For the last five years, Daan Roosegaarde has been working on landscapes of the future. He’s making dance floors which produce electricity when you dance on them, and bicycle paths which are charged by the sun and glow at night. Now he’s on a mission to make the world smog-free through the power of design. Read this interview with Roosengaarde here and get a peak into the way he envisions the future of cities.
The future of cities, according to groundbreaking designer Daan Roosegaarde
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