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SUMMARY:Next! Young European Design
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DESCRIPTION:The Imperfect Future - WOOD: Design between Symbiosis and
StandardisationRegistration: HERELanguage: English
What does it mean for design when materials are not perfect?
Next! Young European Design by EUNIC Berlin and Aedes brings together young
designers from eleven European countries to discuss wood as a material in
the context of climate change, resource scarcity and new production
methods. The Imperfect Future – WOOD: Design between Symbiosis and
Standardisation examines how designers are responding to flawed materials,
the slow growth cycles of natural resources and the tension between
craftsmanship and industrial standardisation.
The talk opens with short presentations by invited designers and studios,
whose work ranges from experimental furniture and material research to
site-specific design approaches. Some engage with locally sourced or reused
wood, while others explore news forms of collaborations against the
backdrop of natural growth processes or develop strategies for durable,
sustainable products.
These presentations are followed by a moderated discussion addressing the
origins, uses and future of wood and asking how imperfection, reparability
and material constraints can become productive starting points for
contemporary design.
The Lab Talk forms part of the wider Next! Young European Design programme,
which includes studio visits, workshops and exchange formats for
participating designers. The programme is developed in collaboration with
partners including the Werkbundarchiv –Museum der Dinge, the Wood Design
programme at the Schneeberg Faculty of Applied Arts, the project BeFallen-
Art from Infestation and Studio J.Mayer.H.
 
PROGRAMME
Welcome and Introduction
Dunya Bouchi, Aedes, Berlin
Saša Šavel Burkart, Head of the Slovenian Cultural Information Center –
SKICA Berlin and Lead of Next! Young European Design by EUNIC Berlin
Simona Binko, Art Historian and Cultural Manager / curator of Next! Young
European Design, Berlin
 
Presentations
Jakob Niemann, Austria
Mirjam and Markus Pärnamets, House of Pärnamets, Estonia
Henri Judin, Design Studio Judin, Finland
Lucy O’Sullivan, Ireland
Cathy Wolter, Luxembourg
Pim van Baarsen, Netherlands
Beata Mielus, Poland
Cezar Blînda, LUN.Studio, Romania
Richard Seneši, Slovakia
Aljaž Celarc, Hiša Mandrova, Slovenia
Darren Appiagyei, United Kingdom
 
Discussion
with the designers and the audience, moderated by Simona Binko
Beata Mielus, Poland:
After working in the fashion industry and witnessing the realities of fast
fashion, Beata Mielus changed direction and studied Design at the Academy
of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.
This experience shaped her focus on product life cycle, durability and
long-term impact. She works across furniture and product design, research,
prototyping and photography, and expands her practice through training in
carpentry and basketry. She has collaborated with Studio Rygalik and Studio
1:1 and now works independently on commissioned and self-initiated
projects. Her works were shown at Salone del Mobile, Dutch Design Week,
MaterialDistrict Utrecht, Interzum and Gdynia Design Days.
Poplar is a soft hardwood with high production potential but limited
durability. In the presented project, she shows that, when structurally
considered and combined with oak, poplar can offer strength and aesthetic
value in furniture design.
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