Aric Chen, Het Nieuwe Instituut’s artistic and general director, discusses transforming the institution into the world’s first zoöp: a body dedicated to ecological regeneration and representing non-human life.

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Het Nieuwe Instituut and Disegno partner to run Design Drafts an open call for new design writing and writers.

Aric Chen has been announced as the new artistic and general director of Het Nieuwe Instituut, a Rotterdam-based institute of architecture, design and digital culture.