Daan Roosegaarde. Interactive Landscapes

Roosegaarde is a trendsetter in the innovative movement known as New Dutch Digital Design, a group of artists who explore the boundary between the human and the computer. One characteristic work is Dune, an interactive dune landscape consisting of hundreds of LEDs. Lotus 7.0, which he recently presented in Paris, is a living wall; when visitors approach the installation, their body heat opens hundreds of foil blossoms. ‘We are at the dawn of a new nature,’ Roosegaarde says. Interactive Landscapes includes a complete survey of Daan Roosegaarde’s projects to date, revealing the line of development in his oeuvre. The authors, Adele Chong (editor of Blueprint Asia) and Timo de Rijk (endowed professor of Design Cultures), have each contributed an essay on Roosegaarde's work. Chong focuses on Roosegaarde as an artist, and De Rijk draws on his expertise in product development and design to elucidate Roosegaarde’s innovative works of art.