"When he’s not zapping clients out of their negativity, Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde is creating works that might just change our world." Read the new interview by Ray Edgar with Daan Roosegaarde.
Avi Loeb, the founding director of Harvard University's Black Hole Initiative, writes in this article how artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde engaged the audience in a real-time demonstration to steer his AI robot towards generating an image depicting an inspiring future for humanity.
The art monograph book of Daan Roosegaarde about his projects and ideas is published by Phaidon with contributions by Fumio Nanjo, Carol Becker, and Nico Daswani. Now available at Phaidon.
Watch here the live TV interview with Humberto Tan and Daan Roosegaarde. Almost a million people viewed how WATERLICHT will flood Loevestein Castle.
Watch yesterday's live TV interview at BEAU with Daan Roosegaarde about organic fireworks SPARK, and a special announcement about a new SEEING STARS in Leiden.
Two million people watched the TV interview with Daan Roosegaarde at Beau about SEEING STARS.
Interview with Daan Roosegaarde: the activist of innovation and technology.
Today URBAN SUN which sanitises public space of viruses is world news and reached more than 850 million people. Thank you BBC, Yahoo, Reuters, Dezeen, Fastcompany, Frame, Jinek and many others. Looking forward to URBAN SUN's possibilities shining, and more applications in the future.
Watch Daan Roosegaarde's interview on Dutch television Jinek about URBAN SUN, with more than 2.3 million views in the first week.
Scientists validate the science of URBAN SUN in the Radio 1 interview with Ab Osterhaus, Andreas Voss and Ivo Lede (in Dutch).
Today GROW reached around 665 million people. Thank you Dezeen, Yahoo, Corriere della Sera, Designboom, Trouw, Fastcompany, NRC, Reuters, World Economic Forum, RTL Nieuws, Monocle, FD, Rotterdam Partners, NBTC and many others to make GROW grow and inspire.
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Carlo Ratti and Daan Roosegaarde publish the article Design for Humanity at DOMUS: "We desperately need design and architectural solutions to reprogram our pandemic-stricken cities."
Nearly 10,000 people in New York came to experience WATERLICHT. Read more about Daan Roosegaarde's protopia; step by step improving the world in collaboration with Columbia University School of the Arts.
Daan Roosegaarde is judging this year Dezeen Awards joined by Norman Foster, Joyce Wang, Michael Anastassiades and Paola Antonelli.
Follow Daan Roosegaarde and his team in the making of our largest work till date Icoon Afsluitdijk featuring GATES OF LIGHT, WINDVOGEL and GLOWING NATURE in the movie 32KM.
Read more about LEVENSLICHT in The New York Times, Dezeen, Designboom, Washington Post, Arbitare, NOS, Domus, NRC, and a beautiful homage by mayor Ahmed Marcouch.
Read the full interview about LEVENSLICHT with Daan Roosegaarde at Artnet by Nina Siegal.
The Dutch designer on the importance of human connection, the challenge of upcycling space junk and why design must make the world a more sustainable and beautiful place. Now at CLAD.
Watch Daan Roosegaarde and Gerdi Verbeet live on TV at DWDD about our new light monument "Levenslicht" to remember the 104.000 Holocaust victims.
Great interview at the Today Show by Al Roker with Daan Roosegaarde and Carol Becker about WATERLICHT New York.
The UN-Habitat interviewed Daan Roosegaarde about our Smog Free Project: how do you Innovate for Change?
Our documentary 32KM is now on board all KLM planes as inflight movie. The movie follows Daan Roosegaarde and his team in the ups and downs of making Icoon Afsluitdijk, our largest work to date.
The VPRO Tegenlicht documentary Ruimtepuinruimers (Spacewastecleaners) investigates the 8.1 million kilo of space waste, and follows Daan Roosegaarde in his mission towards surprising solutions of the Space Waste Lab with ESA. Watch the VPRO Tegenlicht documentary (international version translated) or in Dutch about Space Waste Lab.
Read the article at ArchDaily about how design studios explore new architecture, including Studio Roosegaarde.
The science behind making our largest Rainbow Station in the world is now published in this scientific paper at Optical Society of America.
New design solutions for the upcycling of space waste at the Space Waste Lab Symposium (Press Release).
One of the top favorite Gizmodo video of 2018 is our futuristic and energy-saving Gates of Light filmed by drones, narrated by Daan Roosegaarde. Watch it here.
The Wired World 2019 publication, the essential trends briefing, includes Richard Branson and Daan Roosegaarde: "We will find good uses for our waste in space." Now in bookstores, or online here.
The book "Sustainable Jewellery, Principles and Processes for Creating an Ethical Brand" shows sustainable vision in the jewelry business, including our Smog Free Ring.
Designboom spoke with Roosegaarde about imagination, fear, and the new journey he’s undertaking — this time in space. Full interview.
The UN Development Programme writes about for resilient cities, including our Waterlicht as inspiration for the future. Read the full article here.
“I’m a strong believer in cooperation between technologists and artists,” says Franco Ongaro, ESA Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality. “Artists not only communicate vision and feelings to the public, but help us discover aspects of our work which we are often unable to perceive." Read the full ESA article here.
New CNN interview with Daan Roosegaarde about his Waterlicht submerging cities around the world.
Read the The New York Times interview with Daan Roosegaarde about his Smog Free Ring and the story behind the wedding couples who wear it.
Read the Dezeen interview with Daan Roosegaarde about his new Space Waste Lab and space waste as a source of new creativity.
Fast Company's 2018 Innovation by Design Awards honours Gates of Light in the Spaces, Places and Cities category. Celebrating our permanent installation on the Afsluitdijk as a model for sustainable mobility.
Read more here.
Designboom sat down with Daan Roosegaarde to learn more about his new space waste project. Read here the full interview.
These towers can turn China's smog into jewellery. Watch the Smog Free movie with more than 34 million views already at World Economic Forum.
India released its 7 points plan to combat air pollution which includes Smog Free Tower. Read more at India Today.