Block Play
Images by Cindy Bakker
We invited Rotterdam-based design professional Berry Dijkstra to create an installation inspired by and using pieces from our new collection Block Play in The Gallery at The Home of Studio HENK.
Championing modularity and playfulness ~ Dijkstra stacked and turned pieces from our new collection Block Play upside down, stripping them of their functionality and highlighting their shapes, colours, and materials instead. Held together with loading straps like ‘glue’, the minimalistic sculptures balance the boundaries of art and design.
Featured in the installation are works by designers Iwan Pol, Nienke Sikkema, Studio CTT, Studio Verbaan, and Victor Ledure that boast either a modular or stackable element and have a playful aesthetic. Dijkstra composed the accompanying soundtrack, which features sound fragments related to the installation and living room noises.
From left to right, and top to bottom: Blue-grey Paperthin Stool, Lennert Lauren, White Sheet vase, Simone Post, Blue-grey chair, Diego Faivre, Green Object, Serge Game, Green powder-coated Tension side table, Paul Coenen, White Gravel Light, Studio Guilty, 3D printed object in basil green, Maccheronix8.obj, Gian Maria Della Ratta, Unglazed white Flat vase, Jonas Lutz, Rectangular chrome pressure Vase, Tim Teven, Green velvet wall object, Moniek Vierling, Silver Trophy, Ktus, Benjamin Motoc, Grey vessel, Willem van Hooff, Green stacked candleholder, Nienke Sikkema, Shimmering from the 4th floor, Dorian Renard, Green ceramic stool, Mummy I made an ashtray, Rutger de Regt, Cross-Legged Ceramic Table (CLCT), Rino Claessens, Arch, Hausa collection, Willem van Hooff, Aluminum pressure bench, Tim Teven
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From left to right, and top to bottom: Green powder-coated Tension side table, Paul Coenen, Pellu Stool from the Beauty of distortion collection, Dorian Renard, Rectangular chrome pressure Vase, Tim Teven, Green Velvet Wall object, Moniek Vierling, Green stacked candleholder, Nienke Sikkema, Acrylic object, Shimmering from the 4th floor, Dorian Renard, Resin stool, side table Aquapalette, Laurids Gallée, Vessel Core collection, Willem van Hooff, Arch from Hausa collection, Willem van Hooff, Pressure bench, Tim Teven, Cast object, Bram van der Beke
From left to right, and top to bottom: Tholos Column, Archetype Collection, Studio Joachim Morineau, Blue-grey chair, Diego Faivre, Blue-grey paper-thin stool, Lennert Lauren, White Sheet Vase, Simone Post, Green Object, Stuck, Serge Game, Green powder-coated tension side table, Paul Coenen, Rectangular Pressure vase XL, Tim Teven, Green Velvet Wall object, Moniek Vierling
