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Femke Deckers on PERSPECTIVE

An inspiring performance on change, self-innovation and creativity!

Femke Deckers will perform her Theatre College exploring the journey of change and self-innovation.

As a Creative Thinking Facilitator, Femke guides you through a journey of "self-innovation", inspired by an intensive surgery she went through. In this theater college, Femke will walk you through the 7 creative attitudes essential for both innovation and daily life. Perfect for individuals navigating life changes and businesses undergoing organizational shifts!

Femke Deckers, the owner of De Creatieve Werkvloer and author of the book "Unscrew Yourself," embodies the creative mindset. For her, creativity is not just a talent; it's a mindset. Her personal experiences with physical challenges have motivated her to specialize in applied creativity.

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Joyce Overheul on NATIVE

Imagine working with textiles and craft techniques such as handicrafts, things that used to be often labelled as women's hobbies rather than art forms. Why is it that one work is worth more than another?

Joyce will take us behind the scenes of her art, showing you how she creates her works and how everything is connected.

Joyce Overheul is an artist growing up in an environment where not everyone was equal to each other. From that starting point, she now makes art about feminism, women's rights, emancipation, equality and inequality.

Joyce also made the statue for Truus van Lier, a sculpture that at first glance does not fit into her oeuvre at all.

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Fedor van Rossem on RISE

The way to ease out difficulties by visualisation.

In this talk Fedor van Rossem shows the way he works as an artist and educator. Drawing as the answer to understand complex issues.

In this talk we push creativity and surprise ourselves with our unknown capabilities.

Fedor van Rossem is director, artist and educator.

Besides his work as an illustrator and visualizer he works for educational television. He is also an Educator at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Het Utrechts Archief and Museum IJsselstein.

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Belle de Gast on Endurance

Utrecht has a new Bicycle Mayor: Belle de Gast. Belle is an ex-professional cyclist. Nowadays she is a   physiotherapist besides her role as Bicycle Mayor. Her  agenda for the next two years is a combination of these two; Get out of your car and onto your bicycle. Because cycling is healthy, in so many ways.

Belle is also active for Team Fiets at Sport Utrecht. There she focuses on education about safe cycling in schools, giving cycling lessons in the different neighbourhoods to refugees or people who have never learned to cycle.

In this CreativeMornings talk she will talk about the endless opportunities that lie ahead of us.

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Samuel Beltman on Simplicity

Samuel is a well known figure in the Utrecht world of sustainability and cycling. Not only does he run a marketing company with focus on sustainable organizations, he is also the co-founder of the Cycling 4 Climate Foundation. The main event of the foundation is the annual bike ride Climate Classic. A one day event where hundreds of cyclists ride the (potential) new coastline we will have when the sea level keeps rising.

In this CreativeMornings Samuel will talk about his trip to Rome and what he learned about connection. And how he found his calling in organizing the Climate Classic.

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Martine Mussies on Reverie

Martine Mussies is an artistic researcher & autistic academic. Through text, music and visual work, Martine uses her art to explore new worlds and ideas. In doing so, she often combines analogue and digital techniques.

Through her autism, Martine has a unique - and dreamy - view on the world around her. She is fascinated by stories about the medieval king Alfred, as well as by mermaids and other hybrid creatures from fairy tales, mythology and fantasy literature.

She regularly publishes about her research in academic journals and speaks at international conferences. Besides her research, Martine is a chorister, practices Japanese martial arts, and is the founder of Japan Fans.

In this CM Martine will talk on how she combines her dreams with an internet connection in order to create creative movements.

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Marco Mout on Movement

After travelling the world by bike, Marco Mout moved to Zutphen. In the Kruittoren 1328 (!) he started WALHALLAb. For young people where anything is possible. Imagine not doing so well at school, or maybe you haven't been there for a while. After all, why do you even need to learn?

WALHALLAb is a place where young people can be themselves. Where they can do things and learn from and with the coolest teachers you can imagine. Build a plane with a pilot. Design your room with a real designer. Compose music with advice from the best producers in the world. Or just have fun with peers and guys who are young (in spirit) themselves and give you every opportunity.

Imagine you are crazy about fashion, music, engineering, 3D or just about anything else. At WALHALLAb, you have come to the right place!

Anyone who has ever been in or studied at an art / design school will recognise many aspects of WALHALLAb. Learning by doing, making things!

