Highlight Delft 2024

Next week, from 15 – 17 February, the Highlight Delft festival takes place in the centre of Delft. Running every evening from 17:30 – 23:00, visitors will get a chance to explore this year’s theme, “Do you see what I see”, through various installations that revolve around AI and tiny particles. This year, they expect to welcome 3,000 paying visitors; 100,000 visitors in the free areas; and nearly 200.000 people online.

What’s more, 9 out of the 28 projects featured at this year’s festival were created by IDE students and researchers.

Projects by IDE Students

• Selective Reflections by Bas Ammerlaan (DfI master’s student)
• The Personal Press by Koen Weber, Neslihan Can, Sukriti Garg, Kim de Vrij (DfI master’s students)
• DELIGHT – Designing LIGHT for real-world challenges by IDE students enrolled in the Lighting Design course
• EyeSeeDifferent by Sarissa Bakker, Maarten de Jong, Brechtje Krijvenaar, Esmee Treur & Stijn Wiltingh (Lighting Design course students)
• House of Henri by IDE/BK students enrolled in the Spaces of Display minor
• DELPHI by David van Beelen, Birthe Hartmann, Robin Rietdijk, Álvaro Sempere Caro, Ruoqian Zhao (Interactive Environments minor students)
• Unseen Echoes by Emergence Delft (TU Delft Dream Team with IDE students)

Projects by IDE Researchers

• Chromatically controlled hallucinations by Professor Sylvia Pont, teacher of practice Charl Smit, and PhD candidate Yuguang Zhao
• SUBS: Personal Companion Kiosk by PhD candidate Eric Gu

Organized since 2018, Highlight Delft works closely with participating makers on the development of new installations, making many works on public view for the first time during the festival. All installations are located within walking distance of each other, in unique locations in downtown Delft like Het Arsenaal, The Student Hotel, the Huis van Delft or Theater de Veste.