Basic Instinct: Making–With

New Materials, New Seductions

What drives us to keep creating and producing in an increasingly complex, fragile and unpredictable world? Humanity's fascination with sparkle — from beads and baubles to glossy surfaces — is as old as civilisation itself. But how do we translate that into symbiotic, responsible design that is beautiful, useful and more durable? Annemoon Geurts, Creative Director, Kazerne Foundation: "We don't interpret instinct as an individual urge, but as a shared impulse: to make with. Together with people, materials and ecosystems. Because nothing arises on its own. It's important to show, from various angles, how both young designers and large industries are innovating from this perspective."

Exhibitors like Lilian van Daal, Materia Futura and Thibeault Philip show that sustainable materials don't need to be beige and boring. Bright colours, surprising forms and aesthetic allure turn out to combine effortlessly with a careful, nature-inclusive approach to design.

Participants DDW @ Kazerne

Participants group exhibition Basic Instinct: Making-With:

Alice Baker, Lilian van Daal, Materia Futura (Paulina Martina, Beatriz Sandidni, Alessia Pasquini), Erco Lai, Momantai (Paul Bas, Ulrike Jurklies), Isaac Monté x Staramaki, Maria Paloma, Thibault Philip, Paul & Albert (Paul Mulder ) Aaron Preyer, Jonathan Radets, Floris Schoonderbeek, Antonia Vinzenca Schreiber, VanTot (Esther Jongsma, Sam van Gurp), Vrienden (Eric Sloot)

What's more to explore at Kazerne:

Back to the Flax (Primo Arets, Guilain Delanoue, Mika Fuchs, Filip Kubiny, Fabio Lucietto, Monique Colomb Simon, Elisabeth Teje Duis, Linde van Vlijmen, Lucas van Vuuren), Noa Haim x Labro verpakkingen, Ineke Hans x Vepa, Hydro (Stefan Diez, Sabine Marcelis, Daniel Rybakken, Keiji Takeuchi), Fight, Flight or Freeze (Sofiia Bondar, Daryna Pasyuta, Tetiana Samiliv, Marjo van Schaik, Fulco Treffers), ReReRe (Wiebe Boonstra, Marc van Nederpelt)


More names to be announced soon