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Dave Hakkens

Dave Hakkens (born 1988) is a Dutch industrial designer. He gained fame with his two graduation projects: Phonebloks, a concept for modular telephones, and Precious Plastic, a movement to develop and promote machines and organizations for plastic recycling. Hakkens is seen by many as an example of a new generation of designers who have set themselves the goal of improving society by sharing knowledge.

Dave Hakkens
Dave Hakkens
NationalityDutch
Alma materDesign Academy Eindhoven
OccupationIndustrial design
OrganizationPrecious Plastic
Known forPhonebloks
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–present
Subscribers363k[1]
Total views52.5 million[1]
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 2 Sept, 2024
Websitehttps://www.onearmy.earth/

Education

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In 2009, Hakkens graduated from Sint Lucas Academy in Boxtel, after which he graduated cum laude from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2013.[2][3][4]

Innovations

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Hakkens gained fame with his two graduation projects: Phonebloks,[5][6] a concept for modular telephones, and Precious Plastic,[7][8][9] a movement to develop and promote machines and organizations for plastic recycling.

He also created "The Dust Ball", which is a honeycombed spherical cleaning robot for public spaces. John Pavlus of FastCompany called it "a cute, clutter-eating robot that looks like a futuristic vacuum crossed with a Tribble," and said Hakkens's best idea was to make the outer shell strong and flexible enough that you can push or kick it out of the way.[10]

The Toilet 2.0 is a lighter and stronger toilet made of Corian, with water jets using grey water. Charlie Sorrel of Wired called the Toilet 2.0 concept a modern take on the old-fashioned WC, and said it collects waste water from the bath and sink and stores it to use for flushing.[11]

Videos

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Hakkens is also known for making videos. Ruben Baart of nextnature.net said Hakkens spends his time building open-source recycling machinery, making videos and creating his own community to give people around the world the knowledge to locally start recycling plastic.[4] Rachel Stevens of Impactboom said Hakkens loves to build machinery and inspirational videos, and to "push the world in a better direction."[12]

Reception

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Hakkens is seen by many as an example of a new generation of designers who have set themselves the goal of improving society by sharing knowledge.[13][2][3][4][14]

Claire Cottrell of The Atlantic wrote that Hakkens wanted to address the fact that 90 percent of the pens used get thrown away. In response, he made pens of candy that aren't sticky and won't melt in one's hands, filled with edible ink.[15] Yuka Yoneda of Inhabit.com said Hakkens realized that people in the creative field, including himself, might be susceptible to pen-chewing behavior, so he created an edible pen that wouldn't be taboo to eat.[16]

Ana Lisa of Inhabit.com said Hakkens created a series of colorful recycled composite "Rubble Floor" bricks by crushing and mixing materials from an old building, taking inspiration from Italian-style terrazzo floors made from waste produced in the marble mines.[17] She also said the Netherlands is the perfect place to harvest wind power due to its flat landscape and strong breezes, and to take advantage of this resource, as a student at the Dutch Design Academy of Eindhoven, Hakkens created Wind Oil – a machine that extracts healthy oil from seeds and nuts by pressing them using a windmill.[18]

Rodrigo Caula of DesignBoom wrote that Hakkens made a series of ceramic jugs by shrinking porcelain. He made a master mold with several textures and materials. With 14% kiln shrinkage, each form becomes a template for making smaller and smaller jugs. The starting 5 liter mold is made into 10 gradually smaller jugs, down to 10 milliliters.[19] Caroline Williamson of design-milk described the process as making a mold from the original jug, filling it with porcelain, and baking so it shrank 14%. Molds were progressively made, baked, and shrunk. With each step, the jug slowly lost detail.[20]

Vegan lifestyle

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Hakken and his organization support vegan lifestyles by hiring vegan chefs[21] and providing vegan food at the workspace in Eindhoven.[22][23][24] Taahirah Martin of Design Indaba wrote that an operator of a vegan food truck collaborated with Hakkens to create a conference table made out of recycled plastic.[25]

