Jan De Coster

Creativity is a process, not a prompt. Using AI to create visual content is taking away an important part of the process, and probably your clients too. The audience will be attracted to authenticity.

Creativity is a process, not a prompt.

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How we stopped a € 50 million project from destroying a forest (and other ways to pick fights with corporations and governments) In 2017 a large corporation announced that they wanted to build a € 50 million theme park in a small forest that I had known from my chil...

This week, I gave a talk #WHY2025 about our very successful grassroots campaign that saved the Zennebeemden forest. You can watch it here.

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Loopt er binnenkort een menselijke robot rond bij u thuis? YouTube video by VRT NWS

Vrt came to see our humanoids. 😎🤖

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David Defeats Goliath: The Seven-Year Battle That Saved Zennebeemden Seven years ago, a group of determined neighbors came together with a shared mission: to protect the Zennebeemden nature reserve. Their goal was clear—to safeguard this invaluable forest from Plopsa’s...

David Defeats Goliath: The Seven-Year Battle That Saved Zennebeemden in Mechelen

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Last week I had the opportunity to speak at OFFF Sevilla in a wonderful historic environment. I'm proud I was able to end my tour on a high note. I had a lot of fun on the stage and there was a lot of reaction from the audience. Thanks a lot for that!

Photo's by OFFF Sevilla Archive

#offfsevilla

Today, my robot friends and I are featured in De Tijd!
When I started my robot design studio 12 years ago, humanoid robots as a product were still a distant dream. Today many producers overlooked one crucial aspect.
(Article is written in Dutch)
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#robotics #humanoid #pioneer

Jan De Coster – Never Let Go of Your Dragon – beyond tellerrand Berlin 2024 YouTube video by beyond tellerrand

New week, new video. @jandecoster.bsky.social was speaking about to "Never Let Go of Your Dragon". What that means? Well, you need to fin out. But it was ace to have him back at #btconf. youtu.be/XxDnTDe36Oc

The best way to see hope for the future is talking to a lot of creative people and ssaring ideas. Thanks for having me @btconf.bsky.social . Photos by @florianziegler.bsky.social

#robots #humanoid #robotdesign #characterdesign

beyond tellerrand Berlin 2024 This is my documentation of beyond tellerrand in Berlin, November 2024.

Might as well post this here as well! 🙂

Here's the full gallery of my #btconf berlin 2024 documentation: florian.photo/gallery/btco...

Feat. speakers @jandecoster.bsky.social @jessicahische.bsky.social @localghost.dev @miriam.codes @christinevallaure.bsky.social @matuzo.at @hidde.blog

Jason and a robot giving each other side-eye

these robots by @jandecoster.bsky.social are so fun #BTConf @btconf.bsky.social