio tasting like no other—half meditation, half strange fairy tale.
Inspiration breakfast Oct. 3
Extraordinary and delicious breakfast followed by a lecture by food design pioneer Marije Vogelzang. This is a series, every two weeks Marije highlights a different topic.
Food Design retreat October
Imagine walking up the timeworn steps of a majestic, centuries-old building in the heart of Dordrecht. The air carries whispers of history, and as the doors of the Food Design Playground open, so does a new chapter in your creative journey.
Food and Design Dive- online course (English)
Bring meaning to your food. Starting 10th of October, we'll spend 10 weeks digging into the vast, largely unexplored world of Food and Design.
Food Book Club Oct. 15
Food book club. Every other week we read and discuss a book that features food and serve a dish from the book. eat what you read
Lunch with audio tasting Oct. 16
Eat with your hands, then travel with your mouth. MIND MOUTH is an audio tasting like no other—half meditation, half strange fairy tale.
Inspiration breakfast Oct. 16
Extraordinary and delicious breakfast followed by a lecture by food design pioneer Marije Vogelzang. This is a series, every two weeks Marije highlights a different topic.
FOOD DESIGN DAY October
One day. Everything different. Awaken your senses and never see food as before.
Food Book Club Oct. 29
Food book club. Every other week we read and discuss a book that features food and serve a dish from the book. eat what you read
Lunch with audio tasting Oct. 30
Eat with your hands, then travel with your mouth. MIND MOUTH is an audio tasting like no other—half meditation, half strange fairy tale.
Inspiration breakfast Oct. 30
Extraordinary and delicious breakfast followed by a lecture by food design pioneer Marije Vogelzang. This is a series, every two weeks Marije highlights a different topic.
Food Design retreat November
Imagine walking up the timeworn steps of a majestic, centuries-old building in the heart of Dordrecht. The air carries whispers of history, and as the doors of the Food Design Playground open, so does a new chapter in your creative journey.
Food Book Club Nov. 12
Food book club. Every other week we read and discuss a book that features food and serve a dish from the book. eat what you read
Lunch with audio tasting Nov. 13
Eat with your hands, then travel with your mouth. MIND MOUTH is an audio tasting like no other—half meditation, half strange fairy tale.
Inspiration breakfast Nov. 13
Extraordinary and delicious breakfast followed by a lecture by food design pioneer Marije Vogelzang. This is a series, every two weeks Marije highlights a different topic.
FOOD DESIGN DAY November
One day. Everything different. Awaken your senses and never see food as before.
Online Winter School
a fresh-warm winter full of inspiration. Create your own conceptual (Christmas) dinner step by step.
Food Book Club Nov. 26
Food book club. Every other week we read and discuss a book that features food and serve a dish from the book. eat what you read
Lunch with audio tasting Nov. 27
Eat with your hands, then travel with your mouth. MIND MOUTH is an audio tasting like no other—half meditation, half strange fairy tale.
Inspiration breakfast Nov. 27
Extraordinary and delicious breakfast followed by a lecture by food design pioneer Marije Vogelzang. This is a series, every two weeks Marije highlights a different topic.
Food Book Club Dec. 10
Food book club. Every other week we read and discuss a book that features food and serve a dish from the book. eat what you read
Lunch with audio tasting Dec. 11
Eat with your hands, then travel with your mouth. MIND MOUTH is an audio tasting like no other—half meditation, half strange fairy tale.
Inspiration breakfast Dec. 11
Extraordinary and delicious breakfast followed by a lecture by food design pioneer Marije Vogelzang. This is a series, every two weeks Marije highlights a different topic.
FOOD DESIGN DAY December
One day. Everything different. Awaken your senses and never see food as before.
FOOD DESIGN PIONEER
After years of thinking, writing and talking about food design, I wanted something tangible again. Something that smells like yeast, feels like dough and cracks when you bite into it. The Food Design Playground is my answer to abstraction: a physical place where ideas don't just float, but land - on a plate, in a belly, in a memory. Between 2004 and 2011, I owned the two experimental restaurants Proef in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. There I explored how food tells stories, awakens senses and questions systems. That spirit of Proef - rebellious, inquisitive, poetic - lives on in this new place. Because food is never just food. It is love, politics, culture, death and desire. And sometimes you have to be able to taste it to really understand it.
