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The smell of rain, in glass

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.

Research cited

  1. 993-995, doi doi.org
  2. 821-829, doi doi.org

Other sources

  1. DAE project designacademy.nl
  2. DAE GS26 designacademy.nl
  3. DAE award nominees designacademy.nl
  4. The Arena 2026 designacademy.nl
  5. GS26 catalogue designacademy.nl
  6. FashionUnited on the expanded show fashionunited.com
  7. Dutch design week 2026 (wallpaper.com) wallpaper.com
  8. designacademy.nl/page/5948/awards designacademy.nl
  9. Ten exhibitions installations dutch design week 2026 (dezeen.com) dezeen.com
  10. Design academy eindhoven names martina muzi art director for graduation show 2026 (fashionunited.com) fashionunited.com
  11. To what came first 1 (ddw.nl) ddw.nl

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A woman with long dark hair holds a small glass bubble in her fingers, part of a mobile of many glass spheres hanging from thin wire arms by a windowPhoto: Cleo Goossens/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
A man with an earbud looks closely at clusters of clear glass bubbles on curved wires, other visitors behind himPhoto: Cleo Goossens/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 3
Timeline diagram with four dates: 1944 streptomycin from a Streptomyces acts on TB bacteria; 1964 petrichor named; 1965 geosmin isolated from these soil bacteria; 2020 springtails drawn to geosmin spread the sporesImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Schatz and Waksman 1944; Bear and Thomas 1964; Gerber and Lechevalier 1965; Becher et al. 2020 (source lines drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
Slide 4
Diagram of four linked boxes: Streptomyces grows as threads in the soil; geosmin is released as the bacteria make spores; springtails follow the smell; spores spread on and in the animalsImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Becher et al., Nature Microbiology 2020; Bear and Thomas, Nature 1964 (source lines drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
Slide 5
A smiling young woman stands among hanging glass bubbles on wire arms, with more visitors behind her in a bright hallPhoto: Cleo Goossens/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 6
Three women lean in close to the glass bubbles, eyes half closed, smelling them, with more visitors in the hall behindPhoto: Cleo Goossens/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Ring frame
Celestial globe, 1645 to 1648, Rijksmuseum (NG-C-2014-2-2)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record

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