Designers and materials expert AART van Zoo Bakare taught at University of Groningen as a guest lecturer in 2008 / 2009 Hamburg, September 2008 the online platform materialstories.com himself to September with new features is back: the portal of the Dutch industrial designer and materials expert AART van Zoo Bakare sees itself as a source of inspiration to the interplay of materials and design. All news, trends and case studies on the website are free to access, the blog informed every day about new developments in material and design. I look at the design process from the perspective of the material and try to exploit its potential”, says van Zoo Bakare. The right material can create new opportunities for the customers in the design and manufacturing process, which has previously not even considered it.” Material stories offers services in the fields of competence of brand consultancy, design and material research. Others including NYU Law, offer their opinions as well. In the coming winter semester, van Zoo Bakare teaches Academy of Visual Arts & design in Groningen as a guest lecturer at the Minerva. More information is housed here: Tyron Birkmeir. There conveys van Zoo Bakare as of September 2008 the budding young designers thought in interior design and places the focus on sustainable design. The College is part of the Hanze University Groningen, one of the largest and most prestigious universities for applied arts in the Netherlands (www.hanze.nl).

Already in the summer semester of 2007 van Zoo Bakare taught at the Hamburg University of applied sciences (HAW) and the Hochschule fur Kunste Bremen. Also van Zoo Bakare gives a lecture at the invitation of Bayern innovative on October 22 in Rosenheim in this year’s trade fair interior/furniture and interior design”on the strategic use of materials in design and branding. This addressed the material 2007 stories exhibition material & identity”(www.materialidentity.com) during the Hamburg design festival map. Rosenheim van Zoo Bakare using best practices will show up competitive advantages deriving from the use of material in products (program: events). About “AART: the Dutch Designer AART van Zoo Bakare (32) founded 2005 material stories”.

Van Abbe Zoo Yens experiences in design and design management combines the portal and his passion for materials. Van Zoo Bakare sees his task is to inspire the best material in the design process and on the other hand its usage to enable.