Milan Design Week 2016 creative industries fund NL

Creative Industries Fund NL is the Dutch cultural fund for design, e-culture, architecture and every imaginable crossover. The fund supports presentations by no fewer than 26 designers, creatives and collectives during the Salone del Mobile in Milan. These designers present their newest products and concepts during this important international fair for furniture and product design, which runs from 12 to 17 April 2016. The Creative Industries Fund NL issued its Open Call Salone del Mobile 2016 in September 2015, calling for applications for Dutch presentations at the Milan Design Week. www.creativeindustriesfund.nl

Cover: Studio Lizan Freijsen (left) and Isaac Monté (right)

Lambrate 1 Daphna Laurens Prototipi Salone Satellite stand D3 (hal 13-15) Fiera Milano

2 David Derksen Design Light Objects Salone Satellite - stand A-28 Fiera Milano

3 Atelier Mark Sturkenboom Submersibility Via Ventura 2

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4 Studio Mieke Meijer & Studio Jeroen Wand Maybe blue would have been better Via Ventura 3

5 Rolf Bruggink, Isaac Monté & Bora Hong Money, Meat & Plastic Surgery Via Ventura 5

6 Hozan Zangana Shaping from intuition collection Via Ventura 6

7 Studio Molen Lost in Traffic Via Ventura 6

8 Label BREED Inspiration from the Value Chain Via Ventura 6

9 Jelle Mastenbroek City Centre Data Orchestra Via Privata Massimiano 23

10 Kassiewijle Kiss my Name

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11 Studio Roex Please do touch Via Privata Oslavia 1

12 Envisions Products in process Via Privata Oslavia 3

13 Dutch Invertuals QT8 Advanced Relics Via Pastrengo 12

14 Kiki van Eijk & Joost van Bleiswijk PHYSICAL Via Spalato 11

15 Cor Unum Changing the Skin

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San Siro 16 Lucas Muñoz Muñoz,

Joan Vellvé Rafecas et al Spanish/Dutch design Via Dante 12

17 BELÉN Living Interior Via Clerici 5

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18 Jules van den Langenberg Ten Years of Thomas Eyck - Chapter 1/10

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19 Commonplace Studio Z33 Goes Oblique Via Clerici 5

20 HandMade Industrials Oxidation Aftermath Make&Mold vessels

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21 Mae Engelgeer YOUKOSO Via Meravigli 7

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22 Arnout Visser Big Mushrooms in Milano Via Meravigli 7

23 Studio Lizan Freijsen Maintain a stain

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24 Siba Sahabi Al-Andalus

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25 BCXSY SI

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1 Daphna Laurens Prototipi

The presentation by the Daphna Laurens design studio consists of a selection of prototypes, including lighting, furniture and accessories. At Salone del Mobile 2016, designers Daphna Isaacs Burggraaf and Laurens Manders want to place the emphasis on what the studio stands for: design. daphnalaurens.nl

2 David Derksen Design

3 Atelier Mark Sturkenboom

Derksen’s projects often stem from a fascination for nature, and principles of physics in particular. With his presentation of interior products that could easily be put into serial production, Derksen is targeting major furniture and accessory brands.

During the Salone, Sturkenboom is presenting an overview of work based on his reflections on love and the influence of time, including his ‘21 Grams’ and ‘Watching Time Fly By’. The most recent work in his ‘Ark’ series – ‘Ark (Volume 2): Paradigm Shift’ – evolved from this theme as well, as did his series of crystal chandeliers that seem to be relics from an abandoned, submersed world.

Light Objects

davidderksen.nl

Submersibility

marksturkenboom.com

4 Studio Mieke Meijer & Studio Jeroen Wand Maybe blue would have been better

Studio Mieke Meijer and Studio Jeroen Wand are complementary as well as a contrast to each other. Meijer’s work departs from existing forms such as buildings, structures and spaces; Wand’s work does not proceed from form, but starts with a material or technique. They are jointly presenting their work under the title ‘Maybe blue would have been better’. miekemeijer.com jeroenwand.nl

5 Rolf Bruggink, Isaac Monté & Bora Hong Money, Meat & Plastic Surgery

Bora Hong, Rolf Bruggink and Isaac Monté use design as a medium to stir up dialogue about socio-economic themes. Bruggink is showing a series of benches made from coins and banknotes, Monté’s showcase includes a series of lamps and vases made from meat, and Hong is presenting a series of chairs that establishes a link between the manipulation of the human body and the practice of design. rolf.fr ateliermonte.com borahongwork.com

6 Hozan Zangana

7 Studio Molen

Zangana developed a special interest in ancient Mesopotamian and Persian sculpture dating from the 7th to 5th millennia BC. He was struck by the similarity between such sculptures and Kufic calligraphy. This inspired him to design a collection of threedimensional objects.

