Beatrice Waanders explores and pushes the boundaries in felting with leftover raw wool from Dutch local wool into contemporary bespoke felt designs for modern architecture.
Samira Charroud is an illustrator from Utrecht, The Netherlands. She uses design as a way to build bridges between themes and materials, often finding herself at the border area of illustration and other design disciplines.
Studio Roex is a furniture and product design studio, with a self-imposed framework. They use already existing building components —a technique, connection, material, colour or shape— as a starting point for their design process.
In my work, I am striving for beauty and poetry through craft and technology. ‘Second verse’ is a kinetic sound installation based on the acoustics of ceramics.
During OBJECT 2020 we will serve craft beers from the Kaapse Brouwers – a brewery that opts for bold recipes and loves to experiment with different flavours.
Are you working as a professional in design, art, architecture and interested in visiting one of Rotterdam’s top-notch art and design studios? On Friday February 7th OBJECT organizes a professionals day full of exclusive studio visits.
The manufacturing industry uses standard-sized material, and every machine works according to these sizes. Instead of seeing this as a limitation, Paul Coenen used this as inspiration to create his collection ‘Borders of Assembly’.
Studio Pin was founded by Marijn Pin, a thinker and do-er with a passion for product and furniture design with clear forms, and sometimes an extra cheeky wink.
APTUM is a lighting design studio by Ontwerpduo. They create customizable contract lighting, both practical and poetic, and as functional as they are scenic.
Pauline Esparon is working on the bridge from material to matter, by questioning processes, purposes of production, humble materials and possible perspectives for crafts.
Floor Skrabanja designs seamless, 3D knitted sofa upholstery. The technique she uses is ideal for producing with minimal material waste and delivers a high-quality yarn.
Galerie Door represents art and design on the verge of autonomous visual arts and applied arts: contemporary, experimental and conceptual jewellery design.
The Oru Kayak ‘INLET’ is a solo foldable kayak with unmatched performance & portability. The ‘INLET’ is ideal for recreational use on calm waters. Finished paddling? Efficiently fold it into a box of 100 x 48 x 25cm and store it anywhere!
Gallery Adoráble ART+DESIGN will present The Ndebele Table by Melchior van Dansik, a stunning new design in the wide range of already existing tripod tables.
At OBJECT 2020 Lex Pott presents his newest invention: ‘The twist candles’. By bending and twisting candles a new typology appears combining form, function and fun.
Lotte Elzinga graduated from the HKU Fine Art in 2019 as a sculptural installation artist. She builds compositions that are harmonious and a bit ‘off’ at the same time.
Orange or red collaborated with the Textielmuseum to develop Dashes, a more than four-meter long rug. Dashes can be used as a tapestry as well as a connector between the various surfaces in a room.
Designers Zsofia Kollar and Sidney Nislow present a playground filled with objects from their respective practices. In their collaboration, the relationship between elements proposes a new understanding of what their objects can mean.
‘Craft-Techmen Project’ suggests a series of repairable home appliances with an integrated craft technique; sewing. The appliances gain new functions and question the materials and electronic technologies surrounding us.
The designs of Morgan Ruben combine cutting edge technology with high-quality materials, creating products that are long-lasting, sustainable and pleasant to use.
Sarah Reinbold is recreating certain events, feelings and thoughts of her life, translated into a narrative made of fragile materials, like ceramic and plaster.
Studio Ineke van der Werff designs and produces unique ceramics. She explores and redefines the materials and techniques used in the old craftsmanship.
Jeroen Schokkin is a multimedia-artist. He researches the phenomenology of artistry and the creative deed, on a psycho-physiological and socio-historical level.
