Basse Stittgen

The work of Basse Stittgen is positioned at the intersection of design, art and material research. It stems from a fascination for material, how it can be created, applied, used/reused and questioned. This approach might lead to investigations into production cycles, or become a tool to unfold hidden narratives and potentials embedded in matter. Basse graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2017, since then his work has been exhibited at the V&A Museum, the NGV Melbourne and the MMCA Seoul, and is part of the collection of the MAK Vienna and the Wellcome Collection.

Juan Arturo García

Juan Arturo García is a designer and filmmaker hailing from Mexico City. His work strands along evidence, fiction and forecast to explore a space between translation and the impossibility of translation, with special interest in the ways in which languages are materially, bureaucratically and metaphorically a defining condition of access; in other words, the political implications of hyper- , mis- , and un-translatability.

Hendrik-Jan Grievink

Hendrik-Jan Grievink is designer at Next Nature Network since 2007. He is an expert in translating philosophy into clear-cut objects and experiences. Since 2007, Hendrik-Jan has been responsible for what he calls ‘R&D&D’; the research, development and design of much of the content and visual output of the network.

Bernice Bovenkerk

Dr. Bernice Bovenkerk (1973) is associate professor at the Social Sciences Group, subdepartment of Communication, Philosophy and Technology of Wageningen University & Research (WUR). Previously she was post-doc and lecturer at the Ethics Institute at the Department of Philosophy of Utrecht University. She received her PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia, on a dissertation titled The Biotechnology Debate. Democracy in the face of intractable disagreement. She received her Master’s title at the University of Amsterdam on a thesis titled Pluralism in Environmental Ethics.

Nadine Botha

Nadine Botha is a research designer, curator and writer preoccupied with how unseen social, political, legal, economic and cultural systems design our objects, bodies, homes, cities, technologies, experiences and knowledge. Her practice brings together storytelling, curating, writing, performance, activism, media analysis, and participatory practices in exhibitions, digital media, events, publications, workshops, journalism, and academia. She graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2017, receiving the Gijs Bakker Award for best Master’s project. Currently based in Rotterdam, she is a winner of a 2020 Bio Art and Design Award from MU Hybrid Art House, and was awarded a 2019-2020 Talent Development Grant from the Creative Industries Fund. Her work has been presented at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Venice Architecture Biennale, Swiss Design Network Summit, Milan Design Week, Dutch Design Week, and the Luma Foundation, among others.