René van Geer
Co-founder
- Design
Secrid X Maayke
Secrid collaborates with Dutch artist Maayke Schuitema on five Limited Edition Miniwallets
- Community
People Helping People
How Secrid helps Sheltersuit Foundation spread the story of homelessness.
Secrid Talent Podium - Super Local
Luc van Hoeckel designs solutions for the 90% of the world's population without access to decent basic facilities.
Secrid Talent Podium - ClimaFibre
Sunflowers can help to reduce our dependence and the environmental damage of cotton in the fashion industry.
Secrid Talent Podium - Fungi Force
Entrepreneur Frans van Rooijen and scientist Dr. Michael Sailer are launching a varnish made from natural raw materials.
Secrid Talent Podium - Solarix
Solarix designs and produces aesthetic solar panels as façade cladding.
Secrid Talent Podium - Sumo Baby
Luisa Kahlfeldt markets a high-performance diaper that reduces a baby's diaper use from about 5,000 to 25 diapers.
Secrid Talent Podium - Vorkoster
To combat food waste, Kimia Amir-Moazmi is working on a product that allows consumers to see for themselves whether food is still safe to eat.
- About
How It All Started
Secrid is a family business and 100% owned by the Van Geer family. The company was founded by René van Geer and Marianne van Sasse van Ysselt.
Secrid Talent Podium - Claybens
Emy Bensdorp is developing a technique to transform clay soil contaminated by PFAS into 100% clean bricks.
Design Dilemmas
Secrid makes Cardwallets, but Secrid is much more than that. We also have a message to share. We want to make people aware of the power of good design for a sustainable future.
Seven Questions With Mujō
How can we make sure that the materials of today do not become the waste of tomorrow? This is the idea behind mujō, a Berlin-based start-up that develops biodegradable packaging from seaweed.
- About
Made in Holland
By 2009, the leather industry had practically abandoned the Netherlands in favour of low-income countries. Secrid brought this industry back to our home country.
What Design Can Do - Resortecs
Textile recycling made easy. This is the promise that makes Resortecs one of the most exciting start-ups in the fashion industry today.
What Design Can Do - Balena
Balena is a material science company that is working to change the footwear industry.
- Philosophy
The Industrial Evolution
Instead of ‘cheaper and worse’, new products must be developed which are intrinsically ‘better, more sustainable and more valuable’ than products that came before.