Cybernetic Forest
DDW 2018

Our Dutch Design Week exhibition of 2018 is one for the books. Who would have thought that with less then a year to refurbish our new location we would be able to host such a compelling exposition?

Together with the talents from the Talent Pressure Cooker, we aimed to uncover the ties between nature, science, technology and arts. At our new BioArt Village, we presented a future where these domains have been merged into a symbiotic life form: a Cybernetic Forest. We welcomed the public at our brand new location and presented to them how nature is our inspiration for everything and how technology advances nature in a feedback loop. Nature and innovation, history and future went hand in hand in a whirlwind of inspiring concepts and ideas.

I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.

– Richard Brautigan