Netherlands | Design Indaba

Li Edelkoort back in South Africa for Design Indaba 2016

Li Edelkoort will be in both Cape Town and Johannesburg this year to deliver her 2016 Seminars, "The Emancipation of Everything" and "Turning in Circles". >
Dutch children could soon be riding wind turbines

Extreme eco-thrills are within reach of Dutch locals at a wind turbine amusement park where guests will go on rides that incorporate wind turbines. >
A floating forest will soon set sail in Rotterdam

Mothership’s Dobberend Bos installation explores how people and nature coexist in an urban environment. >
Shen Chen designs a temporary stadium built in bamboo

A graduate in architecture from TU Delft, Shen Chen has designed a temporary, multifunctional stadium built from bamboo. >
This lamp can lift the winter blues

The Day and Night light designed by Éléonore Delisse is engineered to lift the winter blues and rebalance your natural circadian rhythm. >
A vegetarian butcher has engineered a steak to look, feel and taste like meat

Dutch food technologists at the Vegetarian Butcher have mastered the recipe for a plant-based protein that mimics the taste and texture of a juicy steak. >
A poncho designed especially for cyclists

The Boncho, by VANMOOF, is a poncho designed especially for cyclists to use in the rain. >
Traffic lights give priority to cyclists commuting in the rain

In Rotterdam, a new traffic light system speeds up cyclists' travel time in wet conditions. >
The award-winning Ocean Cleanup team launch their first open water test

The Ocean Cleanup, an innovative passive system designed to clear plastic waste from the oceans, will be launching their first open water test in early 2016. >
Data Cuisine's dishes are a visual, edible representation of information

The chefs at Data Cuisine design special data dishes to ask and answer questions about the information in our lives. >
Erik Kessels: The era of democratisation

From shop window dresser as a child to children’s TV producer as an adult, and much else in between, Erik Kessels is a crossover "communicator". >
Erik Kessels

Creative Director

Erik Kessels is a Dutch artist, designer and curator with a great interest in photography. >
Personal air purifiers clean the air wherever you go

Fabian Zeijler designed momentum and pūrificātum, personal air purifiers that you can take with you to anywhere. >
Eindhoven graduate designs clothes made out of human hair

Alix Bizet, a French graduate at the Design Academy Eindhoven, has designed a collection of clothes made of human hair. >
Henk Ovink drives his own brand of water management in the face of climate change

Dutch water management expert Henk Ovink proposes a way of addressing the global water crises. >
Compact, user-friendly instrument teaches prisoners to play music

Jeroen Heeren has designed an all-purpose keyboard to teach prisoners music. >
Eating alone is normal and this design makes it more comfortable

Eating alone has become almost as common as eating with other people – this design for solitary dining makes this new eating culture more comfortable. >
A spaceship-like lamp intricately woven by a robot

Atelier Robotiq employs the accuracy of robotics to imitate elaborate design techniques. >
This modern tea set is preserving the traditional Chinese tea ceremony

Mosey is a portable tea set designed by Jie Chen to preserve the traditional Chinese tea ceremony in the modern world. >
Hack household goods to create imaginative toys for children

David van der Stel has designed Hackjes, a set of connectors and add-ons created to help you "hack" household objects into creative objects. >
Tokyo Totem unpacks the cultural playground that is Tokyo

A multimedia guidebook helps visitors see Tokyo in different ways, through the eyes of its 46 contributors. >
Richard van der Laken: Creating Gorilla and the designer's "do" mentality

The Amsterdam-based graphic designer tells us why designers are wired to be solution-finders and conversation-starters. >
An inventive way to enjoy popcorn

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jolene Carlier adds a bit of fun and colour to popcorn making with her Willy Wonka-inspired invention. >
Décor series made out of salmon skin encourages sustainable fishing practices

Designer Nienke Hoogvliet is calling attention to the global overfishing crisis by reusing salmon skin in her Re-sea Me décor range. >

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