Luud Schimmelpennink
Politician
1935 –
Who is Luud Schimmelpennink?
Laurens Maria Hendrikus Schimmelpennink is a Dutch social inventor, industrial designer, entrepreneur and politician. As of 2007 he is Managing Director of the Ytech Innovation Centre in Amsterdam. Schimmelpennink first came into public view in the early 1960s through his association with the Dutch Provo counterculture and the White Bicycle Plan.
Since the mid-1960s Schimmelpennink has been active as an industrial designer and social innovator, with special focus on sustainable transportation concepts. His work aims to both reduce the number of conventional motor cars in cities or urban areas for environmental and public health reasons, and provide people with viable alternative means of getting around in the city.
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- Born
- May 27, 1935
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Lived in
- Amsterdam
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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