DDW concentrates on the design of the future and the future of design, with the objective of showing how designers from around the world shape a positive future and to strengthen the position and meaning of Dutch designers. It presents work and ideas of more than 2,600 designers to more than 350,000 visitors from home and abroad. In over 110 locations across the city, Dutch Design Week (DDW) organizes and facilitates exhibitions, lectures, prize ceremonies, networking events, debates and festivities.