Marco takes us into the world of WALHALLAb and what makes this place so special for young people.

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Sharon Sciammas on Corruption

Communities help us to avoid corruption. Period.

It seems like we are losing our ability to trust each other. Fake news, SM algorithms, political polarization, global warming - our inability to solve global issues is stagnating. Those complex problems require a new kind of collaboration and reestablishing our trusted social contracts.

In this talk Sharon will take us on an exploration; What are communities anyway? How will communities shape our future? and; How can communities help us solve global issues and re-enable trust?

Sharon has been working in tech since 2004. For the last 5 years his  focus is on community and platform design. Passionate about bringing people together in a fun, meaningful way.

Sharon is also co-creating W3B Lab - a web3 entrepreneurial community in Madrid, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Lisbon. 

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Martijn Haan on Touch

Petting concrete: I know people who do that and I sometimes commit it myself. Concrete - especially rough textured concrete - invites you to touch. My love for concrete stems from my love for Eastern Europe, where raw concrete is never far away. There is also a lot of ‘brute’ in the Netherlands. On Twitter I came into contact with other concrete petters. Our wild idea to write a book about brutalism in the Netherlands quickly became concrete.

In this talk you will see the most beautiful brutalist buildings in Utrecht, the Netherlands and worldwide. Hear how Brutalism fans met on Twitter and how their idea for a book became reality.

Martijn Haan is a geographer by training, content manager for an NGO and blogs about architecture and Eastern Europe on Oostblog.info.

[This tak will be in Dutch, however we are confident the pictures will inspire all, so please don’t let language be a barrier to join.]

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Joris Roovers on Sanctuary

Did you ever have a (crazy) idea? A great wild thought that could change things around you. Or a silly little thing you came up with in a bar having laughter with friends? The answer is probably ‘yes’. But how often do you actually pursue one? The answer is probably ‘none.’

Why not? You can come up with a million reasons. But what will happen if you follow your guts more often? In this Creativemornings session, Joris wil talk about creating a sanctuary for creativity. For crazy ideas.

About Joris

I like to do what others say 'you can't do that', or 'you're crazy'. 

Joris once spent 6 months driving around Italy on a 40-year-old Vespa, devised an abnormal·restaurant, developed an oldskool newspaper (when everyone was going digital), was the co-founder of a pitchnight for new ideas, and wrote a book about ordinary things in five lines.

Joris learned to look differently at the Art Academy, to think differently at the University, to dare to do differently at the Hello© Academy, and to act differently by being an entrepreneur.

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Jeroen Spoelstra on Abundance

What if your new design client is an ancient glacial lake? How might we design for a future where our products, services and businesses protect and regenerate biodiversity on earth instead of destroying it?

Jeroen will take us on his journey developing Life-Centered Design (LCD). This is a new design philosophy and approach that goes beyond human needs and puts life at the centre of our creation. LCD advocates for biological ecosystems and non-user communities that never had a voice before in the design process.

Workshop

After the talk, Jeroen will also host a workshop on Life-Centered Design so you can experience the philosophy and approach yourself. During the workshop we will create Non-humanpersonas outside the Spaces building. There we will empathise with nature in the urban environment and discover what we can learn and improve to create a greener city.

About Jeroen

Late 2017 Jeroen left Haarlem in the Netherlands to live and work in the rural and mountainous foothills of Northern Spain together with his Costa Rican wife Marcela.  

He is one of the leading figures in the design world on the topic of Life Centered Design. With nearly 20 years of design experience, he will guide you in each design project using his curiosity, empathy, and love for solving riddles.

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Ellen ter Gast on ETHOS

We are delighted with our guest speaker Ellen Ter Gast on October’s month’s theme ETHOS.

What does ethos, the word the ancient Greek used for both (good) character and our set of moral beliefs, mean for designers and professionals who work in the creative industry today? Aristotle believed we have to seek a balance between caution and passion. Referring to iconic moral heroes, the bold and the passionate, Ellen will argue why this idea of being a good person needs a critical update. The 21st century asks for designers and thinkers who dare to challenge the status quo.

