Strijp-S
Dutch Design Week Eindhoven
17 - 25 October 2009
4 highlights of the Strijp-S presetations were:
- Klokgebouw, hall 2
- ’Ceramics & Architecture’ exhibition
- Chaos/Order by Atelierdorp
- Glamour & Dust by Kiki & Joost (see
item October 27)
Klokgebouw
At the Klokgebouw
on Strijp-S area, you will find a cross- section of everything the week
has to offer you. Almost all design disciplines are shown here. Established
as well as young talent are presented.
Ceramics & Architecture
The exhibition ’Ceramics & Architecture’ shows how exciting ceramics in architecture can be. The international exhibition is the conclusion of a five-year project of the Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum (.ekwc/European Ceramic Work Centre). A knowledge and international work place in the field of ceramics, .ekwc offers artists and designers an inspiring environment. With the exhibition, .ekwc aims to connect design, architecture, and visual art and raise these disciplines to a higher international level. In work periods of three months, architects, artists and designers from home and abroad have been able to experiment with all kinds of ceramics. This has led to surprising and interesting projects and collaborations ranging from artists who delivered an architectural project to architects who engaged in visual arts.
Chaos/Order
Atelierdorp presents an exhibition that will long be remembered as the first visual fusion of a group of groundbreaking designers. Chaos / Order investigates how different styles can co-exist without conflict, how one can assemble without friction, juxtapose things fairly, and group together and maintain multiple identities. With recent work by Nacho Carbonnell, Julien Carretero, Bas van Raay, Ontwerpduo, Charlotte Dumoncel D’argence, Hanna Jonsdottir, Joni Neelen, Djim Berger, Rocco Verdult, Hilbert Tjalkens, Vera Teunen and many others. Studio Village is an unconventional and occasional collective of designers who feel united for as yet inexplicably reasons. Within the building, a former church, there is often a big chaos. But if you look more closely, you will see that in the midst of the chaos, great new things are popping up; new designs that are presented all over the world. Strijp-X is a versatile platform for and by designers. This is where the multi-faceted aspects of the design field are given free rein. In the design shop, meeting place and exhibition space, independent designers are can get the help and advice they need to market their work.
