ROOTS Exhibition
From Dutch soil, Participants
ROOTS lab x Silphy
In the spotlight this edition in our ROOTS lab is the versatile fiber crop Silphium Perforliatum (Silphy). We show you the benefits it brings for biodiversity and what building materials Simone van Es and her
team made out of this blooming powerhouse.
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Simone van Es
simonevanes.com
Stackable Stook
Special guest during Dutch Design Week 2024 is industrial designer Piet Hein Eek. He made a series of stackable stools from a new 100% plant-based sheet material of the Silphium Perforliatum (Silphy) crop.
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Piet Hein Eek
pietheineek.nl
Coreopsis '23 Bench
Architect Machiel Hopman is the designer of the Coreopsis '23 furniture family for Claudy Jongstra's LOADS Collection. Consisting of a bench, a sofa and a lounge chair.
The wooden basis was made from recycled wood, the pillows were filled with recycled mattresses and the SEKEM cotton was coloured with flowers from the Coreopsis plant (harvest 2023).
Machiel Hopman
conversearchitects.com
Luscious
This impressive artwork was made from the wool of Claudy's own herd of Drenth Hearth Sheep. Coloured with her famous plant based dyes.
An ode to vibrant nature. If we are to honor the natural world by allowing its biodiversity to flourish, we can witness its restoration. In doing so, we can rejoice and celebrate the glory of nature.
Claudy Jongstra
The Making of Eternity
See how Tomáš collaborated with 60.000 honeybees to create this sculpture. The 3D models created by the artist are used by the bees to accordingly build their honeycomb structures around. An extremely fragile artwork, yet beeswax is one the most durable natural materials and will last thousands of years.
Tomáš Libertíny
Orchestrating Nature
Orchestrating Nature is a philosophical art-performance film about humanity’s relationship with nature being in a state of war. Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species going extinct is accelerating with an alarming speed.
Theo Rekelhof
Farming Textiles
The refined lace technique exposes the special tissues that arise as the result of natural growth processes. The roots are grown in a pattern designed by Diana, prompting reflection on the possibilities and limitations we as humans have to control nature. At the same time, it makes us pause to consider the current disrupted relationship between humans and nature.
Diana Scherer