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Regenerative Christmas Tree System
A powerful example of this approach is their regenerative Christmas tree system:the tree is topped halfway and sold, after which a new leader grows from the same trunk. After around four years, another tree can be harvested from the same root system—without destroying it. The soil remains intact, the mycelium network stays alive. The tree remains, but more importantly: the system stays healthy.
Simone van Es
Dec 15, 20252 min read


New Dawn X ELLE Decoration
We’re excited to share that New Dawn, the light object created for ROOTS Exhibition’s presentation at Milano Design Week, is now featured in ELLE Decoration . And a warm congratulations to architect and designer Aga Blonska on her first-ever publication in this leading design magazine! For our “Last Supper — From a Different Perspective” exhibition, curated and initiated by Studio Simone van Es , we invited designer Aga Blonska to create a piece that embodied the ROOTS miss
ROOTS Exhibition
Nov 21, 20251 min read


Open Call — Join ROOTS during Milano Design Week 2026.
Open Call — Join ROOTS during Milano Design Week 2026. ROOTS Exhibition returns to Milano Design Week with a brand new edition: Soil, a Symbiotic Symphony. Presenting again from the beautiful Palazzo Giureconsulti at Masterly, for the first time in a different space with the most breathetaking view at the iconic Milano Duomo...
We’re inviting artists, designers, scientists and companies to bring their visions rooted in soil, bio-based design, circularity and community.
Simone van Es
Nov 3, 20251 min read


Thank you!
ROOTS Exhibition @DDW25 is a wrap "Design Starts and Ends in the Soil", that was the core message of ROOTS Exhibition “Plant Based” during last week’s Dutch Design Week at Piet Hein Eek in Eindhoven . It beautifully captured how design can reconnect us with nature and material origin. Studio Aga Blonska, Klarenbeek & Dros, Ster Borgman, herman de vries, Tom Schoonhoven, Piet Hein Eek x Studio Simone van Es, Milah van Zuilen, LOADS Collection Visitors were surrounded by
Simone van Es
Oct 29, 20252 min read
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