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Exhibitions

design on display
2023

07.2023 · Puur Talent · group exhibition · with Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design · North Sea Jazz Festival · Ahoy · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

05.2023 – 06.2023 · Designing Circularity · group exhibition · Central Market · Hong Kong

05.2023 – 09.2023 · Chromarama · solo exhibition · Côte du Cool · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

02.2023 · OBJECT  · curated design show · HAKA Building · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

01.2023 · A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes · group exhibition · Fresno Art Museum · Fresno · USA

2022

10.2022 · Dutch Design Week · group exhibition · Fashion Tech Farm · Eindhoven · The Netherlands

07.2022 – 01.2023 · A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes · group exhibition · Fresno Art Museum · Fresno · USA

07.2022 · Chromarama Vol. 2 · solo exhibition · De Wasserij · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

07.2022 · North Sea Jazz Festival · with Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design · Ahoy · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

06.2022 · Techtextil  · tradefair · Messe Frankfurt · Frankfurt · Germany

06.2022 · Isola Design Gallery · group exhibition · Milan Design Week · Milan · Italy

04.2022 · Isola Design District x Catawiki · contemporary design auction · Catawiki · Milan · Italy

04.2022 – 10.2022 · To Dye For · group exhibition · TextielMuseum · Tilburg · The Netherlands

04.2022 · MaterialDistrict · tradefair · Werkspoorkathedraal · Utrecht · The Netherlands

04.2022 · Artbooster Noord · group exhibition and art auction · Neck of the Woods III · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

03.2022 · International Creatives for Ukraine · charity design auction · Marcin Rusak · Warsaw · Poland

2021

10.2021 · Dutch Design Week: Embassy of Inclusive Society · group exhibition · Ketelhuisplein · Eindhoven · The Netherlands

10.2021 · Dutch Design Week: It’s In Our Nature · group exhibition · Klokgebouw · Eindhoven · The Netherlands

10.2021 · Dutch Design Week: The Exploded View · group exhibition · The New Block · Eindhoven · The Netherlands

09.2021 – 10.2021 · Female Artists · group exhibition · Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design · Heusden · The Netherlands

09.2021 · Fabrique Mozaique: The Circular City · group exhibition · Huidenclub · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

07.2021 – 10.2021 · Design by Nature · group exhibition · Museum de Fundatie · Zwolle · The Netherlands

07.2021 · OBJECT ·  curated design show · HAKA building · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

06.2021 · Fashion and Design Festival Arnhem · online group exhibition · Arnhem · The Netherlands

06.2021 · 22Rooms&Artists · group exhibition · The Student Hotel x Pottage Foundation · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

05.2021 · Analog Eco Festival · group exhibition · De Grafische Werkplaats · The Hague · The Netherlands

04.2021 – 09.2021 · Showroom Limburg · group exhibition · Discovery Museum · Kerkrade · The Netherlands

02.2021 · Chromarama · solo exhibition · De Wasserij · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

2020

10.2020 · Design and Utopia: from manifesto to action · group exhibition · Abierto Mexicano de Diseño · Franz Mayer Museum · Mexico City · Mexico

17.10.2020 – 25.10.2020 · Dutch Design Week · virtual group exhibition · Eindhoven · The Netherlands

06.2020 · Design to Fade · PUMA biodesign exhibition · Milan Design Week & Fuorisalone (online due to Covid-19) · Milan · Italy

04.2020 – 07.2020 · Dezeen Virtual Design Festival · London · UK

2019

10.2019 · ArtEZ Labyrinth of Sustainability · group exhibition · Embassy of Sustainability · Dutch Design Week · Eindhoven · The Netherlands

09.2019 · Raw Assembly · group exhibition · Melbourne · Australia

09.2019 · Barrett Barrera Projects at Seattle Art Fair · group exhibition · Seattle · USA

09.2019 · Biofabrication in Fashion, curated by Open BioFabrics · group exhibition · Avantex · Paris · France

