A Dutch cultural thinker, innovator and consultant, working from Amsterdam and Berkeley, California. Originally trained as a sociologist of technology, he has initiated projects on global issues, the future of design, technology and media. He advised public organisations and was a member of the Netherlands Council for Arts, Culture and Media. Earlier this year, together with Joost Elffers, he published Sustainism Is the New Modernism (Distributed Art Publishers, New York). His previous publications include The Technological Culture and Speed: Visions of an Accelerated Age.
SUSTAINIST DESIGN PROJECT
Social design thinking, doing and sharing. That is what the Open Sustainist Design project is all about.
It sets out to bring together ‘best practices’ and it invites insights and ideas for social design in different contexts— from urban life and architecture, to energy, food, and the environment.