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Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

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The workSee the work on the Dutch Design Week programme ddw.nl

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Slide 1
Close view of two dug-up fabric pieces on white: one an open web of brown threads, one a dense dark felt with rootsPhoto: Merel MieropMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
Diagram of four steps: make and photograph a fabric letter, ask the AI, bury the real letter, dig it up and compareImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Merel Mierop, press kit 2538
Slide 3
Close view of a loose open web of pale threads with soil caught in it, on a white groundPhoto: Merel MieropMuseum or journal record
Slide 4
Diagram comparing cotton, a plant fiber that broke down faster in one soil study, with polyester and polypropylene, which broke down more slowlyImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Warnock 2008, Beltwide Cotton Conferences
Slide 5
Close view of a dense gray felt strip with soil and fine roots across itPhoto: Merel MieropMuseum or journal record

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