News!
International Workshop Week at Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel
This spring, we had the pleasure to work with design students on multisensory interventions in art museums for a full week. Students learned about accessibility in museum spaces and how to prototype with creative technology. Our workshop was one of four workshops students could choose from, alongside amazing peers Stella Mutegi (cave_bureau), mischer'traxler, Angela Bode (Fluid Design) and Maria Paneta (Objects of Common Interest).
AWARDS & GRANTS
2022 – Winner Dutch Design Awards – category ‘Young Designer’
2022 – Winner DDA x EY Award
2021 – Winner Award for Creative Technology (ACT STRP)
2023 – Nominee Swiss Design Awards – category ‘Mediation’
2020 – Grant Digital Heritage x Public (creatieve industries fund NL)
2020 – Nominee Swiss Design Awards – category ‘Mediation’
2019 – Grant for Talent Development (creatieve industries fund NL)
2019 – Nominee Dutch Design Awards – category ‘Design Research’
2019 – Grant VriendenLoterij Fonds (Stichting DOEN)
2019 – Laureate of FORMAT19 (z33)
2019 – Nominee Social Design Talent Award
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 – Washi Futurism, Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam (NL)
2024 – Mesh Festival, Basel (CH)
2024 – Nature of Hope, International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (NL)
2024 – Dutch – More or Less, Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam (NL)
2023 – Ornamenta, Pforzheim (DE)
2023 – WeWe Futures, Taiwan Design Museum (TW)
2023 – Washi Futurism, Sekio Bunka Hall, Hamada (JP)
2023 – Swiss Design Awards, Art Basel (CH)
2023 – The Media Gym, Hogeschool van Amsterdam (NL)
2022 – Dutch Design Awards, Dutch Design Week (NL)
2022 – MONO Japan Exhibition ART, Amsterdam (NL)
2022 – The Energy Show, Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam (NL)
2022 – Solar Energy Kiosk, Fondation Entreprise Martell, Cognac (FR)
2022 – Solar Energy Kiosk, Salone del Mobile Milan (IT)
2022 – Gardening, Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd (NL)
2022 – The End of Infinity, STRP Festival (NL)
2021 – Regionale 22, E-WERK Freiburg (DE)
2021 – Working and Living from Home, Seoul Design Festival (KR)
2021 – Plant Fever, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (CH)
2021 – Heimaten, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (DE)
2020 – Plant Fever, CID au Grand-hornu (BE)
2019 – Common Knowledge, BIO26 Design Biennale (SLO)
2019 – What a time to be alive, Dutch Design Week (NL)
2019 – Dutch Design Awards, Dutch Design Week (NL)
2019 – Basic Income Cafe, The Grey Space in the Middle (NL)
2019 – FORMAT19, z33 Huis voor Aktuele Kunst, Design & Architectuur (BE)
2018 – G18 Graduation Show, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL)
2018 – Not for Sale, Salone del Mobile (IT)
2018 – State Machine, Crypto Design Exhibition (CYP)
2017 – Alternative Societies, Municipality Eindhoven (NL)
TEACHING &
WORKSHOPS
2022-now – Teaching, MA Industrial Design, Royal Academy of Art The Hague (NL)
2025 – Teaching, MA Interdepartmental Project, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL)
2025 – Workshop “Multisensory Experiences in Art Museums”, HGK Basel (CH)
2024 – Workshop “Aktives Begreifen Gestalten”, Bauhaus University Weimar (DE)
2023 – Workshop "Whales of Wall Street", Swiss Design Awards (CH)
2021–2023 – Teaching Interaction Design, Fontys ArtCoDe (NL)
2020 – Teaching, MA Social Design, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL)
2019 – Workshop "Proxies on Trial", Nieuwe Instituut (NL)
TALKS & EVENTS
2024 – Book launch "Washi Futurism", Shibaura House Tokyo (JP)
2022 – Lecture “Interaction & Tangible Imaginaries”, KAIST University (KR)
2022 – "Design x Imagination" with Fiona Raby, Design Dialogues KASK (BE)
2024 – Book launch "Washi Futurism", Rauch & König München (DE)
2024 – Book launch "Washi Futurism" + guided tours, Nieuwe Instituut (NL)
2023 – Bump Festival Kortrijk (BE)
2022 – Panel "Innovative Washi", MONO Japan (NL)
2021 – Co-curating experimental, online discussion format, STRP Festival (NL)
2020 – Co-curating hybrid formats with Karaoke Discourse, MU Hybrid Art House (NL)
2020 – Economia Conference, Baltan Laboratories (NL)
2019 – MONO Japan Residency Talks, Shibaura House Tokyo (JP)
2019 – Un/Green Open Fields Conference, RIXC Festival (LV)
