Tuesday 17 April at Milan Design Week architect Kengo Kuma, Superflux and Daan Roosegaarde will take you on a journey through sustainable design. Welcome at the exhibition and lecture Design in the Age of experience.

Scientific study of Professor Blocken and the Eindhoven University of Technology shows the PM10 reduction by the Smog Free Tower (in percentage and at 1.75 m height). The study undertaken in China confirms the reduction of pollution around the Smog Free Tower. Read press release here.

A well-selected worldwide collage of +100 thinkers, inventors, entrepreneurs & artists of all backgrounds will explore the impact of health, tech and creativity on future city life. Lecture by Daan Roosegaarde on May 4 at and& summit in Leuven, Belgium.

Key Lecture at Art Basel Hong Kong. Daan spoke at the Swire dialogue series on art and our environment. Read more here.

Waterlicht New York takes centre stage at the United Nations Headquarters during World Water Day as a call to action. Featured at Fast Company, Metropolis, Quartz & De Telegraaf. Read press release here.

The Bentway and OCAD University welcome Daan for an artist talk on March 21st 18.30 at OCAD Toronto.

Fresh from Fortune Magazine: "Lets be curious! Design must be inspired by nature.” Daan speaks along with design shapers like Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn in Singapore. Read the full Fortune Magazine interview.

Daan shares his new smog free dream in this Inhabitat interview: the Smog Free Drones which could create personal pockets of fresh air wherever you go.

Daan Roosegaarde will be speaking at the World Design Capital Conference in Mexico City on May 5th amongst design leaders Thom Mayne, Daniel Libeskind and OMA to discuss the challenges of the first urban century.

Our Smog Free Ring is now on show at the New Orleans Museum of Art alongside pieces by McQueen and Maison Margiela for the fashion exhibition 'Adorned Archetype'. Visit until the 28th of May 2018 in New Orleans. Read more here.

Smog Free Project Poland open to all at Krakow’s most popular park: Jordana Park. An adjacent pop up exhibition is staged at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow. Read Press Release.

National Geographic magazine features Daan Roosegaarde about our Starry Night bicycle path and the power of nature. Read the full article here.

Madrid is hosting the very first edition of the Madrid Design Festival, including a keynote lecture by Daan Roosegaarde on February 14.

Have you always wanted to peak into our Dream Factory? Our studio will be open to the public as part of Art Rotterdam Week on 9 February 17.00 - 21.00, 10 and 11 February 11.00 - 19.00.

The megacities we live in are killing us. Clay Chandler from Fortune Magazine interviews Daan Roosegaarde in Hong Kong about how design can help.

Get ready Poland, clean air is on its way. Smog Free Project is coming to Krakow in February. Stay tuned for program details and read our press release here.

Waterlicht transformed Granary Square London into an ethereal dream landscape at Lumiere with its 1.5 million visits in four days. Highlighted at the BBC, The Guardian and The Times. Missed it? On 1-3 February Waterlicht will be exhibited in Leeuwarden NL. Come and experience the power and poetry of water.

Thousands of visitors admired the exhibition of Glowing Nature and Windvogel as part of Icoon Afsluitdijk. Gates of Light is a permanent installation and remains open to all every night. Read more at FastCompany, Dezeen and Wallpaper*.

Daan is a keynote speaker at TIDE Conference 2018 in Amsterdam on the 5th of February, and will present “Landscapes of the Future”. Get registered here.

Grand announcement of our Waterlicht London exhibition in The Times. Experience Granary Square transformed into an ethereal dream landscape. 18-21 January 2018 at Lumiere.

Daan Roosegaarde is now visiting Professor for Environmental Design at Tongji University, here with his students in Shanghai, China.

Daan Roosegaarde is in the jury for Wallpaper* Design Awards 2018 and reflects on the nominees here. Photoshoot at Gates of Light, wearing Alexander McQueen, winner of the Best Men’s Fashion Collection Award.

Listen to Ingrid de Graaf (CEO Aegon) about her experience at Gates of Light on Radio 1 (in Dutch). Now open for public every night at the Afsluitdijk.

“Space debris is the smog of the universe” – Daan Roosegaarde. Stay tuned for new space adventures in the New Year.

Icoon Afsluitdijk has attracted thousands of visitors including Glowing Nature which is fully booked the coming days. Visit us next week or reserve your free ticket via 0620571124 between 19.00-22.00. Due to the many requests a delay in response can be possible. More information: postbus.icoon.afsluitdijk@rws.nl.

Thursday 11 January 16.00 Daan Roosegaarde will give a lecture at Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. Get your free ticket here.

Smog Free Project receives Grand Award for Sustainability and Gold Award in Design for Asia Awards in Hong Kong.

‘It is Dutch pride, and our heritage,’ says Daan Roosegaarde in Wallpaper*, the designer commissioned by the Dutch government to create the three-part design programme ‘Icoon Afsluitdijk’, to celebrate the monumental site and inspire the country towards an innovative future.

ECHO DUBAI is the region’s first multi-sensory festival to provide a platform for international minds to collaborate, including a lecture by Daan Roosegaarde. Welcome on Saturday 16 December 12.00, Dubai Design District.

Roosegaarde’s Smart Highway featured by CNN as an example for innovative transport system - now live on CNN.

Read The Guardian's profile on Daan Roosegaarde titled "The green Van Gogh cleaning up the cityscape."

Listen to the unique Icoon Afsluitdijk podcast and let Daan Roosegaarde, Louise Fresco and Joos Ockels guide you through the rich context of the project. You can download the podcast here: icoonafsluitdijk.nl or on iTunes.

The annual design conference in Hong Kong has a focus on architecture with speakers including Jacques Herzog, Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and designer Daan Roosegaarde. Welcome on 6 and 7 December, Hong Kong.

Daan Roosegaarde joins Matthijs van Nieuwkerk on the national Dutch talk show De Wereld Draait Door and is live on NOS news to introduce Icoon Afsluitdijk. Read the features about the designs also on Dezeen, Fast Company and Inhabitat.

Icoon Afsluitdijk is now open with three new design innovation projects Gates of Light, Windvogel, and Glowing Nature to enhance the beauty of the 32 kilometer Afsluitdijk. Read our Press Release or visit the website Icoon Afsluitdijk with live updates for your own visit.

On December 1 the WIRED Festival in Rio de Janeiro is launched with a series of innovation lectures including Daan Roosegaarde with his landscapes of the future.