Joyful Rebellion

Underbug (NL) gives forgotten insects a voice. In collaboration with ecologists and through 3D-printed ceramics, we create shelters that are more than design: they are protest, artwork, and refuge. In this way, we help biodiversity thrive in urban landscapes.
Sectie-C
Sustainability
This project is part of
Joyful Rebellion
H11
Punt-C Industriële hotspot, Sectie-C.
Daalakkersweg 10-16 - Hal 10
5641JA

Entrance fee

DDW ticket required

By

Shams Hazim

Hosted by

Noord See Lights - Dooie Mus - Underbug - DieKees
shams@underbug.nl
0615615893
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Dogs Allowed Dogs are allowed
Free Wifi Free wifi available
Toilets Toilets available
Wheelchair Friendly Toilet Wheelchair friendly toilet available

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Designing refuges for the unseen insects

The Insect Crisis

Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate. Nearly 75% have vanished in just three decades. This silent collapse undermines the very systems we depend on: pollination, soil health, food webs. What is lost on a small scale echoes across entire ecosystems. Underbug creates ceramic shelters: sculptural refuges designed not only for function but for meaning. Developed in dialogue with ecologists and entomologists, each piece is grounded in research yet shaped as an artwork.

The Method

Using 3D-printed ceramics, these shelters make space for ladybirds, lacewings, and other overlooked species, inviting them back into our gardens, balconies, and cities. Technology merges with craft to form habitats that are as resilient as they are poetic.

The Vision

More than objects, these shelters are instruments of awareness. They spark protection, make biodiversity visible again, and give overlooked lives a stage. Small lives return — and with them, resilience in our ecosystems.

Ladybird + Lacewing Shelter
Ladybird + Lacewing Shelter
Harel + Ocante
Ladybird + Lacewing Shelter
Ladybird + Lacewing Shelter
Harel + Ocante
Ladybird Shelter
Ladybird Shelter
Harel + Ocante
Ladybird Shelter
Ladybird Shelter
Harel + Ocante

Hosted by Shams Hazim

We’re on a mission to save the unsung heroes of the ecosystem: the insects. But forget the bees; we’re here for the overlooked, the underdogs-the bugs nobody thinks twice about but who quietly keep our planet ticking. Root for the Underbug.