At Ventura Lambrate, Studio Molen is showing ‘Lost in Traffic’: a series of sculptures that represent elements of the urban infrastructure. The objects capture the rhythm of urban structures and visualize future networked cities. In ‘Lost in Traffic’ humankind has merged with the city and become one with its surroundings.

Shaping from intuition collection

hozanzangana.com

Lost in Traffic

studiomolen.nl

8 Label BREED Inspiration from the Value Chain

Label BREED matches designers with specialized manufacturers, in a quest for the inspiration and potential that springs from such cooperation. BREED’s founders, Stijn Roodnat and Toon Stilma, work with designers such as Chris Kabel, Christien Meindertsma and DeMakersVan. In Milan they are keen to reveal the process and thus demonstrate the label’s strength, rather than simply showcasing products. labelbreed.nl

9 Jelle Mastenbroek

10 Kassiewijle

11 Studio Roex

12 Envisions

In the presentation by Jelle Mastenbroek and the design studio Omnipresent World of Wizkids (OWOW), the visiting public will be rewarded with an intimate and personalized chamber concert in exchange for sharing their personal data. With ‘Data Orchestra’ the creators want to broach the subjects of sharing data on the internet and privacy.

Kassiewijle (Visser&Meijwaard, Studio KnockOut, Linda Nieuwstad and Jan van der Ploeg) is a collective of young designers and more established artists who are keen to push the boundaries of the interior. They are presenting their work – as diverse as gigantic flowers, coffins, murals and ceramic lamps – against a colourful setting.

In Milan Studio Roex is showing a crosssection of its collections, including ‘Streamlined’ and ‘Tubus’. Typical of the studio’s methodology is the reinterpretation of existing elements, aimed at raising awareness of everyday materials, forms and techniques. ‘Streamlined’, for example, is an ode to plywood.

Deconstruct and disrupt, reverse and reinvent: production methods are subject to change at Envisions, a group exhibition that offers a peek behind the scenes of creation. The collection showcases everything but the end product, inviting designers, clients and manufacturers to breathe life into the ideas and push them towards reality.

jellemastenbroek.com

kassiewijle.com

studioroex.com

envisions.nl

Data Orchestra

Kiss my Name

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13 Dutch Invertuals Advanced Relics

Dutch Invertuals is a fluid collective of Dutch designers, including Carlo Lorenzetti, Bastiaan de Nennie, Tijmen Smeulders and Martina Lasinger. The theme of the group presentation is how our lives and surroundings are being changed by technology and digital media. Curator Wendy Plomp explains that the presentation is a means of searching for new forms, materials, techniques and rituals. dutchinvertuals.nl

14 Kiki van Eijk & Joost van Bleiswijk PHYSICAL

Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk are jointly presenting new works that relate to the theme ‘Physical’. This theme refers to an experimental, natural and physical design approach as well as to subjects such as the principles of physics, the tangible, and the relationship between humankind and nature. kikiworld.nl projectjoost.com

15 Cor Unum

16 Spanish/Dutch design

The Cor Unum ceramic art centre is showing the results of its ‘Changing the Skin: Design Deformed’ project. Dutch designers, including Floris Wubben and Maarten Baas, cooperated with students to investigate how they could disrupt the traditional process of producing ceramics in order to bring about deformations intentionally.

In the ‘Spanish/Dutch design’ project, five Spanish designers who trained in the Netherlands and continue to live there investigate the substance of the concept of ‘Dutch Design’. They are doing this in the form of an exhibition and an accompanying documentary. The participating designers are Lucas Muñoz Muñoz, Nacho Carbonell, Joan Vellve Rafecas, Susana Cámara Leret and Julia Veldhuijzen van Zanten.

