Seven Dutch designers exhibit experimental works in New York

A chandelier crafted from hen coop mesh and a leather-based stool created from fish pores and skin are among the many items showcased on this exhibition of Dutch designers organised by Ventura Tasks and Colony.

Rick Tegelaar moulded hen wire into a light-weight fixture, accented with gold trim, to create Meshmatics Chandelier

Dutch Design is a joint exhibition curated by Margriet Vollenberg, founding father of Ventura Tasks, and Jean Lin, who runs New York design collective Colony.

The showcase presents the work of seven designers from The Netherlands at Colony’s New York showroom, with every exploring unconventional fabrication strategies.

Made by Rain, a ceramic assortment by Aliki van der Kruijs ,incorporates a sample created by precise raindrops, in numerous shades of blue

It kinds the most recent showcase produced by Ventura initiatives, which is behind the annual Ventura Lambrate and Ventura Centrale throughout Milan Design Week. The corporate has introduced an analogous showcase to New York’s annual design week in recent times – together with a presentation of objects by 14 Dutch designers.

“As an entire, the introduced assortment is the results of experimental analysis the place manufacturing strategies instantly affect kind and performance of the created objects with out obscuring their magnificence,” the curators mentioned.

Studio Jeroen pieced collectively leftover veneer to fabricate a small cupboard and moulded plaster to create vases

Among the many designs are a set of woven sculptural panels that design Rick Tegelaar creating utilizing a 3D print-like approach that irons Colback fibres onto a non-woven Colback materials. One other piece by Tegelaar, the Meshmatics Chandelier, moulds hen wire to create a light-weight fixture that displays gentle in numerous instructions.

Alissa + Nienke additionally designed panels, partitions, window coverings and sculptures that play with the motion of sunshine. The studio researched the materiality of chrome steel for Mirabilia Metallic, a floor that modifications its look relying on one’s perspective.

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“The fold-out sample catches gentle from all instructions, making a full of life floor while you stroll round it or transfer it,” Alissa + Nienke mentioned.

Dutch Design additionally displays hand-woven cushions and wall coverings by textile designer Aleksandra Gaca in number of colors that characteristic a ribbed texture.

Hanging pendants and vibrant glassware made by Studio Kalff additionally characteristic within the exhibit

“Weaving is an historical know-how,” Gaca mentioned. “I wish to honour the emotional, deeply human high quality of woven textiles whereas continuously pushing the boundaries of the business.”

Blankets woven with mohair, linen and cotton that mimic the contact of pores and skin by Nienke Hoogvliet additionally experiment with textile fabrication. She additionally used fish skins to create a tanned leather-based to upholster a small stool.

Nienke Hoogvliet wove mohair, linen and cotton to create these blankets that mimic the feel of pores and skin and crafted fish pores and skin into leather-based to kind a small stool

Aliki van der Kruijs, a textile designer by commerce, showcases experimental ceramic work within the assortment. The thought for Made by Rain porcelain got here from her cloth of the identical title, which makes use of the print of precise raindrops to create a sample.

Woven sculptural panels by Tegelaar use a Three-D print approach that irons Colback fibres onto a non-woven Colback materials

Different objects on exhibit embody Studio Kalff’s vibrant glassware and a sturdy shelving unit that Studio Jeroen Wand constructed utilizing leftover veneer.

Dutch Design is on show on the Colony 324 Canal St, 2nd Fl in New York from 12 September to 20 December.

Alissa + Nienke designed panels, partitions, window coverings and sculptures that play with the motion of sunshine

Colony is a design collective that was based by pattern forecaster Jean Lin in 2014. Earlier displays have included a presentation of designers works hacked by artists, tapestries and residential merchandise, and a politically charged furnishings and lighting set up.

Images is by Jason Wyche.