Dutch artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde (1979) is a creative thinker and maker of social designs which explore the relation between people, technology and space. His fascination for nature and technology is reflected in his iconic designs such as Smart Highway (roads which charge from sunlight and glow at night), Waterlicht (an installation which shows the force of water) and Smog Free Project (the largest outdoor air purifier in the world which makes jewelery from smog).

Roosegaarde graduated from The Berlage Institute with a master in architecture. He founded Studio Roosegaarde in 2007, where he works with his team of designers and engineers towards a better future. Together they develop ‘Landscapes of the Future’ building smart sustainable prototypes for the cities of tomorrow. Roosegaarde has been named Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, Artist of the Year 2016 in The Netherlands, and a visiting professor at Tongji University Shanghai for Environmental Design. 

Roosegaarde has won the London Design Innovation Medal, the INDEX Design Award, Platinum A"Design Award 2017, D&AD Awards 2017, Core77 Design Awards 2017, Dutch Artist of the Year 2016, the World Technology Award, two Dutch Design Awards, the Charlotte Kohler Award, and China’s Most Successful Design Award. He exhibited at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, London Design Museum, Tate Modern, Tokyo National Museum, Le Musee des Arts Decoratifs Paris, Victoria & Albert Museum, and various public spaces in Europe and Asia.  

Daan Roosegaarde shares his visionary ideas frequently at conferences across the world including TED, NASA, and Design Indaba.