Roosegaarde receives the sustainability ribbon from the Dutch government as leader in sustainability, celebrating his achievements in creating large scale awareness on climate change. Read more here.
WATERLICHT, our dream landscape will travel to the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. We welcome everybody to come and experience the power and poetry of water on 25, 26 and 27 October. Free entrance. More information here.
We are proud to have received the international LIT Award for Lighting Designer of the Year.
Waterlicht New York takes centre stage at the United Nations Headquarters during World Water Day as a call to action. Featured at Fast Company, Metropolis, Quartz & De Telegraaf. Read press release here.
Waterlicht transformed Granary Square London into an ethereal dream landscape at Lumiere with its 1.5 million visits in four days. Highlighted at the BBC, The Guardian and The Times. Missed it? On 1-3 February Waterlicht will be exhibited in Leeuwarden NL. Come and experience the power and poetry of water.
Grand announcement of our Waterlicht London exhibition in The Times. Experience Granary Square transformed into an ethereal dream landscape. 18-21 January 2018 at Lumiere.
Waterlicht Middelburg 800 in the Netherlands shows the power and poetry of living with water till November 4.
After its successful tour in the UK and Spain, Waterlicht is making the last stop of its European tour in Middelburg, the Netherlands from 18.30 to 23.30 on the 1st until the 4th of November 2017 to celebrate Middelburg 800. Free entrance.
Waterlicht drew 12.000 people in 1 night and thousands of visitors during AND Festival on the 350 million year old valleys carved by the glaciers in the United Kingdom. Watch the video on Dezeen.
Waterlicht makes its European tour to the UK (Castleton), the Netherlands (Middelburg), and Spain (Madrid). Press Release. Read more about Waterlicht UK on WIRED.
On June 8 the second edition of the WIRED Festival Brazil with the theme "Business, cities and education of the future" will take place in Sao Paulo, including a lecture by Daan Roosegaarde. Full info here.
Our Waterlicht is now open for public in London near King's Cross Station. Waterlicht ("Water Light") makes visitors feel they are underneath roiling blue waves. It's both a comment on global warming and a delightful immersion. Lumiere, every night 18-21 January, London UK.
Our Waterlicht wins the Award for best Lighting Environment Design in Shenzhen China. The Idea Tops Award praises the best designers around the world.
A new WATERLICHT will be exhibited at the Afsluitdijk as part of the kick off Icoon Afsluitdijk to show the power and poetry of living with water. Watch the trailer here.
Daan Roosegaarde wins the 'Award at Large' of the Professional Lighting Design Recognition in Rome, Italy for his significant contribution to the lighting profession.
Waterlicht at Nuit Blanche Paris
One night the city of Paris transforms into one large art exhibition at Nuit Blanche. Roosegaarde is invited to present his new 'Waterlicht'. Free exhibition on the evening of Saturday 3 October for Nuit Blanche at Park Martin Luther King in Paris.
In stores today: LXRY magazine. Daan Roosegaarde takes you on a trip to the future as guest editor-in-chief with Hanna Verboom, Elon Musk, Louise Fresco, and much more. Explore the future and order your hardcopy here.
"Waterlicht" is our new 4 acres public project for the Dutch Water Board. Using the latest LED technology this dream landscape raises awareness about the power and poetry of water to more than 20.000 visitors already at Waterschap Rijn & IJssel.
Roosegaarde's most recent project about the power and poetry of Dutch water. See all photos here.