A Crowd-Sourced Exhibition of Solutions for the Future

With "The In Vitro Meat Cookbook," the Next Nature Network proposes 45 unusual recipes for cultured meat, a protein source grown in a laboratory from animal stem cells, including this concept for knitted meat.

Pavel van Houten's "Wallpaper Artis," 2014, was inspired by an expression translating to “nature is the teacher of art and science.” To create the patterns the artist's team studied plants and animals in an Amsterdam park then translated the data into infographics recalling botanical forms. Photo: Pavel van Houten

Helmut Smits proposed the idea of a "1 Meter Party" when a child reaches the height milestone as a celebration not linked to culture, religion, or race. Photo: Lotte Stekelenburg

Pieter Stoutjesdijk's Post-disaster shelters can be built locally from 122 ECO Boards— panels made from crop residues such as grass, pruning chips, or reeds, and a non-toxic binder—using open-source instructions. Photo: Pieter Stoutjesdijk

Marleen Kaptein looked to dragonfly wings for inspiration behind her lightweight carbon fiber chair. Photo: LABADIE / VANTOUR

Floor Nijdeken's "Crossover Collective" revives the sewing circle as a place for community connection. Photo: Louise te Poele

Marjan van Aubel's solar-powered charging tables and windows earned the designer a spot on our 2016 Young Guns list. The dye-sensitized solar cells that power the creations are made using organic pigments. Photo: Mathijs Labadie

With porcelain pieces like "Shaping Space III" Claire Verkoyen remarks on the history of global trade by embellishing imported Chinese bowls with utopian drawings she created using special 3D software. Photo: Jan van Esch, Amsterdam

Dirk Vander Kooij's "Not Only Hollow" chair was made with a custom-designed 3D printer that extrudes ribbons of plastic made from melted-down CDs. Photo: Loek Blonk

Industrial waste is the starting material for the mirrors in Studio Drift's Obsidian Project. Photo: Erik & Petra Hesmerg

The physics of neon light—how colorless inert gas glows when exposed to electricity—is the subject of Pieke Bergmans's investagative installation "Phenomeneon." Photo Mirjam Bleeker

Helmut Smits turns a critical eye to consumer culture and the ubiquity of Coca-Cola in "The Real Thing," a distilling installation that turns Coca-Cola back into clean drinking water. Made possible by Synthetic Organic Chemistry Group, University of Amsterdam and TU/e. Photo by Ronald Smits