Future Materials Bank
Next to her own practice, Pleun is the co-founder and curator of the Future Materials Bank at the Jan van Eyck Academie. The Future Materials Bank is an archive of materials that supports and promotes the transition towards ecologically conscious art and design practices. By collecting information and samples from makers around the world, the archive aims to inspire research and disseminate knowledge about sustainable materials.
Innovatielabs #1: Future Materials
Future Materials Encounter Podcast
Live podcast recording at Dutch Design Week - Innovationlabs #1: The Living Archive in the Klokgebouw (Strijp-S) | Eindhoven, NL
Selected lectures
Lecture at Material Activism conference at Elisava / Master in Design Through New Materials, Barcelona, ES, 2024
Lecture at Material Activism conference at Elisava / Master in Design Through New Materials, Barcelona, ES, 2023
Lecture at Universitetet i Agder, Kristiansand, NO, 2022
Workshop at Fontys ArtCoDe, Tilburg, NL, 2022
Jury at CHART Architecture, Copenhagen, DK, 2022
Lecture at the 18th European Trend Day, Zürich, CH, 2022
Workshop at Fontys ArtCoDe, Tilburg, NL, 2022
Lecture at the 18th European Trend Day, Zürich, CH
Curated exhibitions
Future Materials at Przemiany Festiwal, Warsaw, PL, 2024
Future Materials with Innovatielabs at Klokgebouw - Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL, 2023
Future Materials at Ars Electronica - nominee S+T+ARTS Prize, Linz, AT, 2023
Future Materials at Ars Electronica - nominee S+T+ARTS Prize, Linz, AT, 2023