After studying Germanic Languages at KUL, Lucas De Man (b. 1982 West Flanders) moved to Amsterdam to study directing. He founded his creative project organisation, Company New Heroes, in 2008 and has since continuously created internationally acclaimed performances, documentaries, TV programmes, installations and animations. In 2019, Lucas started a second company, Biobased Creations, which achieved great success immediately with pavilions and installations made from natural building materials. The 2 most famous and award-winning pavilions are The Growing Pavilion (2019) and The Exploded View (2021). The latter is at Camp C in Westerlo in 2023. In addition, Lucas has been a TV presenter of art programmes for Dutch national television for 9 years and is a host and speaker at events all over the world, with the highlights being the Design Indaba Congress in South Africa (2x host and speaker), Ted X Amsterdam (2x host ) YPO Edge (host), Creativity World Forum (speaker), Love Tomorrow (speaker).
