Yesterday I visited OBJECT. Yearly, the exhibition takes place in an iconic constructing in or round Rotterdam. The designers are current for a private meet and greet, and a few additionally promote their work on-site. The 2026 version will probably be held within the former public library. Greater than 125 designers offered their work throughout 4 flooring, from design labels to restricted editions and one-offs from established and upcoming designers.
Simply as I go to numerous gala’s and festivals, designers typically hop from one honest to the subsequent. I typically encounter work I’ve seen earlier than, however fortunately, I’m at all times shocked by new faces and surprising designs. OBJECT brings collectively completely different design disciplines, with one thing for everybody to find. At this time, I’ll present you my favorites!
OBJECT – February sixth – eighth 2026
Centrale Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Hoogstraat 110, 3011 MA Rotterdam
Extra information: Object
Dirk Vaessen – Quiet
Dirk Vaessens creates expressive inside objects that blur the road between artwork, vogue, and design. His daring items translate the theatrical language of his wearable work initially developed for performances, dance, and video into sculptural objects for the inside. Masks, luggage, clothes, and sneakers inform his distinctive summary aesthetic, rooted in an exploration of the human physique.
A graduate of the London School of Trend (UAL), the place he accomplished a Grasp’s in Footwear with distinction, Vaessens gained worldwide consideration when his commencement assortment went viral throughout London Trend Week. With a background in Product Design from ArtEZ and early coaching in shoemaking at Sint Lucas, His challenges gender stereotypes, encouraging folks to interrupt free from labels and embrace fluid identities.
At Object, subsequent to an earlier assortment of leather-based wall items, Dirk confirmed his newest work: Quiet , which brings collectively pictures, craftsmanship and materials analysis, translating a second of launch right into a quiet, tactile presence. Two intimate works exploring the physique’s rhythms. Quiet Exhale captures a managed launch after stress, whereas Quiet Inhale marks the second earlier than motion. Printed on inflexible panels and framed in hand-painted leather-based.
Web site: Dirk Vaessen
Instagram: Dirk Vaessen
Lendrik Duns
Lendrik Duns is a Dutch designer and maker whose observe combines a ardour for craftsmanship with a fascination for materials potentialities. Educated at HKU, he develops a private fashion that emphasizes kind, aesthetics, and precision, translating it throughout a variety of supplies with a present deal with steel. His work balances minimalist intention with useful connection, creating objects which might be each sculptural and usable.
At OBJECT he offered Brutaal Afgeleid (“Brutally Distracted”), a group of aluminium lights and seating objects impressed by Brutalist structure. The works mix minimalist types with cautious craftsmanship, utilizing openings and shadows to create refined results of sunshine and presence.
I’d have favored to have lingered longer on his work as a result of I discovered it really lovely. Sadly, the photographs don’t actually present the gorgeous aluminum floor of the objects, as the sunshine within the library wasn’t ideally suited for taking good photographs. Trying again, I notice I would miss an aluminum object in my very own inside, though I believe my Rimowa suitcase as a bedside desk is a superb discover. However who is aware of, possibly it’ll interrupt the abundance of darkish wooden and darkish steel in a great way.
Web site: Lendrik Duns
Instagram: Lendrik Duns
Erco Lai
Erco Lai is an industrial designer and founding father of Ercoffice, a studio that works with digital craft, nature-based know-how, and round supplies. Drawing from his East Asian cultural background and the 5 Components Concept, wooden, fireplace, earth, steel, and water, Erco explores how people, the atmosphere, and the earth work together in an interconnected system. His work combines conventional craftsmanship with digital fabrication, experimenting with different supplies and strategies corresponding to 3D-printed ceramics and sheet steel folding.
At Object, Erco offered a sequence of designs created inside this framework. The gathering emphasizes materials experimentation, circularity, and the connection between craft, know-how, and nature. Every bit is formed in accordance with the properties of its materials, with consideration to stability between management and spontaneity within the course of.
Web site: Ercoffice
Instagram: Erco Lai / ercoffice
Frederick Rombach – Reroglass
Rero creates out of waste glass, analysis merchandise, sculpture and outreach glass initiatives from a sturdy, eco pleasant perspective.
I liked how after first making the glasses and exhibiting them in these carts on aluminium sheets, he determined to additionally make the sheets out of glass
Web site: Rero Glass
Instagram: Rero Glass
Francisca Snel
Francisca Snel is a designer working with a variety of supplies, with glass and porcelain remaining a relentless all through her observe. Her early experiences with glass embrace neon blowing throughout an internship in her first semester on the Willem de Kooning Academy, influenced by her father, who labored in stained glass.
At Object Rotterdam, she offered ‘Glashelder’ (Crystal Clear), a sequence of hand blown glass objects displayed open air for the primary time. The works discover the transparency of glass and its transformation in gentle, capturing a copper cleansing sponge in a strong kind whereas permitting it to stay seen. Daylight creates a wealthy interaction of colours between the glass and copper, forming a central facet of the sequence.
Web site: Francisca Snel
Instagram: Francisca Snel
We’ve seen lamps in 
Mentioned Belhadj – Raphia
We’ve seen lamps in raffia earlier than, however I believed this new design by Mentioned Belhadj seems very delicate and so properly woven. I notably favored the half that goes across the gentle bulb; I personally haven’t seen this earlier than.
Raphia is a footwear label by Mentioned Belhadj. The model creates handcrafted raffia sneakers that mix conventional craftsmanship from Morocco with up to date European design. Every pair is hand stitched by artisans close to Essaouira and completed by shoemakers within the Netherlands, connecting two locations and dealing cultures in a single product.
Web site: Raphia
Instagram: Raphia
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