Linda Vlassenrood (ed.)
With contributions by: Frank Havermans, Hella Jongerius, Claudy Jongstra, Onix, Alexander van Slobbe, Texts: Mirjam van der Linden, Louise Schouwenberg, Joost Grootens, Roemer van Toorn

Tangible Traces
Dutch Architecture and Design in the making

Design: Hansje van Halem, Paperback, sewn, Illustrated (colour), 248 pages, Size: 15 x 21 cm
English edition / ISBN 978-90-5662-328-9, € 30.00
August 2009

In association with the Netherlands Architecture Institute

The Tangible Traces exhibition will take place from the 4th of December 2009 to 28th of February 2010, at the Museum of Modern Art in Arnhem.

How do architecture and design take on meaning in a world that has become uniform as a result of globalisation, standardisation and commercialisation? By embracing unmodern notions such as craftsmanship, tradition and context. These notions are the links between the work of spatial designer Frank Havermans, industrial designer Hella Jongerius, textile designer Claudy Jongstra, the architecture office Onix and fashion designer Alexander van Slobbe.

For years they have been working on an oeuvre which shows a new attention to detail, context and the local, the rediscovery of forgotten handicraft techniques, and a fascination with ordinary materials and archetypes.

Although an air of nostalgia clings to the projects, through the incorporation of state of the art technologies and an unmistakable Dutch conceptual approach they are clearly projects of today. The result: buildings, installations, fabrics, clothing, and pieces of furniture that stimulate all the senses.

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