Daan Roosegaarde — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Founder & Creative Director of Studio Roosegaarde since 2005, a social design lab based in Rotterdam and Shanghai.
Founded Studio Roosegaarde in 2007, developing projects that merge technology and art in urban environments.
Created environmental art projects like the 'Smog Free Project' (2015-2017) to filter air pollution and the 'Icoon Afsluitdijk' (2017) for immersive art on an existing dyke.
Professor at Tongji University, Shanghai, since 2017.
Serves as a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum since 2015 and a Community Member Intellectual Leadership at WORLD.MINDS since 2019.
Holds a Master's degree in Architecture and a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art and Design.

Biography

Daan Roosegaarde is a Dutch artist and innovator, born in 1979, known for founding Studio Roosegaarde. Established in 2007 in Rotterdam, with a 'pop-up' studio in Shanghai and an ancillary studio in Dubai, Studio Roosegaarde is described as a 'social design lab' or 'The Dream Factory.' The studio develops projects that merge technology and art in urban environments, creating 'landscapes of the future' that bring people, technology, and nature together.