Federica Fulici will introduce her fanciful rings, Brunno Jahara will "contaminate" a wall with a curtain made of (plastic) cells, Lola Hesp will "generate" mutant lamps, Hunn Wai will mold together acrylic and wood into fanciful furniture, Liesbeth Huizing will introduce her furniture pieces carved in the form of colourful beasts, Rosalie Bak will show glass vessels shaped as human organs and Daria Shashorina will submerge a comet-like light in a plexiglas pool.

The Designers' Point of View

Rosalie Bak:

"Dissectie" is about my love and fascination for medical science.The knowledge, utensils, procedures, but mostly the materials that come from this world. Materials that are meant to heal and protect the human body. And therefore embody a similar symbolism.

Federica Fulici:

My interest in jewellery comes from the desire to escape from the commercial behaviours typical of the sector of industrial design. All my design production is characterized by planning rigor, but always filtered by an ironic eye.

Lola Hesp:

In my project a lamp's look is determined by its genes. No two lamps are the same. This is why they are hand-made. The look of the lamps is part of an evolutionary process. Because the lamps differ in their image-making characteristics, natural selection takes place. This way the most popular genes will be passed on to the next generation.

Liesbeth Huizing:

I designed "beesten" taking as a starting point the impression that the animal leaves behind him. Therefore they have something of mythological creatures. They are like statues, lifeless. In this way they are transformed into products, to be used as sitting elements or tables.

Brunno Jahara:

My designs are a mix of organic shapes with tropical inspiration and humour, among my favourite techniques are heating things, to obtain unique forms, in plastic, glass or rubber, amongst other materials. In this way I obtain different results keeping every piece a special and collectible one.

Daria Shashorina:

In every new project, I am trying to develop the emotional aspect together with the form, function and technology. I prefer clear shapes, bright colors and natural textures, as most of us live in the urban environment and we would always like to be a little closer to nature.

Hunn Wai:

Hailing from the island city-state of Singapore, a melting pot for the colors and flavors of diverse cultures, my design philosophy is drawn towards the processes and results of collisions, combinations and fusions of materials, meanings and forms.

About the Designers

Rosalie Bak, Lola Hesp, Liesbeth Huizing:

The 3 Dutch designers graduated in 2007 from the Utrecht School of the Arts. All of them belong to the design collective "The Green Dogs" and have participated in several of the group's shows in Milan, Eindhoven, Utrecht. "The Green Dogs" carry out innovative projects - exhibitions, performances, design lectures - that add a social dimension by implicating the public in the creative process and in design problem solving.
At the same time, the 3 designers pursue independent careers, they approach the creative process in different ways and each has her own design style.

Federica Fulici:

Federica Fulici was born in Venice where she lives and works. In 1989 she graduated from IUAV with a degree in architecture. After attending the Italian School of Design in Padova, and after obtaining a Master in Industrial Design in Venice, she became a professor at IUAV, while continuing to work as an architect and industrial designer. In 2007 she started a new business producing her own collection of jewellery.

Brunno Jahara:

A Brazilian living in Venice and Amsterdam, Brunno Jahara studied design at IUAV and at the University of Brasilia. He has worked with the Spanish designer Jaime Hayon at Fabrica and has sold his creations in museum shops such as the Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa in Venice, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, MoMa in New York. He has participated in exhibitions in Venice, Madrid, Milan, Verona, Sapporo, Paris, Brasilia, etc.

Daria Shashorina:

Daria Shashorina was born in Saratov and lives in Moscow. She graduated in 2008 from the British Higher School of Art and Design (the Moscow branch of the University of Hertfordshire) and had previously attended the Power Engineering Institute where she specialized in Management. She participated in the "That's Design" exhibition in Milan in 2008 and in the FIDEXPO'2007 exhibition in Moscow.

Hunn Wai:

A Singaporean designer born in London, Hunn Wai graduated in 2007 from the prestigious Design Academy Eindhoven, after having studied design in Singapore and in Germany (Essen). He has worked for Studio Oooms and for Studio Maarten Baas and has participated in group shows in Cologne, Singapore, Eindhoven, London, Tokyo. Hunn Wai is familiar with several cultures, he is at the same time a designer and a craftsman.