[02] LATEST
Just printed
[03] EVERYTHING
All articles
Newest first. Guides are marked; everything else is a story.
Venue
6 min
Kraanhal, a crane hall with a second life
Built in 1923 to repair harbour cranes, Kraanhal now hosts exhibitions and, for two days in May, Oddfield. A short history of the building.
Programme
7 min
Twelve talks we turned down, and why
We received 640 talk proposals this year and accepted 24. What the good rejections had in common, and how to pitch us for 2028.
Guide
4 min
How to get the most out of two days
A practical guide for first-timers: which room fills first, where to sit, when to eat and how to meet people without networking.
Design
5 min
The poster that became our logo
The Oddfield masthead started as a hand-cut poster for a 2019 meetup of fourteen people. The story of a typeface that grew into a festival.
Guide
5 min
Accessibility at Oddfield, in detail
Step-free routes, live captions, quiet rooms and a promise about seating. Everything we do to make the two days work for more people.
City
6 min
A weekend in Rotterdam after Oddfield
Staying on? A short list of galleries, bookshops, bakeries and one very good bar, all within a tram ride of Kraanhal.
[04] GUIDES
Start here if it’s your first time
The two pieces we send most often when someone asks us a question.
Guide
4 min
How to get the most out of two days
A practical guide for first-timers: which room fills first, where to sit, when to eat and how to meet people without networking.
Guide
5 min
Accessibility at Oddfield, in detail
Step-free routes, live captions, quiet rooms and a promise about seating. Everything we do to make the two days work for more people.
[05] WRITE FOR US
Have a story about making things?
We publish one outside piece a month. Pitch us a paragraph; we pay €300 per article and edit with you, not over you.
Email the editor
We like
We skip
A specific project, with numbers
Trend round-ups
Mistakes and what fixed them
Tool comparisons
800 to 1,200 words
Anything written by a machine
[06] IN PERSON
Better read than heard? Come and hear it anyway.
[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.