Artist and Project Designer Holland is a multidisciplinary artist whose work centers on the use of natural and sustainable materials. Driven by a desire to inspire and educate a global audience about sustainable building and design techniques, he creates large-scale installations that challenge viewers to reconsider their relationship with the natural world. With a background in industrial sculpture and public art, Holland has created artworks for Southeast Asia's growing creative event scene. His work is informed by his extensive travels and eclectic life experiences, and he employs unique approaches and methods in his creative practice. Through his art, Holland seeks to demonstrate the beauty and potential of sustainable materials and to inspire a more environmentally conscious way of living.

Gerard Minakawa was born in New York City to Argentinian and Bolivian-Japanese immigrants and studied industrial design at the Rhode Island School of Design. He worked for several studios on both coasts as a product designer, started a bamboo-laminate furniture company and later relocated entirely to Bolivia, where he spent 3 years developing a sustainable handicraft economy with indigenous artisans in partnership with Aid to Artisans, a U.S.-based nonprofit. In 2007 he founded Bamboo DNA, a design/build company specializing in the creation and installation of architectural spaces inspired by the world’s most gigantic grass: Bamboo! Minakawa has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design and was named one of the Top 20 Innovative U.S. designers by I.D. Magazine. His works have been featured in numerous international books and publications including the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Metropolis and the New York Times.