About Ellen

Ellen ter Gast PhD is an interdisciplinary thinker and storyteller who works at the crossroads of arts, philosophy, biology and business. In addition to her practice as an ethics consultant, Ellen enjoys working with a diverse group of international bio artists, artists who, like her, reflect on the fascinating developments in bio(techno)logy. She participated in The Modular Body (2016) by Floris Kaayk and Trust me I a man Artist (2014-2017) by the British Anna Dumitriu. Ellen gives lectures at various art schools on art-science. She was an advisor of both the Mondriaan Fund and the Creative Industries Fund.

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Dr. Martin Ziegler on Depth

This month we are diving into the ocean with Dr. Martin Ziegler. Martin Ziegler is a geologist and paleoclimatologist, researching  the cause and impact of climate variability through time.  He leads the carbonate clumped isotope lab at the Earth Science Department of Utrecht University Using clumped isotope geochemistry he reconstructs Earth’s past temperature on land, in the sea and underground.

As climate change affects us all, we thought to take a leap, jump into the deep end, and invite a scientist. We all know the importance of creativity and the need for everyone to embrace it in our work, including science. So we are very happy to have been able to have Martin talk at CreativeMornings this month.

This month Creative Mornings will be hosted at SPACES, in the re-developed House Modernes in the city centre.

We are proud to have SPACES as our new venue partner. Thank you!

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Dr. Martin Ziegler on Depth

This month we are diving into the ocean with Dr. Martin Ziegler. Martin Ziegler is a geologist and paleoclimatologist, researching  the cause and impact of climate variability through time.  He leads the carbonate clumped isotope lab at the Earth Science Department of Utrecht University Using clumped isotope geochemistry he reconstructs Earth's past temperature on land, in the sea and underground.

As climate change affects us all, we thought to take a leap, jump into the deep end, and invite a scientist. We all know the importance of creativity and the need for everyone to embrace it in our work, including science. So we are very happy to have been able to have Martin talk at CreativeMornings this month.

This month Creative Mornings will be hosted at SPACES, in the re-developed House Modernes in the city centre.

We are proud to have SPACES as our new venue partner. Thank you!

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Stefan Pangratz on Critical

This month's theme is critical and we are happy to have Stefan Pangratz from wayfinding experts studio Mijksenaar talking to us.

Stefan will take us along to take a closer look at “critical details” and their link within the bigger picture of things. 

Once we look closer, the world seems to be full of unseen, underestimated and undervalued “critical details” that help us to understand and navigate through our daily lives. This is a universal truth in the world of wayfinding and is very relevant for design in general. 

Contrary to what the term ‘critical’ also embodies, you can expect a light-hearted take on the theme for this CreativeMornings, followed by an interactive group discussion.

This month Creative Mornings will be hosted at SPACES, in the re-developed House Modernes in the city centre.

We are proud to have SPACES as our new venue partner. Thank you!

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Brian Pagán on Spirituality

For this Creative Morning, we’re taking a look at spirituality. It’s a highly personal topic, and our guest Brian is no expert. So this won’t be a formal lecture, but an informal discussion in a safe space.

We begin with some warming up as a group. Then Brian will share his perspective, along with a few ideas and frameworks. Then, we have a plenary discussion to explore what spirituality means to you.

Let’s share the moment together. Isn’t that what life is all about?

Brian is a seasoned Experience Designer working for brands like Philips, ING and Nationale Nederlanden in the past.  In 2016 he founded The Greatness Studio, ‘a community of creative professionals, helping innovators like you to build a more loving & equitable world.’

This month Creative Mornings will be hosted at SPACES, in the re-developed House Modernes in the city centre.

We are proud to have SPACES as our new venue partner. Thank you!

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MAAN LIMBURG on WILDERNESS

This month Maan Limburg will take us into the WILDERNESS of Japan.

In Japan almost 8,5 million houses are vacant, left behind by the last residents. Not even talking about all the other abandoned buildings. In her book, The Lost World, Maan has researched all these places, their stories and beauty. Understanding first hand the house shortage in the Netherlands provided an extra dimension to the project.

Maan photographed the lost locations, wrote about their stories and bundled all her experiences in her book and exposition, The Lost World.

The exposition is at The Ping Pong Club which is also this month's venue. The Ping Pong Club is at Wisselspoor, one of the former NS maintenance halls that will take you by smell, sound and experience into Maan’s world.

In her talk Maan will take us with her on a journey. How did she find this story, and how can you find yours? And how to tell the story by creating a book and exposition.