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See through function

Posted on August 4th 2009

RePacked saw architect Rianne Makkink and designer Jurgen Bey design and handcraft 19 pieces using embroidery, woodwork and blue foam.


Studio Makkink and Bey’s ongoing investigation into reinterpretation and reuse informed their first-ever exhibition in Switzerland, at Mitterrand+Cramer. Entitled RePacked, the dynamic duo of architect Rianne Makkink and designer Jurgen Bey selected a special team to design and handcraft all of the 19 pieces using embroidery, woodwork and blue foam. Applying alternative materials to standardised objects, function was also questioned. For instance, by making cabinets from Plexiglas, they are repurposed as showcases.

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.

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