by Simone van Es | May 21, 2025 | News
Thank you Residence Magazine for this mention in your ‘Milan Design Week’ feature. Winning the Masterly Award had been such a great recognition for our hard work! This year, ROOTS returned to Milan with The Last Supper, From a Different Perspective — an exhibition...
by Simone van Es | May 14, 2025 | News
Yesterday at the Green Product Award 2025 ceremony in Berlin, we were proud to see four inspiring ROOTS Exhibition participants nominated for their forward-thinking and material-conscious designs. Among them: Emma Batsheva Cohen with the Bal Tash’rit Chair – a...
by Simone van Es | Apr 19, 2025 | News
As the Easter period passes, we find ourselves thinking not only of resurrection, but of what it means to truly begin again. That’s exactly what we tried to capture with New Dawn—the light object at the heart of The Last Supper, From a Different Perspective, the CORE...
by Simone van Es | Apr 17, 2025 | News
What a moment to remember—ROOTS Exhibition has been awarded the Masterly Award 2025 during Salone del Mobile.Milano! This recognition is not just for one person or one idea. It’s a tribute to all of us—the incredible group of designers, makers, artists, researchers,...
by Simone van Es | Apr 8, 2025 | News
It was a great fun and a great pleasure to welcome Jackie Jackson, founding member of the legendary Jackson 5, and his wife Emily to the ROOTS Exhibition during Milano Design Week 2025. Their visit brought an extra spark of soul and joy to an already vibrant event...
by Simone van Es | Mar 11, 2025 | News
We are incredibly grateful and proud to announce that ROOTS by Simone van Es🌱 will again be part of Masterly – The Dutch in Milano at the stunning Palazzo Giureconsulti during Milano Design Week 2025. Three times as big as last year..! This year our ‘The Last Supper,...
by Simone van Es | Dec 7, 2024 | News
This weekend in Volkskrant Magazine: Het betere spul (The Better Stuff), a beautiful and insightful article by Joline van den Oever highlights our groundbreaking work with the innovative power plant Silphium Perfoliatum—commonly known as Silphy. This extraordinary and...
by Simone van Es | Nov 20, 2024 | News
During the Dutch Design Week we paid a lot of attention to the relatively new fibre crop Silphium Perforliatum (Silphy or cupplant). A plant that lends itself perfectly to the manufacture of various building materials and at the same time contributes to a healthy...
by Simone van Es | Nov 11, 2024 | News
From Participant to Jury Member: Simone van Es at the BlueCity Circular Challenge Less than a year ago, our founder, Simone van Es, took part in the BlueCity Circular Challenge. This year, she returned—not as a participant but as a jury member for the latest...
by Simone van Es | Nov 10, 2024 | News
At Dutch Design Week 2024, Studio Simone van Es proudly presents The Stackable Stool, a collaboration with renowned Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek. The stool embodies the spirit of honest design and material innovation — where simplicity, functionality, and ecological...
