ODDFIELD 27: Two days on design, image and the tools we make them with. 24 talks, three rooms, 1,400 seats. 13–14 May 2027, Kraanhal, Rotterdam.

ODDFIELD 27 — Design · Image · Tools13–14 May 2027
13–14 May 2027 · Kraanhal, Rotterdam

Two days on design, image and the tools we make them with. 24 talks, three rooms, 1,400 seats.

Now on the programme
[01] Day 1 · 09:40 · Main Hall
Ilse Varga — Lighting a face for a five-inch screen
[02] Choose your dayHover a day · click to open it

Two days, one crane hall

[01] Day 113 May
The main stage before the doors open
Thursday

Making the image: light, type, sets and the tools behind them.

12 talks · 3 workshops · opening nightOpen the day →
[02] Day 214 May
The audience in the main hall
Friday

Showing the image: rooms, screens, sound and the people who choose.

12 talks · 3 workshops · drinks on the quayOpen the day →
[03] A note from the curator
Portrait of Adaeze Nwosu
Adaeze Nwosu
Curator, Oddfield 27

Oddfield started in 2019 as fourteen designers in the back room of a café. This year it fills a crane hall. We still pick every talk the same way: would we cross the city to hear it? Twenty-four people said yes to forty minutes, one question from the floor and no slides they haven't made themselves. Come for the talks. Stay for the press that runs until nine.

[12] SpeakersTwo days · three rooms

Twenty-four people who make images, type, tools and rooms for a living. Each one gets forty minutes and one question from the floor.

[05] The day, hour by hour

Scroll through Thursday

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08:30–09:30 · Main Hall
Doors, coffee and badges
Oddfield team
The full programme →
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11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
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Main Hall
08:30
Doors, coffee and badges
09:30
Opening words
09:40
Lighting a face for a five-inch screen
11:00
Album art after the album
13:30
Why every render needs one mistake
14:50
The design tool is now the client
16:10
A chart is an argument with a y-axis
17:30
Naming things people have to say out loud
Hall B
10:20
A typeface that knows it lives on a watch
12:20
Signs you read at 40 km/h
12:50
Lunch in the crane hall
15:30
Casting light instead of models
The Loft
11:40
Building a room the camera only sees once
14:10
Making a print magazine in 2027 on purpose
16:50
Drawing slower than the machine
18:10
Opening night: printed in one evening
[06] In numbersOddfield 27 · Kraanhal

Small enough to talk to the speakers

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Talks
Forty minutes each, one question from the floor
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Rooms
Main Hall 900, Hall B 350, The Loft 150
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Seats
Sold out in 2025 and 2026, so book early
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Proposals read
Every one of them, most of them twice
[07] The venueMaashaven Oostzijde 21, Rotterdam
The main hall of Kraanhal with its long skylight

A crane hall on the Maas

Kraanhal was built in 1923 to repair the cranes that loaded ships on the river.

Getting there, hotels and access →
CRANE RAILS, 1923MAIN HALL900 SEATSHALL B350 SEATSTHE LOFT150 SEATSEAST DOOR · BADGES · CLOAKROOMQUAY →

Under the crane rails. Keynotes, the big talks and the closing film.

[08] Workshops

Six rooms where you make something

Workshops run alongside the talks, with 8 to 20 seats each. Book one with any two-day pass.

All workshops →
[01] Day 1 · 10:00–16:00€95
Risograph in a day
Risograph in a day
With Mina Rostami · The Loft

Draw, separate and print a two-colour zine on a risograph, from blank page to 50 folded copies. No printing experience needed.

[02] Day 1 · 14:00–17:00€120
Portrait lighting with one light
Portrait lighting with one light
With Ilse Varga · Studio 2

One flash, one reflector, one backdrop. Ilse builds six portrait setups in three hours and you shoot each one.

[03] Day 2 · 09:30–12:30€110
Letterpress for type designers
Letterpress for type designers
With Tomas Holt · The Loft

Set your name in wood type, lock it up and pull prints on a 1960s proofing press. Slow, inky and very satisfying.

[04] Day 2 · 10:00–12:00€70
Sketching interfaces by hand
Sketching interfaces by hand
With Yuna Takahashi · Hall C

Before any tool: paper, a black pen and a timer. Yuna's rapid sketching method for interaction flows, in two hours.

[05] Day 2 · 14:00–17:00€90
Charts that argue fairly
Charts that argue fairly
With Pieter Vos · Hall C

Take a messy public dataset and turn it into three honest charts. Pieter reviews every one at the end.

[06] Day 1 · 14:30–17:30€90
Shaders for people who hate maths
Shaders for people who hate maths
With Jonas Lind · Hall C

The long version of Jonas's talk. Build a paper-curl effect from scratch in the browser, with every step explained in plain words.

[10] TICKETS

Four ways in

Every pass includes lunch, coffee and a printed programme. Turn a pass over to see exactly what’s on it.

[01] PassOddfield 27
Day pass
One day, your choice
Every talk on the day yo…Lunch, coffee and the ev…The printed programme
€290
[02] PassMost chosen
Two-day pass
Both days, the full programme
All 24 talks across both…Lunch, coffee and both e…Printed programme and tote
€490
[03] PassOddfield 27
Student pass
Both days, with a student card
All 24 talks across both…Lunch and coffeeA portfolio review slot …
€140
[04] PassOddfield 27
Studio pack
Five two-day passes
Five two-day passes, nam…A reserved table at lunchInvoice in your studio's…
€1,990

40 free two-day passes for people who couldn’t otherwise come. Apply by 1 March, no proof needed.

Compare the passes

[11] Partners

Made possible by people who make things

Partner with Oddfield 28 →

[12] QUESTIONS

Before you book

Tickets, the venue, captions and getting here. If yours isn’t here, the full list has fourteen more.

All questions

Tickets

Yes, for free, until 6 May. After that, send us an email and we'll change it at the door.

Tickets

Full refund until 1 April, 50% until 1 May. After that we can't refund, but you can give or sell your ticket to someone else.

Tickets

We give away 40 two-day passes to people who couldn't otherwise come. Apply by 1 March with a short note; no proof needed.

Tickets

Any student in full or part-time education, including evening courses. Bring a student card or letter to the door.

Venue

Kraanhal is at Maashaven Oostzijde 21, Rotterdam, a four-minute walk from the Maashaven metro and on the 23 tram line.

Venue

Every room is step-free, there is a lift to The Loft, accessible toilets on both floors and a quiet room open all day. Reserved seats are held near the front of every room.

[13] ONE EMAIL, WHEN THE PROGRAMME PRINTS

Hear about speakers before the posters go up

Four emails a year: the first names, the full programme, the workshops and the week before the doors open. Nothing else.

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See you under the crane rails.

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