Last Friday we went to Eindhoven, to the
Dutch Design Week. There was so much to see, so we made a selection. Over the years this event really changed. It started with the Graduation Show from the Design Academy. At first the presentation was in Amsterdam, but when they started showing the graduation in Eindhoven, many other designers were opening their ateliers to show work. Now it is a big event. I really hope that Eindhoven will cherish it's old industrial buildings. That makes the city so interesting. I enjoyed seeing all kinds of work, but I loved visiting those old buildings the most. I think the combination of design and nostalgia makes it work.
I will be showing you work from the DDW in the next posts and days.
Starting with
Onomatopee. I'm not really good in explaining what Onomatopee does, so please have a look at their site. They publish very interesting and beautifully designed books.
They had a presentation in two different spaces. We first went to their office space, where
Sophie was preparing her project
Field Essays. Later that day she gave a lecture.
At the office there was a small exhibition, a table with publications and a temporary cafe.
After drinking some tea together with Sophie, we went to another space, not far from their office. will tell you more in my next post
Amazing new studio from Piet Hein Eek in a former ceramic factory. The restorated building has a shop with products from Piet Hein Eek, but also from other designers. There is a showroom, a workshop (which wasn't ready yet) and a restaurant, which will be open all year.
Presentation and work space from Ilona Huvenaars. She presented her work during the DDW in Eindhoven. We also visited her beautiful studio, so much light. Great place to work. Her studio is in TAC, an interesting place with studios from many other designers.
In a former textile factory (Schellens, link is in Dutch) Onomatopee presented Pre-Specifics: Access X!.
Last Friday we went to Eindhoven, to the Dutch Design Week. There was so much to see, so we made a selection. Over the years this event really changed. It started with the Graduation Show from the Design Academy. At first the presentation was in Amsterdam, but when they started showing the graduation in Eindhoven, many other designers were opening their ateliers to show work. Now it is a big event. I really hope that Eindhoven will cherish it's old industrial buildings. That makes the city so interesting. I enjoyed seeing all kinds of work, but I loved visiting those old buildings the most. I think the combination of design and nostalgia makes it work.
It was nice to see Bas again. It's been ages since I last saw him. We started at the Design Academy in the same year and in the same class. After our graduation we kept in touch, though with the years it became less frequent.
Had a very nice evening in Rotterdam last Saturday. First we went to the opening of Enlightenment. It was smaller than I imagined, but I liked the work very much. It was difficult to take pictures, because of the artficial lightning. So I'll only show you a few. (I thought there would be a big installation from sugar branches, but I must have misunderstood, though you could buy branches, which looked beautiful in sugar)
I'm very happy to take part in this exhibition/ shop. Bonne and I were invited to sell work in the temporary shop. There is also an exhibition. There is too much beautiful work to show you, so I made a small selection.
Would have liked to show you my new brooches, but something went wrong with glazing.
Found the beautiful and intriguing work from Soojin Kang here .
After working for IJM I have been busy making a new series of porcelain brooches and rings.
