Lectures and Events
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Lecture: What's Around Design? International Conference, Museum of Portimão, Portimão, October 8-11, 2024
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Workshop: Science, Art, and Design Collaborations: Open University, Utrecht, March 15, 2024
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Workshop: Developing New Voices, Museum Collection Stories, Wereldmuseum, Amsterdam, March 7, 2024
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Lectures & Workshops: Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) Beijing, Sichuan Fine Arts Academy (SCFAI), and Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, through November - December 2023.
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Lecture: Bioart and Biodesign, Larnaca Biennale, (remote) October 31, 2023
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Lecture & Exhibition Tour: Objects from our 21st Century Ancestors, Boijmans Depot, Rotterdam, July 6, 2023
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Lecture: Biodesign, Education, and a New Museum, CAFA, Beijing, April 1, 2023
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Panel: Syn /\ Sym: Biology in Art & Design, MIT Museum, Boston, November 5, 2022
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Lecture: Creativity, Design, and Biotechnology After the Pandemic, MEET Center, Milan, September 10, 2020
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Lecture (video): Adding Dimensions to the Real, Ars Electronica, September 9-13, 2020
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Jury Session and Awards Announcement: Bioart and Design Awards, Rotterdam, July 2, 2020
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Lecture: Creativity and Design after the Pandemic, MEET Center, Milan, April 29, 2020
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Webinar Lecture: Is Biology Technology?, MEET Center, Milan, April 23, 2020
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Moderator: How to Biodesign: Future-proof Packaging, Blue City, April 21, 2020
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Essay published: Adding Dimensions to the Real, April 3, 2020
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Exhibition Opening: (UN)REAL, Science Gallery Rotterdam, April 3, 2020
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Interview with Daan Roosegaarde, published by Azure Magazine, with Rawad Baaklini, Toronto, March 2, 2020
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Conference: Museum of the Future International (FORMS), Amsterdam, October 28, 29, 2019
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Lecture: Biodesign @ Dutch Design Week, NRE, Eindhoven, October 23, 2019
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Lecture: Biodesign & Biofabrication, Blue City Lab, Rotterdam, September 20, 2019
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Presentation: Life Sciences & Design History, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, July 23, 2019
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Panel: Biodesign Summit, MoMA, New York, June 21, 2019
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Jury Session & Award Announcement: Bioart and Design Awards, The Hague, June 14, 2019
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Open Call Announcement: Science Gallery Rotterdam, June 7, 2019
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Lecture: Are We Part of the Problem?, MU, Eindhoven, March 11, 2019
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Book Signing: Biodesign @ Broken Nature exhibition, Milan Triennale, March 1, 2019
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Lecture & Book Signing: Biodesign & A New Museum, Biofabricate, New York, December 13, 2018
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Lecture: Biodesign and Collaborations: Parsons School of Design, New York, November 28, 2018
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Lecture & Book Signing: Biodesign & Bioart & Publishing, SVA, New York, November 26, 2018
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Lecture & Book Signing: An Emerging Mutualism, RMIT, Melbourne, October 20, 2018
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Lecture & Exhibition Opening: Biodesign: From Inspiration to Integration, RISD, August 25, 2018
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Book Launch & Signing @ RISD: Biodesign, 2018 Edition, Published by MoMA, August 24, 2018
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Lecture (Delivered by Rosa Kieft): An Emerging Mutualism, ISHAM Conference, Amsterdam, 30 June, 2018
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Biodesign Challenge Winners Announcement, MoMA, June 22, 2018
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Lecture: Biodesign & Coded Nature, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, May 27, 2018
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Bioart and Design Awards Winners Announced, Den Haag, May 25, 2018
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Exhibition Opening: Co-Creativity with Machines, Łódź Design Festival, May 19, 2018
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Lecture: A Non-Circadian Cadence, MU Artspace, February 17, 2018
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Lecture: Altered Realities, Oxford University, December 14, 2017
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Lecture: Design Hybridity, Collaboration and A New Museum, MoMA, New York, June 23, 2017