11.05.2019 – 02.09.2019 · A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes · group exhibition · MoPOP · Seattle · USA

04.2019 · Raw Assembly · group exhibition · Sydney · Australia

02.2019 · Design Shanghai x Neuni Group · group exhibition · Shanghai · China

01.2019 · ColourNext 2019 · group exhibition · India Design ID · New Delhi · India

01-2019 · Future Fabrics Expo by The Sustainable Angle · group exhibition · Victoria House · London · UK

2018

15.11.2018 · Circular Experience · group exhibition · Corporate Fashion Award · Hulstkamp gebouw · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

10.2018 · Bioneers Conference · group exhibition · The Change Makers Fair · San Rafael, CA · USA

20.10.2018 – 28.10.2018 · Fashion? Future Design for the Present · group exhibition · Dutch Design Week · Campina Melkontvangst · Eindhoven · The Netherlands

20.10.2018 – 28.10.2018 · Work in Process · group exhibition · Dutch Design Week · Klokgebouw · Eindhoven · The Netherlands

05.09.2018 – 28.09.2018 · Colour Via · group exhibition · London Design Festival · Surface Matter · London · UK

03.09.2018 – 12.10.2018 · Fashioning the Future · group exhibition · Impulse · Wageningen University & Research · Wageningen · The Netherlands

06.2018 – 08.2018 · State of Fashion – Searching for the New Luxury · group exhibition · Melkfabriek · Arnhem · The Netherlands

2017

16.09.2017 · Night of Art and Science · group exhibition & workshop · Leiden · The Netherlands 30.08.2017 · Future Flight Movie Night · exhibition & talk · BlueCity · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

06.06.2017 · Fashion Innovation & Sustainability · group exhibition · Venture Café · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

06.2017 – 07.2017 · Fashion Makes Sense LAB · group exhibition & workshops · FashionClash Festival · SAM Decorfabriek · Maastricht · The Netherlands

06.2017 – 11.2017 · Earth Matters · group exhibition · TextielMuseum · Tilburg · The Netherlands

01.2017 · reVISIONing textile · group exhibition · Schatjes art + events · Amsterdam · The Netherlands

2016

07.2016 · FashionClash Festival · designer market · SAM Decorfabriek · Maastricht · The Netherlands

2011

09.2011 – 11.2011 · Bring it On · group exhibition · Ship of Fools gallery · The Hague · The Netherlands

Books

written and featured
written

Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology · Jane McCann, David Bryson · written: chapter 10. Smart colour: textile innovation in colouration from manufacturing techniques to applications for smart clothing and wearable technology · Woodhead Publishing 2022

featured

Kleerkastvasten; de textielketen ontrafeld · Sarah Vandoorne · featured project “Living Colour” · Uitgeverij Vrijdag 2023

Der Stoff Aus Dem Die Zukunft Ist · Markus Petruch, Dominik Walcher · featured project “Living Colour” · FinanzBuch Verlag 2022

The Colour Bible · Laura Perryman · featured project “Living Colour” · Octopus Books / Ilex 2021

Unfolding Fashion Tech · Marina Toeters · featured project “Living Colour” · Onomatopee Publishers 2020

Talks

lectures, podcasts, tv, radio
2023

06.2023 · Designing Circularity · “Designing Circularity: Fashion” · podcast

2022

10.2022 · Designplatform Rotterdam · “Designer Talks:  Colour Blindness with Pat Bloom and Laura Luchtman” · podcast

2021

21.10.2021 · “Inclusivity Talks: Visual Impairments” · Dutch Design Week · Embassy of Inclusive Society · Eindhoven · The Netherlands

17.05.2021 · “Textile/Fiber Design – Collaborating with Nature” · webinar · Fiberspace Gallery · Stockholm · Sweden

11.05.2021 · Analog Eco Symposium · De Grafische Werkplaats · The Hague · The Netherlands

