In the garage hangs a plastic children’s golf set from France that has never been played with. What I expected. Years ago, bought against my will for a whining toddler after a clever example of emotional blackmail: “I’m so homesick!” When I asked what he missed so much about home, he said in a voice heavy with sadness: “Me money!” Nowadays, together with a friend, he runs a company that develops beautiful materials from plastic waste. Tonight they won the Emerging Talent Award of the Dutch Design Week.
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