Joost Bakker is an artist well known for his creative and evocative repurposing of waste and discarded items. Joost's latest project is called Future Food System—A self sustaining, zero waste, productive house that demonstrates the potential of our homes to provide shelter, produce food and generate energy.
Show Notes
Once called "the poster boy for zero-waste living" by the New York times, Joost Bakker has making things using waste and discarded items professionally for more than 25 years. He is probably best known for his series of zero waste restaurants called Greenhouse, Silo and Brothl but also has an extensive back catalogue of other projects across art, floristry, hospitality, event design and construction.
His latest project is Future Food System—a self sustaining, zero waste, productive house that demonstrates the potential of our homes to provide shelter, produce food and generate energy.
Joost is prolific and endlessly creative. He sees the world through the lens of an artist and is able to connect systems, objects and ideas in a unique way, helping others to see the inherent value in the stuff we throw out.
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Conversations with Australian artists, designers and entrepreneurs that examines how they use design to shift behaviour and thinking for the better.