Eat Drink Design showed Analog Digital Clock by
Maarten Baas, Lucky Love Chair by Maarten
Baptist, and selected work by Joost van Bleiswijk
and Kiki van Eijk. Other notable items: the
resourceful leather work of newcomers Klaas
Kuiken and Sjoerd Vroonland (Car Chair and
Kitchenware Stool), the series of chairs ABChairs
by Roeland Otten (of course presented on paper)
and Kaskast by Marije van der Park, which
challenges us to think about other ways to grow
food.
Jeroen Vinken exhibited his curtain collection
Mazzo, awarded last week with a Dutch Design
Award. Furthermore the installation of
Grondvormen artists Nienke Sybrandy, Sander
Boeijink and Jeroen Wand drew a lot of attention.
The amazing labyrinth of tubes and pipes distilled a
mysterious elixir from plants. For those who
believe in it, the mysterious beverage might have
worked. For others: it's eye-catching art.
The unique dining table by Kranen/Gille in the
middle of the exhibition was fully booked all ten
evenings. Chef Edwin Severijn improvised dishes
like sea urchin with summer purslane or veal cheek
with truffle and trompettes noir (stewed in Double
Dip Slow Cooker by Maarten Baptist). They were
served straight from the Dtile kitchen to the table,
including napkins by Jeroen Vinken, cutlery of
Royal VKB and N-Gispen chairs by Gerrit Rietveld.
The Dutch Design Award jury,
Eindhoven’s Mayor and Aldermen, the Centraal
Museum Utrecht, various companies and a large
number of designers – they were all at Eat Drink
Design last week. In between the courses was
ample time for personal meeting and
comprehensive explanation. Curator Annemoon
Geurts is more than happy with the result: “With
about 10,000 visitors in ten days I consider it a
successful anniversary. It was a tremendous
challenge to shape our sphere and vision in such an
impressive space of over one thousand square
meter.”
Thus Studio Moon/en/co has big future plans. If Eat
Drink Design returns next year's Dutch Design
Week, it will prolong in a new form. Geurts can’t
tell exactly what, with whom and how yet. But to
give a brief idea of what to expect: “We’re
developing an international platform with
exhibitions and projects, to contribute to a full
experience of the creative industries”.
Photos Lisa Klappe
Eat Drink Design, Eindhoven
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- Elena Sommariva
- 05 November 2010