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Lecture & Debate: An Automation Too Far, Science Gallery Dublin, February 10, 2017
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Panel: Meet The Artists, Byte-Size Talk, Science Gallery Dublin, February 10, 2017
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Exhibition Opening: Humans Need Not Apply, Science Gallery Dublin, February 9, 2017
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Exhibition Opening: Fluid Matter, MU Gallery, Eindhoven, December 2, 2016
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Lecture: Hybridity, Truth & Seat belts, Shapeshifters, LUCA School of Arts, Brussels, November 30, 2016
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Panel: Towards an Automated Future – Meet the Curators, Science Gallery Dublin, September 8, 2016
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Lecture: Bioart at Inoculom, Connecting The Other, Bauhaus University, Weimar, February 4, 2016
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Lecture: Biodesign & Bioart, Royal College of Art, London, February 3, 2016
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Book Launch: Bioart: Altered Realities, MU Gallery, Eindhoven, January 22, 2016
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Open Call for Proposals: Bioart & Design Awards (BAD), November 28 until February 1, 2016
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Exhibition Opening: Body of Matter, MU Gallery, Eindhoven, November 27, 2015
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Lecture: Altered Realities: Bioart and the life sciences, Tate Modern, London, November 26, 2015
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Talkshow: Design Salon, Hosted by La Bolleur, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, November 11, 2015
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Lecture: New Bio Materials and Applications, Tüyap Convention Center, Bursa, May 30, 2015
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Lecture: Biodesign in Contemporary Apparel and Decor, Strawberry Earth Conference, Amsterdam, May 21, 2015
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Lecture: Biotechnology and Textiles, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, May 18, 2015
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Lecture: Biodesign & Bioart, Maastricht University, October 22, 2014
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Lecture: Contemporary Design and The Terror & Beauty of Book Publishing, Harvard University, Boston, August 25, 2014
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Lecture: Biodigital Architecture in Contemporary Practice, Intl. University of Catalunya, Barcelona, June 3, 2014
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Lecture: Designing for Biodiversity, Design Academy Eindhoven, April 16, 2014
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Lecture: On The Origins of Biodesign and Bioart, University of Leiden, February 27, 2014
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Lecture: Mutualism, Design and Mushrooms, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, December 4, 2013
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TEDx Presentation: Innovation Through Biodesign, Groningen, October 31, 2013
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Moderator: The Body is Obsolete, Stelarc, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, October 24, 2013
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Lecture: Bioart/Biodesign/Biomimicry, Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo, August 15, 2013
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Lecture: What is Biodesign, What is Bioart? Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, April 19, 2013
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Lecture: Tangibility and Taste: The Useful Objects Exhibitions at MoMA, Museum of Art and Design, New York, May 8, 2013
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Lecture: Beyond Biomimicry, New Community College (CUNY), New York, December 7, 2012
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Panel: How Much Design Can We Digest? Designhuis, Eindhoven, October 25, 2012
Courses
Design Academy Eindhoven, Masters Program, Eindhoven
Course: Writing Workshop, Introduction to Content and Copy Editing
Guide students in developing and executing their project proposals, providing feedback, introducing strategies and editing student writing.
Design Academy Eindhoven, Masters Program, Eindhoven
Course: Redesigning Railway Stations as a Platform and Hub for Biodiversity
In this course students developed design proposals in response to the need for the protection and enhancment of biodiversity, in collaboration with Naturalis and NS, the National Dutch Railway Network.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Course: Nature Design – From Inspiration to Integration
This class focused on the evolving relationship between design and nature, from formal inspiration in the mid-19th century up to experimental, functional integration addressing the pressures of climate change.
Genspace, Brooklyn
Course: Introduction to Biodesign, Bioart and Brewing
Presented contemporary examples of design and art integrated with biological processes and a hands-on instruction in the crafts of beer, bread and mead-making.
Hunter College, New York
Course: A History of Collecting and Exhibiting Design and Architecture
Introduced the history of 20th century design and architecture, as seen through the exhibitions and collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York.