Category: Project

2024 | Exhibition, Book & AR-App How can traditional crafts inspire and evolve in a contemporary context? Washi Futurism explores this question with a focus on Sekishu Washi, a Japanese paper unique to the Iwami area in Japan. Renowned for its long fibers and simple beauty, this material offers fascinating possibilities for design and architecture.…

2022 | Material Study & Scenography What associations does hand-made paper evoke today? The craft of Sekishu Washi is carried on by only three remaining workshops in the region of Shimane. Used for centuries in Japanese architecture and popular craft items, washi paper is strongly rooted in traditional applications. But what happens when this special…

2022 | Site-specific installation How does a tree “protest”? In the context of the public debate around the extension of the A27 in Amelisweerd near Utrecht, studio Cream on Chrome collects voices and perspectives of animals, human organizations and plants around the forest. What are their true needs? And how can the many actors constituting…

2022 | Machine Sunshine is something people intuitively associate with energy. But since weather conditions are fluctuating constantly, its potential remains hard to grasp. The Solar Energy Kiosk is a conversation piece that makes the different qualities of sunlight tangible: The kiosk collects solar energy through photovoltaic panels and uses it to run an orange…

. 2022 | Stock Trading Installation Can the frenzy for financial profits be turned into an obsession for environmental concern? Natural resources are currently not considered in the price calculation of goods and services. Polluting emissions and extractive practices have barely any financial consequences on companies, yet the ecological costs are felt by local communities,…

2020 | Machine How do you like your coffee to be made? With Greenbox Barista Cream on Chrome tentatively calls upon the tactile joys in user experience again. Brewing coffee with the machine involves people in every step of the process, which the machine is glad to help with. This includes both manual actions from…

2019 | Newsroom installation 4-D News consists of two interactive news formats that put recent media spectacles in a broader context. Navigating the timeline with a physical arrow reveals how quickly the style of reporting and the meanings of events have changed in only a few years. Here, news consumers become news explorers instead. What…

2019 | Economic Café Installation In this interactive installation, visitors are able to experience two different basic income economies, whereby coffee is used to visualise the cash flow. One system provides a basis that is sufficient to meet all basic needs, the other provides a helping hand and assumes there is extra income to achieve…

2019 | Interdisciplinary Collaboration How can traditional crafts and local knowledge inspire new technological aesthetics? Based on the original method of Sekishu Washi, designers and artisans developed an electrically conductive paper. As part of a shoji-inspired paravent, this smart material forms a large sensor: At the touch of a hand, areas start to glow, pulse…

2020 | Court performance Proxies on Trial is an interactive court performance where Globalization is accused of consuming the future. Through questions appearing on their phones, the audience joins in as the Grand Jury, who will ultimately weigh the debts of Globalization and ponder over its responsibilities. What will Globalization say to defend itself? Complex…