Design Reimagined Utrecht: Empathy & Collaboration
About this event
Two talks on the human side of design practice: staying empathetic without burning out, and turning collaboration into a genuine creative advantage.
Irene Anggreeni (Mental Fitness Coach, Whole Person Leaders) opens with Empathy Without Exhaustion: Mental Fitness for Sustainable Design Practice. Empathy is the core of our craft, but it has a cost. Irene looks at how designers can keep caring deeply about users without running themselves into the ground.
Dian Wessels (Director of Design, myTomorrows) follows with Collaboration as Creative Superpower, on how the best creative work rarely comes from a lone genius, and what changes when teams treat collaboration as a skill to be practised rather than a meeting to be endured.
Doors open at 18:30, talks start shortly after, and there's time for drinks and conversation afterwards. Free to attend, everyone welcome, whether you're a student, a seasoned practitioner, or just design-curious.
📅 Tuesday 29 September 2026, 18:30 to 21:00
📍 Hogeschool Utrecht, Padualaan 99, Room 0.009, 3584 CH Utrecht
🎟️ Hosted by HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
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