Changing the Skin

corunum-ceramics.nl

localidadextranjera.eu

17 BELÉN

Living Interior The BELÉN design bureau reveals the potential of changing colours for interior design. ‘Living Interior’ is a continuation of the ‘Living Colours’ research project, which was presented at the Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven during the Dutch Design Week. In Milan the studio is showing a textured wallpaper that shifts in colour depending on the incidence of light. The films in the presentation transport the visitor into an experience of the changing environment. burobelen.com

18 Jules van den Langenberg

19 Commonplace Studio

20 HandMade Industrials

Thomas Eyck’s jubilee prompted a series of exhibitions initiated by the Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen, in which curator Jules van den Langenberg places the output of Eyck’s t.e. label in a new context. For the first chapter in this series, artist Wouter Paijmans created a picturesque sculpture in a living-room format around the work of Christien Meindertsma.

Commonplace Studio is taking part in a presentation with a selection of work by six international designers from the inaugural issue of ‘Obliquite’: a new publication about design criticism. The exhibition (in association with the House for Contemporary Art z33) as well as the publication are endeavouring to refresh the way we think about design by means of research, reflection and analysis.

HandMade Industrials is presenting various projects, including its multiple prize-winning ‘Oxidation Aftermath’: a series of ceramic objects that are coloured by means of contact with oxidized copper. The studio is also showing its reinterpretation of traditional vases in the ‘Amfora’ series.

Ten Years of Thomas Eyck Chapter 1/10

julesvandenlangenberg.nl

Z33 Goes Oblique

commonplace.nl

Oxidation Aftermath Make&Mold vessels

handmadeindustrials.com

21 Mae Engelgeer

22 Arnout Visser

YOUKOSO (Japanese for ‘welcome’) is a solo exhibition by Mae Engelgeer that welcomes visitors into a landscape of textiles. The presentation reveals the versatile applications of handicrafts and the tactile properties of textiles, and includes a series of handknotted rugs, a collection of towels, blankets and woven wall panels that she developed in association with the Textile Museum in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

This series of glass lamps are the result of Visser’s comprehensive and intensive research in the Czech region of Bohemia, a centuries-old centre for glass-blowing. The master glassblowers of today have drawn from that tradition and experience to realize Visser’s experiments: his creations are shaped by nothing but gravity and timing, without moulds or equipment.

YOUKOSO

mae-engelgeer.nl

Big Mushrooms in Milano

arnoutvisser.com

23 Studio Lizan Freijsen Maintain a stain

Within the context of the neo-Renaissance architecture of Palazzo Francesco Turati, Lizan Freijsen presents an undesirable patch of damp as a fascinating phenomenon. In hand-tufted wall hangings and carpets she depicts the latent beauty of stains and mosses, which she has also documented in ‘Maintain a stain’: a photographic investigation of decay and time. lizanfreijsen.com

24 Siba Sahabi Al-Andalus

The ‘Al-Andalus’ project by Siba Sahabi is composed of 48 manually produced chess pieces that refer to geometric patterns found in the Moresque architecture of southern Spain. With the chess set and a film, which are being shown on the invitation of Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Sahabi alludes to the evolution of the game of chess. sibasahabi.com

25 BCXSY

26 Thomas Eyck

The work of the BCXSY studio often follows on from probing research that is driven by a fascination with techniques and materials in combination with an intuitive way of working. During its 10th Salone presentation, BCXSY is presenting several new collaborative projects at various venues around the city, including SI – an innovative, flexible LED light that is being launched at Spazio Rossana Orlandi.

Every year Thomas Eyck awards a commission to a Dutch designer to develop a series of products with a specific material or theme. In 2016 he invited Studio Wieki Somers to work with the theme of water. The result is a unique series of vases.

SI

bcxsy.com

Water vases

thomaseyck.com

The Creative Industries Fund NL is a Dutch cultural fund that provides grants for innovative projects within design, architecture and e-culture. In addition, it stimulates crossovers with other cultural and social sectors. Commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Creative Industries Fund NL has an Internationalisation Programme designed to strengthen the global reputation of the Dutch creative industry, build enduring networks and broaden the market. It is this Internationalisation Programme that has made the exchange during the Milan Design Week possible.

creative industries fund NL architecture design e-culture p.o. box 29066 3001 gb rotterdam the netherlands www.creativeindustriesfund.nl