Yesterday I visited the second version of Design Passage. A mission organized by Embassies of Design x WOTH Studio within the former phone change in The Hague, I simply at all times love exhibitions in this sort of buildings. The uncooked and characterful industrial monument was the right backdrop for the over 50 displays by a various group of makers and modern manufacturers. Subsequent to some acquainted designers I additionally had the prospect to fulfill some new designers from The Netherlands and Belgium. I chosen a few of my favourites to not miss whenever you go to Design Passage this weekend. At my instagram i’ll add a compilation of Design Passage so please observe me there at vosgesparis for this and plenty of extra exhibitions.
Design Passage, De Fixed Rebecquestraat 55 2518 RC Den Haag 28|29|30 November 2025
Open from 11.00 —18.00 hours. Data and Tickets right here: Design Passage
Gerard Kuijpers
Beforehand seen at Baranzate ateliers in 2024 Self-taught Belgian designer and artist Gerard Kuijpers works with metal, marble, wooden, and glass for the reason that eighties. His objects, typically furnishings like, discover materials, construction, and steadiness. I used to be actually impressed by his virtually altar-esque ‘aspect desk’ A good looking mixture of marble and metal.
Group exhibition by Celia Hadeler, Manon & Niels Stoeltie
A small group exhibition by Celia Hadeler, Manon & Niels Stoeltie on the finish of one of many massive rooms confirmed one object of every of the three designers on a shiny base. Niels Stoeltie is a Dutch designer pushed by the need to create objects with a transparent id and story. His work blends a love for clear, exact design with a hands-on strategy developed by years of educating himself welding, soldering, mold-making, and dealing with totally different supplies. Over time, his focus shifted from digital techniques to the bodily object, exploring metals, concrete, sand, synthetics, and light-weight to create handmade lighting items.
At Design Passage he confirmed CitieZ 0.1 a flooring lamp from his Citiez assortment. The CitieZ Assortment attracts from the layered character of Amsterdam, combining rusted metal, brass, concrete, and formed metallic into items that really feel each uncooked and refined. Constructed on the concept of transformation, it makes use of reclaimed supplies whose marks and imperfections add depth creating objects that displays the layered id of Amsterdam. Take a look at this reel to see extra of his work I acquired to see when visiting Cocoon earlier this month.
Manon Stoeltie blends conventional strategies with themes of waste, worth, and sustainability in her inside and furnishings design. Working with current supplies, she playfully explores new types and features whereas difficult our behavior of continually producing and consuming. At Design Passage she confirmed The amended high-backrest chair and totally different wall sculptures constructed from repurposed polystyrene packaging, exhibiting how magnificence and worth can emerge from supplies that might in any other case be thrown away.
Celine Hadeler’s ‘Folds’ sequence makes use of a classical trompe l’oeil strategy to play with notion, reworking on a regular basis folds, like a serviette on the desk, the garments we put on, or a bag caught within the wind into one thing virtually sculptural. Drawn to their spontaneous shapes and quiet magnificence, she isolates these moments and interprets them into her rugs, capturing the surprising compositions and easy class discovered within the randomness of actual life folds. extra of her work right here: Celine Hadeler
Cyber Artwork Nouveau by Peter Donders
Belgian designer Peter Donders is a world pioneer in modern digital design and a extremely expert craftsman. Since 1999, he has mixed conventional craftsmanship with 3D design, some even describe his strategy as “sculptural, experimental, and pushed by deep materials intelligence.” At all times working on the forefront of state-of-the-art expertise, he integrates and interprets new instruments into creative creations. Through the years, he has labored with carbon fiber, 3D printing, and his old flame wooden.
Gijs Hennen
Gijs Hennen showcases the ROTO P1 exploring rotational moulding with a self constructed machine shaping plastic into spherical mild objects. The work examines the boundary between operate, aesthetics, and industrial processes.
Vilt aan zee mild objects
I additionally actually beloved the dreamy environment of the tender lamps created by Anne van de Weijer of Vilt aan Zee within the industrial surroundings of the constructing. Made out of 100 % wool!
FieldS
Final however not least a picture of the nook the place Fields exhibited their parts made out of Felt. FieldS by Marjan Veltkamp emerged from a ardour for textiles, magnificence, and an insatiable drive to play with shapes. The gathering consists of varied felt objects for partitions and ceilings, in addition to playful room dividers. The lamps beneath as soon as once more created a wonderful distinction with the constructing’s concrete partitions.
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