May
14-17, 2005
Dutch
Village: Innovative traditions in design from the Netherlands
presented by Design Academy Eindhoven and Royal Tichelaar Makkum
In the past decades in the Netherlands, as in many other western
countries, various crafts, production techniques and local industries
have disappeared almost entirely. Ceramics, glass, wood- and
metalworks, tin- and bronzecasting, embroidery and knitting;
all have been minimised and replaced by anonymous mass-production.
Several
Dutch designers noticed this ‘loss of tradition’
in time and passionately threw themselves on the endangered
materials and techniques. This has resulted in many recent well-known
Dutch designs, such as the ceramics, glass and textiles by Hella
Jongerius, bronze and aluminum objects by Studio Job Smeets,
recycled wood furniture from Piet Hein Eek and various designs
by Jurgen Bey. All these designers graduated from Design Academy
Eindhoven in recent years and now work, together with many other
alumni, on the cutting field of Design, Craft and Industry.
From this
temporary "Dutch Village" in New York, we show new
ideas, prototypes and designs from 49 designers who graduated
from Design Academy Eindhoven, including Jurgen Bey, Hella Jongerius
and Job Smeets for Royal Tichelaar Makkum.
Participating
designers from Design Academy Eindhoven
Maarten Baas, Maarten Baptist, Jelske de Beer, Neeltje van Bekkum,
Joost van Bleiswijk, Monique Borsboom, Arian Brekveld, Goce
Caloski, Saskia van Damme, Geertje Dokter, Kiki van Eijk, Niels
van Eijk, Esther Ermers, Mark van der Gronden, Jan Habraken,
Jerry Handgraaf, Susanne Happle, Lieke van Harsselaar, Simon
Heijdens, Roel van Heur, Jessica van den Heuvel, Annemarijn
Hoorens, Marjolijn Houben, Floris Hovers, Eric Klarenbeek, Basten
Leijh, Kim van Leuken , Miriam van der Lubbe, Sander Lucas,
Christien Meindertsma, Cathelijne Montens, Itay Noy, Annemarie
Piscaer, Silvia van Schipstal, Margo Slingerland, Marlies Snels,
Wieki Somers, Iris Toonen, Jeroen Verhoeven, Joep Verhoeven,
Sietske Verstegen, Roderick Vos, Sip Walraven, Bas Warmoeskerken,
and Rebecca Wijsbeek.
Participating
designers from the Royal Tichelaar Makkum collection (and graduates
of Design Academy Eindhoven)
Jurgen Bey, Hella Jongerius and Job Smeets
Concept:
Li Edelkoort
Art-direction: Bernardine Walrecht
Exhibition design: Bas Berck.
Production: Tet Reuver
Location:
Weiss Studio
711 Greenwich Street
New York
Open to
the press and the public:
Saturday, May 14 - Tuesday, May 17 from 10am - 7pm.
Official opening:
By Donna Karan, Li Edelkoort and Jan Tichelaar
Friday, May 13, 6-8pm.
By invitation only
For press inquiries:
E-mail: press@designacademy.nl
Dutch Village
has been made possible by support of The Mondriaan Foundation,
the Dutch Textile Museum, Weiss Studio and Donna Karan.
For more information see: www.tichelaar.nl
Contact:
Tet Reuver
Design Academy Eindhoven
Tel.: +31-40-239-3939 ext. 950
E-mail: tet.reuver@designacademy.nl
www.designacademy.nl