2019 – Lecture "Living Infrastructure", TU Delft (NL)
2019 – Communication, Media and Journalism Conference, University of Sheffield (UK)
2018 – ThingsCon (NL)
2018 – Antenna Conference Design Indaba, Dutch Design Week (NL)
2017 – Agents of the Anthropocene Symposium, Piet Zwart Institute (NL)
RESIDENCIES
2023 – Artist-in-residence, Sekishu Washikaikan in Shimane (JP)
2023 – Artist-in-residence, Readership Creative Media for Social Change (NL)
2020 – Researcher-in-residence, Fontys Hogeschool Journalistiek (NL)
2019 – Artist-in-residence, MONO Japan in Shimane (JP)
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2025 – p | DAMNº 90 Magazine: Spotted Cream on Chrome
2024 – e | Washi Futurism: Book and AR app, self published
2024 – p | unprinted:『和紙フューチャリズム』AR効果はミニマルだから没入できる
2023 – p | Dutch Design Awards: Interview with Cream on Chrome
2023 – p | EY: Waarom Cream on Chrome goud in handen heeft
2023 – p | Het Parool: Gewichten tillen voor een uurtje Netflix
2023 – p | NHK: いまコレ！しまね「世界でCOOLな石州和紙」
2022 – p | Axis Design Magazine Vol. 220: Up next – Cream on Chrome
2022 – p | Dezeen: Solar Energy Kiosk serves orange juice made using solar power
2022 – p | Design Academy Eindhoven: The Alumni Interview Cream on Chrome
2022 – p | Kunstmatig Podcast: Tussen ecologie en tech-tuin
2022 – p | Wallpaper: Alcova - wellbeing, cultural identity and the environment
2022 – p | Studio 040: STRP Festival van start
2022 – p | NRC Handelsblad: Grenzen aan de groei?
2021 – p | FRAME Magazine: What tools do we need for a work-from-home reality?
2021 – p | de lage landen: De verstrengeling tussen design en interactiviteit
2021 – p | ACED Designalism Podcast: Cream on Chrome
2021 – p | z33 Interview: Cream on Chrome designs an interactive coffeemaker
2021 – e | Becoming A News Explorer, Ontwerpen aan de journalistiek (Fontys)
2020 – p | Social Matter, Social Design (valiz)
2020 – p | DAMN Magazine, Feeds and Reads
2019 – p | de Volkskrant: Drie Talenten op Dutch Design Week
2018 – p | Fast Company: This is the most interesting UI design of the year so far
2018 – p | de Volkskrant: Activistische, hoopvolle zoektocht van jongste ontwerpgeneratie
2018 – p | Dezeen: Design Academy Eindhoven students take over Milanese streets
2017 – e | The News Cake, Immersive Narratives (Design Academy Eindhoven)
e = essays
p = press
News!
International Workshop Week at Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel
This spring, we had the pleasure to work with design students on multisensory interventions in art museums for a full week. Students learned about accessibility in museum spaces and how to prototype with creative technology. Our workshop was one of four workshops students could choose from, alongside amazing peers Stella Mutegi (cave_bureau), mischer'traxler, Angela Bode (Fluid Design) and Maria Paneta (Objects of Common Interest).
AWARDS & GRANTS
2022 – Winner Dutch Design Awards – category ‘Young Designer’
2022 – Winner DDA x EY Award
2021 – Winner Award for Creative Technology (ACT STRP)
2023 – Nominee Swiss Design Awards – category ‘Mediation’
2020 – Grant Digital Heritage x Public (creatieve industries fund NL)
2020 – Nominee Swiss Design Awards – category ‘Mediation’
2019 – Grant for Talent Development (creatieve industries fund NL)
2019 – Nominee Dutch Design Awards – category ‘Design Research’
2019 – Grant VriendenLoterij Fonds (Stichting DOEN)
2019 – Laureate of FORMAT19 (z33)
2019 – Nominee Social Design Talent Award
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 – Washi Futurism, Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam (NL)
2024 – Mesh Festival, Basel (CH)
2024 – Nature of Hope, International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (NL)
2024 – Dutch – More or Less, Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam (NL)
2023 – Ornamenta, Pforzheim (DE)
2023 – WeWe Futures, Taiwan Design Museum (TW)
2023 – Washi Futurism, Sekio Bunka Hall, Hamada (JP)
2023 – Swiss Design Awards, Art Basel (CH)
2023 – The Media Gym, Hogeschool van Amsterdam (NL)
2022 – Dutch Design Awards, Dutch Design Week (NL)
2022 – MONO Japan Exhibition ART, Amsterdam (NL)
2022 – The Energy Show, Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam (NL)
2022 – Solar Energy Kiosk, Fondation Entreprise Martell, Cognac (FR)
2022 – Solar Energy Kiosk, Salone del Mobile Milan (IT)
