Niek Kosten is a designer, researcher, and lecturer from Belgium. He is currently working on his Ph.D. in the Arts on critically opening up societal issues with vernacular graphic design. Niek teaches in the fields of contextual design, speculative design, artistic and design research, identity, and graphic design at the Product Design program of LUCA School of Arts. He also creates self-initiated and commissioned works as an independent designer.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Looking back at the Japanese Knotweed Symposium
Knotweed on a pedestal
We look back at a two-day gathering with researchers, designers, and artists, which aimed to explore Japanese knotweed and our relationship with this contested plant. Japanese knotweed was put on a...