From Flint to Footprint, Footprint 1850 salons
During Dutch Design Week 2022
During Dutch Design Week 2022 three early evening pop-up salons connected a research on human footprints by designer Ineke Hans and DEA alumni Ned Kaar, with curator Annemartine van Kesteren’s online expo 'The Decay Economy' for Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.
Each Salon had a different theme and took place at a different location, but always started with imput from 4 guests: a Designer & Maker, User & Shaker (pioneer or policy maker).
The salons are organised from the Berlin studio. See 2022 DDW program HERE
The first salon concentrated on the role of craft in low-carbon, sustainable futures. Within global value chains, what has happened to the idea of a local market and local maker? What can practices rooted in history and local production teach us about sustainable practice in the present? How might a return to local production fare as a response to increased costs of transport and demands for traceability?
GUESTS:
Designer:
Eric van Hove - founder of Fenduq, crafts studio in Marrakesh
fenduq.com
Maker:
Lex van Lith - director of MAKE Eindhoven, playground for creatieve an artistic makers
www.makeeindhoven.nl
User:
Frank Hemeltjen, Advisor Heritage Care at Knowledgecenter vor Dutch Immaterial Heritage Nederlands Erfgoed / organisor Crafts Lab at Nederlands openluchtmuseum
www.immaterieelerfgoed.nl/en/
Shaker:
Stijn Roodnat, founder Label/Breed - an initiative focused on the development of sustainable and innovative interior objects by establishing collaborations between designers and manufacturers.
www.labelbreed.nl
This second salon focused on key terms within discussions around sustainability such as circularity and biomaterials. New materials present alternative means of making without the use of fossil fuels, however the reality of a world made up of circular and bio-based materials still has some way to go. What is the role of collaboration in achieving sustainability goals and what are the challenges in moving toward a circular economy? How are certifications and standards impacting the practice of designers and makers? How might users see the forest for the trees and how can policymakers support this process?
GUESTS
Designer:
Annemartine van Kesteren, designer and curator online expo 'The Decay Economy' for Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.
Maker:
Petra Janssen – founder Social Label, creating socio-economic opportunities for disadvantaged persons in the ‘working world’
www.sociallabel.nl/englisch
User:
Ad Vlems, chairman Ecodorp Boekel, a neighbourhood of 30 climate-adaptive and climate positive homes
https://www.ecodorpboekel.nl
Shaker:
Anke Verhagen, Business Developer Real Estate Finance at Rabobank, with a focus on energy transition, making real estate more sustainable and circular construction
https://www.rabobank.nl
The third and final salon looks at the breakdown economy and the challenges facing the world if sustainability goals are not achieved. If we have reached an ecological breaking point, what might exist ahead of us within the fields of design and production? What new systems might we expect to emerge? How might a refocusing upon ideas of health and wellness influence our understanding of present attitudes towards sustainable and regenerative practice?
GUESTS
Designer:
Reinder Bakker, OvertredersW - radical changers of architecture and developers of new perspectives on building by making architecture demountable and reusable, by borrowing and leasing materials, and by using biobased and recycled sources.
www.overtreders-w.nl
Maker:
Nico Schouten, team lead new environment (Urban Mining) at Metabolic -
Metabolic supports governments, businesses, academia and NGOs in adapting the global economy to a fundamentally sustainable state
www.metabolic.nl
User:
Toon Koehorst (Koehorst in ‘t Veld) – editorial design practice that concerns itself with exhibits. Producing books, exhibitions, concepts and research for museums, publishers and other institutes, curator ‘The Decay Economy’ in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
www.boijmans.nl/en / www.koehorstintveld.nl
Shaker:
Femke Koops, Drift Rotterdam – The Dutch Research Institute For Transitions researches in the field of sustainability transitions
www.drift.eur.nl