With our attempts to cultivate nature, humankind causes the rising of a next nature, which is wild and unpredictable as ever. Wild systems, genetic surprises, autonomous machinery and splendidly beautiful black flowers. Nature changes along with us.
Artist, scientist, designer, inventor, philosopher, doctor, blogger. My work revolves around the intimate relation between people, media and technology. The discovery of Next Nature has been the most profound experience in my life so far.
I am a designer interested in systems, consumerism, the function and definition of nature and our notion of time. Quantity, appearances and colors of objects produced by man have always fascinated me.
As interaction designer I work on meaningful interactions between people and systems. I my work combines technology with strong visuals and concepts. I am co-founder of Grrr, an Amsterdam based design agency for interactive media that designed the NextNature.net website.
My work is best described as visual culture criticism through popular and recognisable images. I graduated as an editorial designer from the Sandberg Institute, the postgraduate course of the Gerrit Rietveld academie. Currently working on the design of the forthcoming Next Nature book.
With a background in Industrial design I am currently directing a small design firm in Amsterdam named Studio Sophisti, focusing on interactive product design. We have build the Next Nature iPhone app.
Digital native, skilled in design as well as programming. Collaborated on the redesign of NextNature.net. In my spare time I also like to play and produce electronic music, preferably underground house.
Pioneer in digital design, involved from the start in the design of digital media and the web. Creator of books, films, events worldwide on topics like Next Nature, Visual Power and Everyone is a Designer. Currently director of the Graphic Design Museum.