SHE IS COOOL - COLLECTIVE PORTFOLIO 

SHE IS COOOL presents the Collective Portfolio, 165 female designers you should know, curated by architect, feminist and founder of SHE IS COOOL, Carolien Ligtenberg.

The book is a tribute to women and feminine values; intended for anyone interested in an inspiring and hopeful perspective for the future. The portfolio is launched on the Thursday before Black Friday. On Thriving Thursday, proclaimed by SHE IS COOOL as a statement against mass production and overconsumption and for a thriving planet.

The Collective Portfolio brings together 165 female designers who work within ten disciplines, such as: architecture & urban development, nature & landscape, product & material, fashion & textile, food, science & bio design, art & social design and personal development. The 165 designers are women from different cultural backgrounds and at various stages of their careers.

As one of the 165 female designers, the work of STUDIOpnt is showcased in the portfolio.

“Follow your convictions, even if you don't yet see them reflected around you, and you have to create them yourself.”

This publication is an initiative of SHE IS COOOL, the platform for female designers and creatives who shape a regenerative future. Regenerative means designing and creating in ways that actively restore and revitalise both our environment and society. The concepts featured in this portfolio go beyond sustainability. They aim to contribute positively to the world by fostering systems that give more than they take. The major challenges of our time, such as climate change, social inequality, revolutions in information and biotechnology and increasing polarization, call for a new approach, for the use of feminine values on a larger scale. Collaboration, connection, harmony with nature, designing with an eye for future generations and creating social value deserve a central place in our society. Masculine values have brought growth, development and progress to the world, but these merits threaten to be counterproductive. The regenerative future requires a fundamentally different mindset, alternative models and innovative designs. It is time for women and feminine values to take a leading role.

Ligtenberg's mission is to make female designers more visible with her platform SHE IS COOOL, to show their innovation potential and to generate collective impact for a better world. The importance of this mission is endorsed by the SHE IS COOOL ambassadors, a number of established female designers, such as Claudy Jongstra, Marjan van Aubel, Rianne Makkink, Carlijn Kingma, Atelier NL and Alessandra Covini.

The Collective Portfolio has 344 pages and is sold in a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. The texts are written in English. The price is 35 euros.

For more information and to order the book, see: sheiscoool.com // instagram: @she.is.coool

SHE IS COOOL welcomes partners who share the mission for a more regenerative world and want to work together.