Utrecht Manifest No. 4

Together with Toon Koehorst I've been working on the website for the 4th edition of the Utrecht Manifest. The opening was on the 1st of May, it was nice to have a real intake of all the participants after copy and pasting their names for the site.

Here's a copy-paste of what it is about written by Emeline Cosijnse:


Utrecht Manifest is a bi-annual cultural event in Utrecht. The biennial for social design was created with the aim to bring the design process and user closer together. Art director Jurgen Bey laid the groundwork for a new vision: living, working, learning and leisure as an organic whole: 'A Working Landscape'.


Could this be a development model for our inner cities?
What solutions can provide social design in social issues such as: food production, social cohesion, exchange of knowledge and the relationship between home and work?


Rotsoord, production landscape for centuries and it is listed as a building site, is the test site of 'A Workin Landscape'. In four main programs UM No. 4 tries to find new connections and new inroads through research in the area and collaboration with local initiatives. Workspace Rotsoord is a base and exhibition space of the four main curators and their team of designers.

A flag with the five patterns representing the projects that form Utrecht Manifest. Photo by Toon. 

The potato peeler (and chopper).  Photo by Toon. 

Nettle soup, self-brewed beer. Yum! Photo by Toon. 

We paraded to this field guided by musicians and flags. 

Cakes made of left-over crumbs from the bakeries in the neighborhood. 

Visit the site for more info (it's still being filled with all the content...): http://www.utrechtmanifest.nl