29.04.2021 · “Maintaining tradition in a transitory world“ · webinar · Center for Culture and Development · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

05.02.2021 · “Chromarama: the role of design in colour blindness” · online · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

02.2021 · Renske Mennen · Future Visions ep.4 “How bacterial dyeing can change the toxic fashion industry” · podcast

2020

11.2020 · BlueCity · The Growcast ep.5 “Natural textile dyeing with bacteria” · podcast

29.10.2020 · Webinar “Design Method: Working from personal fascination” · Center for Culture and Development · Rotterdam

21.10.2020 · Dutch Design Week Talk “To Reassure Reality · Online · Eindhoven · The Netherlands

19.10.2020 · Dutch Design Week Talkshow by NBTC Holland Marketing · Effenaar · Eindhoven · The Netherlands

12.10.2020 – 13.10.2020 · Guest lecture Material Futures · HKU Fashion Design · Utrecht · The Netherlands

18.06.2020 · BNR News Radio · De Ochtendspits · live interview project Design to Fade: PUMA x Living Colour

18.06.2020 · Omroep Wetering · interview project Design to Fade: PUMA x Living Colour

04.06.2020 · Dutch talkshow Studio Circulair

30.01.2020 · BNO IMG LAB: Fashion · Het Nieuwe Instituut · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

23.01.2020 · Future of Fashion; a panel discussion · Erasmus University · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

2019

20.11.2019 · Dutch Fashion TV show Hip voor Nop

16.11.2019 · Getting Closer Fashion Festival panel discussion · De Wasserij · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

03.2019 · TEDxRotterdam: Raising the Bar · Theater Rotterdam Schouwburg · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

12.02.2019 · The Future of Living Materials · round table · Avantex · Paris · France

16.01.2019 · Embassy Lab Water Conscious Fashion · Neonyt · Berlin · Germany

2018

11.12.2018 · guest lecture for 3rd year biological and medical laboratory research bachelor students · Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

30.11.2018 · Colour Materialized Symposium · Avans University of Applied Sciences AKV|St Joost · Breda · The Netherlands

25.10.2018 · Design Research & Innovation Festival (DRIVE) · NatLab · Eindhoven · The Netherlands

2017

09.11.2017 · TextielCommissie Symposium Natural Dyeing · Cultural Heritage Agency · Amersfoort · The Netherlands

30.08.2017 · Future Flight Movie Night · BlueCity · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

06.06.2017 · Fashion Innovation & Sustainability · Venture Café · Rotterdam · The Netherlands

Awards

awards, grants, residencies
2023

DNA Paris Design Awards · winner · category Graphic Design: Colourful Project

2022

Isola Design Awards 2022 · Design award · project “Chromarama” shortlisted in design category Textile

Creative Industries Fund NL · Design grant “Bouwen aan Talent” · project “Blended Fibres” (work in progress)

2021

Dezeen Awards 2021 · Design award · project “Chromarama” shortlisted in design category Homeware, winner 3rd place in Public Vote

European light industries innovation and technology (ELIIT) project · European grant · project “BInc” in cooperation with Living Colour and Vienna Textile Lab

Droom & Daad Foundation · Design grant · project “Chromarama 2.0” in cooperation with Tegendraads

2020

Taskforce Fashion 2020 · Residency for Responsible Fashion

Creative Industries Fund NL · Design grant · project “Chromarama”

Stokroos Foundation · Art & Design grant · project “Chromarama”

2019

Greenpact Impact Award ·  won by our ACT-students team from Wageningen University & Research for “Living Colour” research

Creative Industries Fund NL · Voucher foreign presentation · project “Living Colour” at Future Fabrics Expo London

2018

Future Fashion Pioneers · nomination · by Dutch TV show VPRO Tegenlicht for project “Living Colour”

Bankgiro Lottery Fund · grant · project The Future of Living Materials in collaboration with CoE ArtEZ Future Makers and Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

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