The exhibition will include new works and will provide an insight into the studio’s unique artistic sensibility. Dylan van den Berg and Wieki Somers see many extraordinary qualities in our everyday surroundings. They experiment with forms and materials and ask themselves how the ordinary things around us came into being. They observe, contemplate, and search for the stories that lie behind our daily rituals. These narratives inspire them to make new forms and objects. These products are remarkable not only for their storylines but also for their use of materials and technical ingenuity.

In their anniversary exhibition “Out of the Ordinary” the designers emphasise their design philosophy by presenting their work in a 30-object installation that is based on the principles of a Zen garden.

The series ‘Frozen in Time’ is inspired by the extreme weather that hit the Netherlands in the spring of 1987. Heavy rainfall, followed by a sudden cold snap, brought the country to a complete standstill and created extraordinary natural phenomena. The result is a series of household objects in which nature appears to be literally frozen in time. For the series ‘Mitate’ the studio took its inspiration from the seven virtues of the Samurai’s code of honour, the Bushido. The series consists of seven man-size lamps that combine traditional crafts with high-tech materials.

The exhibition coincides with the publication of a lavishly illustrated book elucidating the design philosophy of Studio Wieki Somers.