The Design Academy Eindhoven has moved its 2018 graduation show to the former Campina milk factory on the edge of town.. There’s lots of space not only for the objects, but also for the ideas behind them. I chose four that address both the physical and the digital domains, from morphed office chairs to the way women sit in public, with their knees together… but not on Anna Jensen’s chairs!
Busy week again. I’ve talked to Thomas Frank about ‘Listen up Liberals’, ate with cutlery designed by architect Ben van Berkel (UNStudio), got a preview from the new photobook of Marie-José Jongerius, gave a class to students of the Design Academy Eindhoven and listened to a talk from Boris Dittrich about Berlin.
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Busy week again. I’ve talked to Thomas Frank about ‘Listen up Liberals’, ate with cutlery designed by architect Ben van Berkel (UNStudio), got a preview from the new photobook of Marie-José Jongerius, gave a class to students of the Design Academy Eindhoven and listened to a talk from Boris Dittrich about Berlin.
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Short&Sweet: een interview met Thomas Widdershoven en Marije Vogelzang , expositie “Eat Shit” van Design Academy Eindhoven, vanuit de Salone del Mobile 2015 in Milaan.
Thomas Widdershoven: We need to rediscover the value of food. Food is about intimacy. Going from industrial projects, where things went wrong, to a place where we can really think about food and intimacy, is getting human values back into the world of food.
Short&Sweet: een interview met Thomas Widdershoven en Marije Vogelzang , expositie “Eat Shit” van Design Academy Eindhoven, vanuit de Salone del Mobile 2015 in Milaan.
Thomas Widdershoven: We need to rediscover the value of food. Food is about intimacy. Going from industrial projects, where things went wrong, to a place where we can really think about food and intimacy, is getting human values back into the world of food.