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.
Next Nature Researcher
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.
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.
I’m a former magazine editor and digital publisher, now new media thinker, strategist and writer. My current research focus is on the ‘affective bandwidth’ of mobile-mediated communication. My research interests include affective computing, HCI, biomapping, emotion, the impact of mobile phones on social behaviour, analytical design and information visualization. I live in Amsterdam and work part-time at Next Nature on our forthcoming book. I write freelance for National Geographic Traveller and my own blog: butisitcoolenoughja.com.
A graphic design student from the Willem de Kooning academy in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Currently being an intern at Next Nature, working on the Next Nature book and the Nano Supermarket
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.
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.