Seventeen of the brightest and most talented Dutch designers will share their vision on the theme Human Nature in a group exhibition at Wanted Design Manhattan during NYCxDESIGN 2017.
Responding to today’s turbulent global landscape, the selected projects demonstrate how Dutch designers translate their intrinsic needs into tangible works that invite the audience to respond. Works that deal with exciting advancements in technology and natural processes are juxtaposed with poetic works on vulnerability and human habits. Human Nature will spark the imagination while showing extraordinary skill in concept and craft, as well as a level of quality that the world can expect from Dutch designers.
The participating designers are; Aliki van der Kruijs, Alissa + Nienke, Creative Chef, Daniel van Dijck, Design Studio Martens & Visser, Dimitri Kruithof, Envisions, Floor Nijdeken, Frederike Top Design, Isaac Monté, Studio Jeroen Wand, Studio Dirk Vander Kooij, LABEL/BREED, Vij5, Nynke Koster, Renate Vos, Studio Plott
In the exhibition Human Nature the selected designers use their typical Dutch working methods and artistry to communicate their hopes and fears in response to a rapidly changing world. The works demonstrate a wish to interact, to connect and to grasp time. Through the crafting hands of the designer a moment of mutual recognition is created — products, materials and technologies are deployed to make a gesture of solidarity, ultimately revealing the designers’ human nature. Manmade By Machine Technology is embraced as a tool to advance our human language. An image says more than a thousand words, and technology helps designers to convey their thoughts on a completely new level. The natural and the manmade are fluently combined to achieve a new state of matter, letting the audience forget about the manufacturing method all together. Instead, the works within Manmade By Machine arouse wonder and curiosity. With works by: Design Studio Martens & Visser, Envisions, Studio Plott and more New Nature Nature, as we know it, is about to disappear. What will the future nature look like? Designers challenge natural processes to behave within human set boundaries and use actual natural phenomena as a tool to create a design. By experimenting with natural and manmade resources, unlikely new applications and combinations of materials are found. New Nature shows us how designers are eternally inspired by nature, even as the boundary between what is manmade and nature-made is fading. With works by: Isaac Monté, Aliki van der Kruijs, Renate Vos and more Extra Ordinary By zooming in on everyday human rituals, experiences, objects and materials, the ordinary can be turned into something magical. A glittering installation playfully invites us to become aware of ourselves, our presence and our movement. Eccentric tableware reminds us about the processes that happen in our bodies when we eat. An everyday cheap material turns into the star of the show through clever craftsmanship. Extra Ordinary shows us the unique strength of the designer: seeing the spectacular in the mundane. With works by: Alissa + Nienke, Daniel van Dijck and Jeroen Wand and more