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Bas Kools

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Creative re-Director & Founder at Geoship
📍 Nevada City, California, United States

Bas Kools is a Dutch designer, educator, and the Founder and Creative re-Director of Geoship, a company revolutionizing homebuilding with sustainable bioceramic technology. A graduate of the Royal College of Art, he is dedicated to using design as a service to society, focusing on how people, systems, and materials interact to foster cultural evolution.

Bas is deeply fascinated by how design can solve social problems and enhance daily life. He has lived in Nevada City, California for several years developing the Geoship vision. His philosophy centers on reacting to what he sees and feels in the world to create meaningful change through collaborative, systems-based thinking.

He is pioneering affordable, non-toxic, bioceramic dome homes that are resilient to fires, hurricanes, and earthquakes.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Creative re-Director & Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Nevada City, California, United States
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Priorities

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Regenerative Architecture
As the co-founder of Geoship, he is developing sustainable, zero-waste bioceramic domes to create a new paradigm for housing.
Social Innovation
His design philosophy is rooted in creating solutions for social happenings and using design as a service to improve how communities live and work together.
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Career

Work history

10-2016
Creative re-Director & Founder
Geoship
2-2023 - 6-2024
Living System Communities guest Tutor
Central Saint Martins, University of The Arts London
9-2014 - 2-2017
Teacher Design Research and Public Space
ArtEZ Institute of the Arts
10-2015 - 10-2015
Guest speaker symposium "Transitions"
ArtEZ Institute of the Arts
7-2013 - 6-2016
Co-founder
LocalSmarts UG
In the press

Media appearances

Geoship Interview with Bas Kools - Co-Founder/Designer. Featured in YouTube
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GEOSHIP - Meet The Team... Bas Kools Founder. Featured in Facebook
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Education
2005 - 2007
MA
Royal College of Art
2001 - 2005
BA (First Class)
ArtEZ University of the Arts
1997 - 2001
Diploma
Gafisch Lyceum Eindoven
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