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Craft evolution

Posted on May 28th 2011

Jurgen Bey curates an exhibition that looks to the connection between production processes of past and present.

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Industrious Artefacts is an exhibition that examines the evolution of crafts by showing the development of industrial processes. Guest curated by Jurgen Bey and Rianne Makkink, the exhibition considers production processes from both past and present.

The exhibition takes place at the Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen, Netherlands, and runs until 12 February 2012. Bey and Makkink address the evolution of production processes and small industries through the work of various Dutch and international designers.

Designers and artists were invited to reinvent these industrial systems in various machines, installations and designs. Industrial developments are shown along the lines of the Zuiderzee history and extends to current representations of the production process.

Industrious Artefacts is organised around the themes of local resources, industrial processes and imaginative hybrid objects. The exhibition will feature the work of, among others, Dirk van der Kooij and Sonja Bäumel.

The exhibition aims to show how the interaction between past and present-day expressions of design, affects our understanding of design on a daily basis.

Jurgen Bey

Born in Soest, The Netherlands, Jurgen Bey studied at the design Academy in Eindhoven. In 1990 he opened Konings and Bey, designing public spaces, interiors and applied art such as the exhibition design of the Droog collection at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. In 1998 he launched Studio Jurgenbey.

Dirk van der Kooij

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate, Dirk van der Kooij makes chairs using the recycled plastic of old refrigerators. He’s renowned for his range of plastic chairs called “Endless”. Available in a variety of shapes, sizes and colours, they look as though they were created from an endless string of plastic.

Sonja Bäumel

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Sonja Bäumel is based between Amsterdam, Brussels and Vienna. Continuing to work on applications for her Masters project, Bäumel’s work engages with the boundaries between fashion design, art and biology.

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