About me

Hi! I am Will van Twuijver, a designer, researcher and cheese maker. My work focuses on the intersection of agroecology, climate adaptation, and grassroots-initiatives.

Focusing on this intersection allows me to explore alternative forms of organising based on solidarity principles, return to a human-scale and increase capabilities to work with natural processes. I have several years of involvement in grassroots initiatives that explore such alternatives, including projects that involve Community Supported Agriculture, food preservation collectives and home-brewing.

In 2012 I graduated with a bachelor’s in interior architecture at Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, followed by a master’s in Collaborative & Industrial Design at the Aalto University, Finland in 2019. To further deepen my understanding of sustainability and design, I completed multiple courses on related topics. Such as a minor study on Sustainability, a certified permaculture design course, a two-year course in biodynamic agriculture and cheese making. Currently, I work as a part-time farmer and cheese maker, design researcher and am active as board member of Toekomstboeren.

Helsinki Biochar Project 3 5

The Helsinki Biochar Project set up an experimental local to produce biochar from green waste generated in the city and apply it back into it’s green infrastructure.

Macgyver Project 3

The Macgyver Furniture is a set of furniture only using prefabricated elements.

Giant Corn Brew 2 3

In November 2015, ‘Brouwvereniging Rotterdam’ was asked to brew beer from Jala corn, the largest corn plant in the world.

Roodkapje Radicals 3

Radicals was a series of festivals organised by Roodkapje Rotterdam in 2015. Together with Micha Prinsen, I was responsible for the scenography of the festivals.

Magnetronbar 3

The Magnetronbar (Micro Wave Bar) was a temporary restaurant built in 2013 within the art space Roodkapje in Rotterdam.