Next to her own practice, Pleun is co-creator and former curator of the Future Materials Bank at the Jan van Eyck Academie and digital curator with Jaap Knevel of the Living Library at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design.

Future Materials Bank

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.

Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez (Initiator), Pleun van Dijk (Curator), Jaap Knevel (Designer)

Video production: Robbie van Zoggel.
Visuals: Studio de Ronners. Music: Blue Dot Sessions-Soothe.

Future Materials Lab - Curation of the sample collection.

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