Awards and honors

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  • Eindhoven 2011: Nomination Brains Award for Hidden Hooks[26][27]
  • Beijing 2012: Franz Award for 'Shrinking Jugs'[28]
  • Eindhoven 2013: Melkweg Award[29]
  • Eindhoven 2013: Social Design Talent Award[29][30]
  • Eindhoven 2013: Keep an Eye Grant[29][30]
  • London 2014: Nomination Design of the Year 2014[31][32]
  • 2016 ECO Coin Award[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About One Army". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b "DIY recycling machines: Dutch designer wants you to recycle 'precious plastic'". Prospector Knowledge Center. 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  3. ^ a b "Dave Hakkens". What Design Can Do. Retrieved 2020-01-07.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b c d Baart, Ruben (November 11, 2016). "Designer Dave Hakkens is putting plastic waste to better use". nextnature.net. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  5. ^ Kremer, William (25 October 2013). "The phone you can build like Lego". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  6. ^ Smedley, Tim (18 November 2013). "Is Phonebloks really the future of sustainable smartphones?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-07 – via www.theguardian.com.
  7. ^ Boyd, Olivia (27 May 2017). "Waste-free living: from gadgets that list themselves on eBay to lidless bottles". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-07 – via www.theguardian.com.
  8. ^ Rosenthal, Emerson (3 June 2014). ""Precious Plastic" Aims To Make 3D-Printing Eco-Friendly And Recyclable". Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  9. ^ Rhodes, Margaret (5 June 2014). "An Open Source Plastic-Recycling Machine, From the Inventor of Phonebloks". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2020-01-07 – via www.wired.com.
  10. ^ Pavlus, John (2010-12-15). "Round Robot Vac Rolls Where Roombas Can't Go". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  11. ^ Sorrel, Charlie (2011-07-29). "Toilet 2.0 Concept Flushes the Competition". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  12. ^ "Dave Hakkens On Tackling The World's Plastic Waste Problem & Creating Initiatives That Change The World". Impact Boom | Social Impact Blog & Podcast | Global Changemaker Community | Social Innovation, Enterprise, Design. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  13. ^ "Dave Hakkens". DESIGN DISPLAY. Archived from the original on 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  14. ^ Guevara, Patricia R. (2017). "Dave Hakkens". www.innovatorsunder35.com. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  15. ^ Cottrell, Claire (2012-11-27). "Are You Going to Eat That Chair? Yes, and My Pencil Is Cheese, and This Candle Is Chocolate". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  16. ^ "Edible Candy Pen is Perfect for People Who Gnaw On Their Writing Instruments". 27 May 2011. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  17. ^ "Dutch Designer Dave Hakkens Creates Cool "Rubble" Floors From Recycled Materials". 2 February 2012. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  18. ^ "Dave Hakkens' Wind Oil Machine Produces Oil From Nuts and Seeds With Every Passing Breeze". 20 July 2012. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  19. ^ "Dave Hakkens: shrinking ceramic jugs". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  20. ^ "Shrinking Jug by Dave Hakkens". Design Milk. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  21. ^ "Creating an army". next.preciousplastic.com. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  22. ^ "These workshops make it easy to turn plastic waste into beautiful new things". Living Vegan. 2019-05-23. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  23. ^ "Plastic Gathering". Dave Hakkens. 2019-03-19. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  24. ^ "Version 4 Release - A Big Bang for Plastic Recycling". Dave Hakkens. 2020-01-07. Archived from the original on 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  25. ^ "Jaden Smith's vegan pop-up truck is free for the homeless". Design Indaba. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  26. ^ "Brains Eindhoven". 2011-12-15. Archived from the original on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  27. ^ "BRAINS award". www.designacademy.nl. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  28. ^ "Shrinking jug". Dave Hakkens. Retrieved 2020-01-07.[permanent dead link‍]
  29. ^ a b c "Design Academy Eindhoven > EVENTS > Archive Events > Graduation 13 > Information > Awards". www.designacademy.nl. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  30. ^ a b "Another award for Dave Hakkens". www.designacademy.nl. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  31. ^ "design museum announces nominations for designs of the year 2014". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  32. ^ "Designs of the Year 2014 shortlist announced". Dezeen. 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
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