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Nice talk: Beyond control. A complex world demands the ability to improvise.

Watch this fun and great talk at The Do Lectures, and also check the other talks too.

The Do idea is a simple one: that people who Do things can inspire the rest of us to go and Do things, too. So each year we invite a set of people down here to come readmore

Next Tuesday May 31 at the symposium the department Communication & Multimedia Design (CMD) of the NHL Hogeschool in Leeuwarden, looking ahead ten years in time to celebrate ten years of CMD. I will be talking about Dreamschool and a bit more.

June 16 at UN Studio, an international architectural practice, situated readmore

PICNIC Festival 2011 , creating a city to prototype urban futures

PICNIC, Europe’s leading platform for the creative industries announced its program themes and a new venue for PICNIC Festival 2011 during a meet-up in the historic Waag building in Amsterdam.

Now in its sixth year, PICNIC reiterated its commitment to creativity and technology – in terms of content, involvement of the PICNIC community and its international readmore

Making the future happen today at Telmex initiatives, for free!

Today I had the opportunity to visit the initiatives Carlos Slim Foundation is undertaking. Carlos Slim is one of the world’s most important philanthropists and most people have never heard about his humanitarian activities. He owns stock in more than 200 companies that employ more than 200,000 people in Latin America and beyond. readmore

Informal talk and visit to Instituto Docet

This morning Eva took me to Instituto Docet, a paradise for kids from 1 to 3 years old in Monterrey. What an amazing place to be. Kids learning by playing, growing plants, playing music, listening to music, covering all senses. The team is truly passionate about what they are doing there since only readmore

Informal talk at Universidad Metropolitana de Monterrey

Pablo Collada, director and founder of Camino Ciudadano — a company dedicated to establish links between Civil Society Organizations, Private Sector and young people, in order to generate new responsible citizens, and I had the privilege to do an informal talk at Universidad Metropolitana de Monterrey. And met again a bunch of great people. readmore

Visiting CEDIM, Centro de Estudios Superiores de Diseno de Monterrey

Just returned from a visit to CEDIM, an applied design school in Monterrey. And I can only say that I was truly amazed. Housed in a brand new contemporary building in the valley, you will find a great active atmosphere. You could feel the activity happening, even though it was quite a quiet readmore

Frontpage news!

Great to wake up in the morning and at breakfast find out that you’re on the cover of a newspaper… Actually, Eva siad: “Hey, did you know you are on the cover of the newspaper?” Uhm, no. So she walked away and got one. Totally awesome! Although I feel that obviously the kids of Campamento readmore

Marcel Kampman en @SMCMXEducación en la Ibero

Ya que estamos en los aniversarios, nuestro grupo educativo cumple su primer año y lo vamos a festejar con una sesión educativa de lujo: Marcel Kampman (@happykamping) quien es líder del proyecto Dream School que está haciendo grandes aportaciones al sistema educativo Holandés y nos hablará readmore

Dreamschool in Mexico

LIFT was awesome. Led to a load of new contacts, quite impressive. Just after my talk, I had the mic removed and because the next speaker was already up, I found a place on the stairs, not wanting to interfere the audience too much. readmore

The Sustainism movement is about to begin

At PICNIC ‘10 we had the privilege to premiere Sustainism publicly. Sustainism Is the New Modernism, A Cultural Manifesto for the Sustainist Era by Michiel Schwarz and Joost Elffers a bold document that combines a powerful idea with really strong iconic graphic design. I readmore

Project Droomschool in Bright

In Bright #35 een groot artikel gewijd aan Project Droomschool:

De beste school voor Nederland en misschien wel voor de wereld; dat is de ambitieuze inzet van Project Droomschool. In Meppel verrijst een compleet nieuwe school waar een nieuwe visie op onderwijs wordt gerealiseerd. ‘De tijd van de eenheidsworst is voorbij.’

De mooiste ontmoetingen vinden readmore

Just arrived! The Project Dream School Cahier Journals

These beautiful Project Dream School cahier journals, designed in collaboration with Martine Eyzenga, just came in! Made from paper waste and recycled paper. Kindly supported by Zwaan Printmedia and Antalis. Available for free (bundle of three, 80 pages each, each cahier with its own colored staples) for those who participate in readmore

design mind Salon: How Design Triggers Transformation – in Innovation, Business, Art and Technology

Volgende week vrijdag ben ik spreker op de design mind Salon sessie in Amsterdam op vrijdag 23 april, 2010, 14:00 – 18.00 uur, georganiseerd door Microsoft en frog design. Onderwerp: How Design Triggers Transformation – in Innovation, Business, Art and Technology. Belangrijkste spreker is readmore

Workshopping with LEMZ for a great PICNIC 2010

We had a great session with the LEMZ team to create the perfect PICNIC 2010. They prepared really really well, brought lots and lots of inspiration and fresh insights to the table, pure delight. Thanks guys!

178 logo workout with Knowmads

I’ve asked my friends at 178 to help out Knowmads with their logo stuff. They had some terrible soul-less designs hanging on the wall, that so did not fit Knowmads at all. So they did a Logo Workout like only 178 can do, with some great results that perfectly fit Knowmads!

Vinkega, door Marije Kuiper

Vinkega is een portret van een klein dorp in Friesland door Marije Kuiper, als afstudeerproject van de Academie voor Popcultuur in Leeuwarden, waar ze in de jaren tachtig geboren is.

70 huizen en een pottenbakkerij zei ik vroeger altijd en om die reden vluchtte ik zodra ik kon weg uit dit gehucht. Inmiddels is zelfs de readmore

Picnic10 work in progress

A small peek at the work in progress for PICNIC10, developing the theme. Don’t forget to share your ideas!

Contribution to Blend magazine

Currently working on a contribution for the renewed international edition of Blend magazine.

Johnny: India Experience actie!

Jonne Seijdel is derdejaars student Interactive/Media/Design en is momenteel op stage in India waar hij meehelpt bij een weeshuis. Op zijn weblog doet hij verslag van zijn avonturen. Erg leuk geschreven persoonlijke verhalen en Jonne is ook nog eens geweldig fotograaf, meerdere redenen om eens te gaan kijken. Vanmorgen kwam van hem het verzoek readmore

23 April I will one of the keynote speakers at a invitation only event by frog design and Microsoft, with as a special guest from Bill Buxton Principal Researcher at Microsoft USA and Tjeerd Hoek of frog design. All I can say is that you really want to be on that readmore

Contribute to Picnic festival 2010!

Hurray! It’s live! To share what you want to share for Picnic Festival 2010, you can use this page. Remember: it’s always more fun when you bring your own stuff to a picnic!