2022 – Gardening, Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd (NL)
2022 – The End of Infinity, STRP Festival (NL)
2021 – Regionale 22, E-WERK Freiburg (DE)
2021 – Working and Living from Home, Seoul Design Festival (KR)
2021 – Plant Fever, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (CH)
2021 – Heimaten, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (DE)
2020 – Plant Fever, CID au Grand-hornu (BE)
2019 – Common Knowledge, BIO26 Design Biennale (SLO)
2019 – What a time to be alive, Dutch Design Week (NL)
2019 – Dutch Design Awards, Dutch Design Week (NL)
2019 – Basic Income Cafe, The Grey Space in the Middle (NL)
2019 – FORMAT19, z33 Huis voor Aktuele Kunst, Design & Architectuur (BE)
2018 – G18 Graduation Show, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL)
2018 – Not for Sale, Salone del Mobile (IT)
2018 – State Machine, Crypto Design Exhibition (CYP)
2017 – Alternative Societies, Municipality Eindhoven (NL)
TEACHING &
WORKSHOPS
2022-now – Teaching, MA Industrial Design, Royal Academy of Art The Hague (NL)
2025 – Teaching, MA Interdepartmental Project, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL)
2025 – Workshop “Multisensory Experiences in Art Museums”, HGK Basel (CH)
2024 – Workshop “Aktives Begreifen Gestalten”, Bauhaus University Weimar (DE)
2023 – Workshop "Whales of Wall Street", Swiss Design Awards (CH)
2021–2023 – Teaching Interaction Design, Fontys ArtCoDe (NL)
2020 – Teaching, MA Social Design, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL)
2019 – Workshop "Proxies on Trial", Nieuwe Instituut (NL)
TALKS & EVENTS
2024 – Book launch "Washi Futurism", Shibaura House Tokyo (JP)
2022 – Lecture “Interaction & Tangible Imaginaries”, KAIST University (KR)
2022 – "Design x Imagination" with Fiona Raby, Design Dialogues KASK (BE)
2024 – Book launch "Washi Futurism", Rauch & König München (DE)
2024 – Book launch "Washi Futurism" + guided tours, Nieuwe Instituut (NL)
2023 – Bump Festival Kortrijk (BE)
2022 – Panel "Innovative Washi", MONO Japan (NL)
2021 – Co-curating experimental, online discussion format, STRP Festival (NL)
2020 – Co-curating hybrid formats with Karaoke Discourse, MU Hybrid Art House (NL)
2020 – Economia Conference, Baltan Laboratories (NL)
2019 – MONO Japan Residency Talks, Shibaura House Tokyo (JP)
2019 – Un/Green Open Fields Conference, RIXC Festival (LV)
2019 – Lecture "Living Infrastructure", TU Delft (NL)
2019 – Communication, Media and Journalism Conference, University of Sheffield (UK)
2018 – ThingsCon (NL)
2018 – Antenna Conference Design Indaba, Dutch Design Week (NL)
2017 – Agents of the Anthropocene Symposium, Piet Zwart Institute (NL)
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2025 – p | DAMNº 90 Magazine: Spotted Cream on Chrome
2024 – e | Washi Futurism: Book and AR app, self published
2024 – p | unprinted:『和紙フューチャリズム』AR効果はミニマルだから没入できる
2023 – p | Dutch Design Awards: Interview with Cream on Chrome
2023 – p | EY: Waarom Cream on Chrome goud in handen heeft
2023 – p | Het Parool: Gewichten tillen voor een uurtje Netflix
2023 – p | NHK: いまコレ！しまね「世界でCOOLな石州和紙」
2022 – p | Axis Design Magazine Vol. 220: Up next – Cream on Chrome
2022 – p | Dezeen: Solar Energy Kiosk serves orange juice made using solar power
2022 – p | Design Academy Eindhoven: The Alumni Interview Cream on Chrome
2022 – p | Kunstmatig Podcast: Tussen ecologie en tech-tuin
2022 – p | Wallpaper: Alcova - wellbeing, cultural identity and the environment
2022 – p | Studio 040: STRP Festival van start
2022 – p | NRC Handelsblad: Grenzen aan de groei?
2021 – p | FRAME Magazine: What tools do we need for a work-from-home reality?
2021 – p | de lage landen: De verstrengeling tussen design en interactiviteit
2021 – p | ACED Designalism Podcast: Cream on Chrome
2021 – p | z33 Interview: Cream on Chrome designs an interactive coffeemaker
2021 – e | Becoming A News Explorer, Ontwerpen aan de journalistiek (Fontys)
2020 – p | Social Matter, Social Design (valiz)
2020 – p | DAMN Magazine, Feeds and Reads
2019 – p | de Volkskrant: Drie Talenten op Dutch Design Week
2018 – p | Fast Company: This is the most interesting UI design of the year so far
2018 – p | de Volkskrant: Activistische, hoopvolle zoektocht van jongste ontwerpgeneratie
2018 – p | Dezeen: Design Academy Eindhoven students take over Milanese streets
2017 – e | The News Cake, Immersive Narratives (Design Academy Eindhoven)
e = essays
p = press