Netherlands | Design Indaba

The eccentric ways modern designers are telling the time

This peculiar collection of timepieces makes the hours fly by. >
Isabel Mager

Social Entrepreneur

Isabel Mager is an investigative and critical designer based in the Netherlands. Her work investigates culture and structures of power. >
The Why Factory: Future-making machine

Winy Maas, co-founder of MVRDV and The Why Factory, is the kind of architect who constantly asks, “What if..?” Maas will be speaking at Design Indaba 2017. >
Winy Maas

Architect

Architect and urban designer Winy Maas is a co-founder of Rotterdam-based architecture studio MVRDV and The Why Factory. >
University of the Underground: Learn deviance in creativity

Experience designer and everyday astronaut, Nelly Ben Hayoun launches the University of the Underground to train up young designers as creative soldiers. >
Lernert & Sander: Smells like Everything

Artists and filmmakers Lernert & Sander create exquisitely detailed conceptual films. Subjects include the smell of everything and the sound effects of fashion. >
Lernert & Sander

Artist • Filmmaker

Dutch artists and filmmakers Lernert & Sander are known for their installations and high-conceptual art films. >
Art that creates empathy for China's visually impaired children

'Like a Pearl in my Hand' is a series of portraits of China's visually impaired children, many of whom were abandoned during the one-child policy. >
Check out these unorthodox bridges from around the world

From the Netherlands to China, architects are envisioning increasingly imaginative pathways. >
All Dutch trains now run on wind energy

The European country has reached its goal a little earlier than planned. >
Tech-infused jacket allows speedy donations for the homeless

The meeting point between being a good samaritan and 21st-century convenience is here. >
Spying on a thief in this fascinating documentary

Film student Anthony van der Meer made a documentary tracking his stolen phone and the thief who stole it >
Alive by Juno Jeon

The Netherlands-based designer enlivens his furniture pieces through movement >
Student designs hardware for our emotions

Opening up with the help of Tools for Therapy. >
Salvaging construction waste with StoneCycling

This Dutch startup collects demolition debris and recycles it for new buildings. >
Redefining solar power from architectural eyesore to civic monument

Frederik Deschuytter questions: Why would we install solar power tech in remote places when the sun also shines in the city? >
Van Eijk & Van Der Lubbe are changing space with influential design

Dutch design duo Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk talk us through some of their most influential projects. >
The Human Ivory Collection by Lucie Majerus

Designer turns teeth into jewellery as a statement on the illegal ivory trade. >
Designing for the bigger picture with Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe

It’s all a matter of perception. >
Sewer to design: Products made from reclaimed toilet paper

Dutch designers at Studio Nienke Hoogvliet have created a range of products made from toilet paper reclaimed in fine sieves from the toilets of the Netherlands. >
Magic-making lemonade

Sometimes the most simple of acts can inspire wonder. >
Biolux: Speculating on the future of indoor lighting

Growing glowing architecture. >
Using old leather in new ways

A product designer based in Netherlands has discovered a way to recycle leather scraps that would otherwise contribute to pollution. >
De-Formance by Jessica Smarsch

De-Formance is a unique project that investigates the connection between design and movement. >

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