Future designing our environments

The Future of Designing Our Environments

“How can we create places that are poetic and practical at the same time?”

The quote above is from a TEDx speaker we’d like to shine a light on today: Dutch artist and innovator, Daan Roosegaarde. Born and raised in the Netherlands, he grew up exploring a “natural” landscape that was entirely created by man. (As you may know, about one-third of the country is below sea level, so some of the landscape is highly unnatural.) This curiosity may have helped Daan develop a fascination for nature and technology, specifically how they can come together. 1

Studio Roosegaarde, his social design lab, focuses on creating experiences inside our everyday environments, bringing attention, thought, and interaction to places that are often overlooked, and most importantly, developing a world where sustainability is seen as beautiful.