Metro featured an interview with Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun about the University of the Underground in their weekly column ‘Behind the Idea’, in the 11th October issue of the paper. Nelly spoke to David Pollock about the ethos and syllabus of…

Nelly was featured in the September issue of the bilingual English-Turkish, 212 Magazine, where she talked about her mission to bring chaos and disorder into the scientific and design worlds! Nelly spoke to the editor of the magazine, Heval Okcuogolu about her…

On September 14th, Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun was featured in the French edition of Stylist in their weekly column “How she arrived there ?” The article highlights some of the most important achievements in Nelly’s career – starting with her…

Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun is one of five creatives who talked to Rob Alderson from This Works about their Dream Workplaces. Rather than another studio visit feature, This Works asked creatives around the world to describe their dream workplace. The…

Nelly Ben Hayoun has been interviewed for Oeb Insights discussing the University of the Underground.  To read the full article, please follow this link.  This year’s Oeb is all about the skills people need to survive and prosper in a…

Nelly was featured in yet another French publication – this time it’s Détours, a  lifestyle website associated with Canal + focusing on exploring innovation. Détours outlines Nelly’s body of work and correctly notices that “No project is impossible for Nelly Ben Hayoun”.…

“Disaster Playground” and Nelly Ben Hayoun are a part of the book “Planet B: 100 Ideas for a New World”. This publication, edited by Alain Bieber and published by Lukas Feireiss, Matthias Hübner, is an eclectic mix of very different…

On 30th July, an article about Nelly was featured in Le Dauphiné Libéré, the local newspaper from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, where Nelly is from.  Le Dauphiné Libéré is the most popular daily paper in Valence, Nelly’s hometown and it’s always…

You can now watch a great interview with Nelly Ben Hayoun from Design Indaba 2017. She speaks about her signatures – hammering technique and total bombardement but also University of the Underground and how she aims to train the next generation…

Earlier this year, at Design Indaba Conference 2017 in Cape Town,  Nelly gave a thrilling presentation about The Life, the Sea and the Space Viking, a project that hopes to engage the public with a fundamental question: can what we…

Nelly Ben Hayoun was featured in the French Stylist issue that came out on 20th July. The Stylist collected testimonies from scientists, artists and enthusiasts about a thing which has amazed them most in space. Nelly spoke about the Mission Kepler’s microscope which…

Nelly Ben Hayoun talked at the A/D/O Design Academy, “Common Sense” in May, earlier this year , now you can read about her talk in the article by A/D/O Journal. The piece focuses on the highlights form Nelly’s presentation and her practice as…

At the beginning of June, Nelly Ben Hayoun Studios was visited by the magnificent crew from Metropolis, a cultural Tv programme broadcasted weekly on Arte  Tv. The cameras followed Nelly and the team around for a day to get a…

The Creative Leaders 50 is an annual scheme from Creative Review, in partnership with Workfront, to celebrate, educate and inspire those who are leading creative businesses, organisations and teams. They have selected 50 people from across the Uk creative industries…

Axis Magazine featured a short article about the University of the Underground.The article’s author Kyoko Nakajim describes the main idea and mission of  the University but also mentions our incredible partners and tutors. You can read the whole text in…

Following the General Election in the Uk on 8th of June 2017, Dezeen talked to Uk based architects and designers about their thoughts on the surprising results. Nelly Ben Hayoun was one of the interviewed creatives who have shared her sentiment…

Parallax Collab featured Nelly Ben Hayoun in the piece ‘Dreamers of the Day’. The article elaborates on Nelly’s passion for to accessing the impossible, the role of design in society as well as Nelly’s multiple projects including University of the Underground and …

In May, Nelly was interviewed by Faustine Kopiejwski from the French publication, Cheek Magazine. She talked about the dual character of her practice which involves both design and science. The article is a part of the series which  presents fifteen women…

The acclaimed American author, Bruce Sterling launched an interactive electronic kinetic artwork entitled “Tribute to Nelly Ben Hayoun.” at this year’s Share Festival in Turin. You can find out more about this unique piece dedicated to Nelly in his humorous…

International Space Orchestra founder Nelly Ben Hayoun and Nasa Ames Flight Director Rusty Hunt joined Ria Misra on the Music is Music podcast to talk about music, space, and the Iso’s Apollo 11 space opera. Nelly and Iso were featured…