Bee Collective has transformed from a foundation into a collaboration of creators, who take inspiration form the mission of the Bee Collective and broadenend it:
Designers for earth inhabitants un(der)appreciated by humans.
- We help making them.. visible
- We help making them.. understood
- We help making them.. appreciated (valued)
- We try to offer them.. a place to live
- We try to.. encourage others to spread the message
To achieve this we collaborate with ecologists and other experts of living organisms and nature reserves, and make them part of the design process.
Bee Collective 2026
The collective currently consist of Robin van Hontem (co-founder of Bee Collective) and Studio Kernland (since 2017 run by Nina Simons, before by co-founder Janicke Kernland). We are open to new collaborations with other creators who support our mission, feel free to contact us at info@beecollective.eu.
Nina and Robin have in recent years been working on exhibitions for nature reserve visitor centers, where the above has been at the core of the design process.
Currently they are working on an exhibition for Natuurpunt about the water filled natural reserve ‘De Maten’ in Genk (Belgium). The focus will be on all of its inhabitants, from waterbirds, to beavers to dragon flies and more. The exhibition will take place in the renovated watermill ‘De Slagmolen’ which will function as visitor center and is expected to open by the end of May 2026.
You can find our recent work at our websites:
Studio Kernland
studio-kernland.com
Robin van Hontem
robinvanhontem.com
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