For our new project, De Straat Makers, we have collected soil from all across Eindhoven in order to know more about this city and the people who make it unique. Rooted in the idea of local identity and a shared value of place, this expanding colourful archive needs your contribution! Roll up your sleeves, dig some soil from your favourite place, and explain what makes it special. Fill a jam jar and upload your story to: www.aworldofsand/eindhoven.
Come by the Atelier NL church and enter into the exhibition through a forest of saplings, part of a community response to replant some of the trees that were lost in the storm last June. Among the trees, you can listen to stories about the challenges and complex decisions involved in forest management. The exhibition continues with innovative proposals from designers Timm Doncke, Tamara Orjola and Lex Pott who work with wood as a sustainable material.
Following a violent storm last June, we wondered about the fate of the hundreds of trees that were uprooted in Eindhoven. Who clears them, who replants them, what happens to the wood, and how can it be used? Come visit the StormHout installation at Ketelhuisplein from October 19th to 27th, and take a seat on a series of benches made from trees uprooted during the storm. Here we ask serious questions about local wood, its connection to the environment, and how we can meaningfully make use of it in our daily lives.
Terschelling is an island that is constantly transforming. ‘Pic Your Day’ is a collaborative photo project that aims to capture the island’s distinct environment through the eye of your mobile phone. Twenty lookout posts have been installed across the island where we invite Oerol goers to stop, look, take a picture, and treasure a moment within nature’s rhythm, all while the festival beats on...
The eighth ZandGlas edition has been made in collaboration with Rijksmuseum Van Oudheden as part of their exhibition on glass (May 2nd to September 1st) which showcases some of the finest glass pieces from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Netherlands, and elsewhere.
"This studio shows a consistent sensitivity throughout their work, concentrating on local materials and responsible production practices whilst also maintaining a very high level of aesthetics throughout all their projects. They tackle ideas such as sense of place and geographic specificity successfully, making the conversation about sustainable practices a richer one. Using impressively rigorous and interesting design thinking, they create beautiful objects with good craftsmanship."
Dezeen Awards Master Jury
"A powerful, thoughtfully produced and beautifully executed project that celebrates imperfection, natural materials and local idiosyncrasies, whilst simultaneously salvaging quickly disappearing knowledge."
Dezeen Award Master Jury
ClayService from Brunssum & Sopsum, and ZandGlas from Zandmotor, Savelsbos, Brabantse Duinen, Maasvlakte, & Knokke are all available to order through our webshop!
This third edition originates from the sand of Nationaal Park de Loonse en Drunense Duinen. This latest series was created especially for Dutch Design Week 2017 in collaboration with Natuurmonumenten.
Join us to become part of an expanding collaborative art project that will reveal the broad array of colors and textures of the world. Have a favourite location or place that holds special meaning? Collect an empty bottle of sand from that very spot and send it to us! Read more >>
