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Studio UnIdentified x Kvadrat

From 19th April to 26th June 2022, 26 students of studio UnIdentified (now studio Body Building) have been working together with Danish textile company Kvadrat.

Kvadrat supplied the studio with both soft textile material (dead stock fabric) and hard material (Really, made from recycled fibres) to experiment with, focussing on sustainability and material characteristics. The students were given the assignment to experiment with the materials to find new ways and options for the materials, proposing different potentials for its use.

The collaboration kicked-off with an inspiration day in Tilburg: visiting a factory of Kvadrat and paying a visit to the city's Textile Museum. Back in the academy, working as a group, all different aspects and characteristics of each material were tested, looking for opportunities.

Later, groups were formed, based on different focus areas. For example the transition of a hard to flexible material, colouring options, connections between the different materials, sound qualities and footwear.

The results of the research were presented during the end term presentation on 26th June, 2022, to Kvadrat in a group exhibition, with great success!

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Sounds (acoustics)
Bending & Connecting Soft - Hard
Bending Soft - Hard
Bending & Connecting Soft - Hard
Connecting without glue or screws
Footwear (soles) Soft - Hard
Footwear Soft - Hard
Textile Scars (New Life)
' Embossing' and Folding Soft - Hard
Shaping Soft - Hard
(Perfume) Packaging
Footwear
Guanyan Wu (SD) explaining her group's installation made out of freezer parts covered with borax.
Guest critic René Boer giving a closing remark on designers going beyond the boundary of their studios.
Shaping Soft Sculpture

Degree

Bachelor

Credits

Kvadrat:
Jaap Steenbakkers, sales director Architects and End Users
Floor Zwijnenburg, account manager Architects and End Users

DAE:
Tessa Blokland, relation manager educational projects

Studio UnIdentified
Joost Jansen, studio leader
Robert Adolfsson, coordinator
Christoph Brach and Daniere ter Haar (Raw Color), tutors
Barbara Medo, photographer

Students:
Clément Toumire Algrain
Emma Cohen
Jolien Müller
Morgan Steyaert
Phèdre Barbas
Brandon Chow
Nicolas van der Schans
Valentin Avon
Rose Daher
Olfa Rachdi
Ahmet Dis
Eva Kirichenko
Bora Akal
Oscar Wentz
Sidonie Lepetit
Barbara Pruszynska
Alon Steinmetz
Maria Theocharous
Remi Vanderhaeghen
Florentine Schäfermeier
Tristan Guyot
Daniëlle Scheepens
Ezra Vollmeier
Aiden Kaltenborn
Kasia Lukaszuk
Kyungseo Min