Our Space Waste Lab experts and more than 2000 students work with Daan Roosegaarde on future solutions for space waste.
Space Waste Lab will create the next generation of fireworks with artificial "Shooting Stars" for World Expo 2020 Dubai. The controlled re-entry of space waste in the atmosphere in collaboration with ESA will serve as both a spectacle and cleans up space waste, without creating the pollution of traditional fireworks.
The first monograph book of Daan Roosegaarde about people, technology, and environmental issues. Pre-order now at Phaidon.
New design solutions for the upcycling of space waste at the Space Waste Lab Symposium (Press Release).
Welcome at the Space Waste Lab Performance on Friday 18 January 2019
from 19:00 till 23:00 and Saturday 19 January from 20:00 till 23:00 at Kunstlinie Almere NL, free entrance. Huge lines of light reveal the space waste above your head real-time and the indoor living lab investigates how to upcycle space waste into sustainable products.
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.
Windvogel by Studio Roosegaarde wins the Design Project of the Year. The light-emitting, energy-generating kites also topped the lighting design category at Tate Modern London. The design master jury described the project as "an innovative, emotional and functional design response to the universal dilemma of sustainability, and energy usage in particular". Read more at Dezeen.
Wonderfruit in Thailand is the 4-day celebration of the arts to catalyse positive impact, including a lecture and Q&A by Daan Roosegaarde on Friday 14 December.
NASA team
The NASA team of scientists and artists, now including Daan Roosegaarde, are working on benefits for humanity.
The NASA team of scientists and artists, now including Daan Roosegaarde, are working on benefits for humanity.
The How To Change The World conference in collaboration with The New York Times will give a panoramic view of the future, including a lecture by Daan Roosegaarde on December 6 in London.
Designtalk with Daan Roosegaarde and Adrian van Hooydonk of BMW
Daan Roosegaarde and BMW Group's Design director Adrian van Hooydonk at the design talk in Soho House Amsterdam about their favorite space and the future of mobility.
Proud to receive the award in Beijing for Smog Free Project.
The book "Sustainable Jewellery, Principles and Processes for Creating an Ethical Brand" shows sustainable vision in the jewelry business, including our Smog Free Ring.
Daan Roosegaarde lectures at the IAB Forum Milan "I am everywhere" on digital society, November 13.
Designboom spoke with Roosegaarde about imagination, fear, and the new journey he’s undertaking — this time in space. Full interview.
We proudly present the Middle Eastern premiere of WATERLICHT at the opening of Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai on 11, 15 and 16 November 7.30-10pm, supported by Dubai Holding. Full information.
After the openingsweekend with 8000 people our Space Waste Lab Performance is open for public again on 9 and 10 November from 19.00-23.00, free entrance. The inside exhibition about upcycling space waste is also available for public. We are on a mission for clean space at Kunstlinie Almere.
At the NASA Cross-Industry Summit in the Houston Space Center Daan Roosegaarde will lecture about his Space Waste Lab on November 6. The summit brings together an eclectic group of future-shapers, business leaders and cultural pioneers.
The UN Development Programme writes about for resilient cities, including our Waterlicht as inspiration for the future. Read the full article here.
Thank you all for coming and creating a great atmosphere.
DUNE is waiting for you. Welcome at museum Mudam Luxembourg for the exhibition of our interactive landscape of light till 18 November for Design City LX Festival Luxembourg.
WATERLICHT, our dream landscape will travel to the Kunsthal in Rotterdam NL after the success in Toronto with 25.000 visitors. We welcome everybody to come and experience the power and poetry of water on 25, 26 and 27 October (free entrance). Full information.
Sign up now for the masterclass on October 24 with Daan Roosegaarde at Kunsthal Rotterdam.
Daan Roosegaarde will give the keynote lecture at Innovative City Forum in Tokyo on October 18. The conference brings together global thought leaders in the fields of advanced technology and urban development with the theme of designing the future for global cities. Full information.
This large-scale light installation illustrates the universal power and poetry of water and will have its Canadian premiere at the Bentway in Toronto from Friday October 12 till Sunday October 14 night from 19.00 till 23.00 (free entrance). Full information.
Astronaut André Kuipers and Daan Roosegaarde and thousands of visitors opened Space Waste Lab this weekend, revealing pieces of the 8.1 million kilo space waste above your head with huge lines of light. The living lab will upcycle space waste into new sustainable experiences. We are on a mission for a clean space.
Welcome to our new Space Waste Lab on how to up-cycle space waste which opens with a live performance connecting earth to space waste on October 5th at Kunstlinie Almere, the Netherlands. Full information.
“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.
Our documentary 32 KM 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.
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.
Studio Roosegaarde is seeking a public relations & business developer to join our growing team in Rotterdam. Read more at Dezeen jobs and e-mail us at work@studioroosegaarde.net.
Roosegaarde receives the sustainability ribbon from the Dutch government as leader in sustainability, celebrating his achievements in creating large scale awareness on climate change. Read more here.
Daan Roosegaarde speaks with Freek and Hella de Jonge as part of their living art exhibition at Groninger Museum on Sunday 23 September at 14.00.