Who Is Joost?


Dutch-born Joost (pronounced “Yoast”) Bakker is a discipline-crossing creative and visionary. A fifth-generation tulip farmer, he has created celebrated installations that fuse nature with a raw, industrial sensibility, encouraging discussion about sustainable design practices in the process.  Known for his large-scale public works and vertical gardens; his work is created using “the stuff other people throw out”.

Read more about Joost in the story, “Who is Joost” by Stephen Crafti


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Greenhouse by Joost Sydney - "Joost designed and made the chairs from aluminium irrigation pipes and the seats are made from leather off-cuts from a Victorian tannery. They are remarkably comfortable."

Indira Naidoo