Trends & Design
Forbo / Dutch Design Week 2016
This compressed edition of the bimonthly TRNDs newsletter provides you with a quick overview of all Forbo Flooring related events and products which can be experienced during the Dutch Design Week 2016. The DDW takes place from 22nd till 30th of October.
Enjoy!
Marijke Griffioen
Broken White
On colour - The Design Academy Eindhoven and the Van Abbe Museum join forces during Dutch Design Week in 'Broken White' an inspiring exhibition exploring the fascinating world of colour.
Aristotle's Room, a collaboration project of Akzo Nobel, Forbo Flooring, Royal Mosa and Vescom, is an installation specially made for this exhibition and commissioned by the curators of 'Broken White'.
'Broken White' is on show till the 6th of November 2016
Photo by Peter Cox
Archives of the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Address
Van Abbe Museum, Bilderdijklaan 10,
5611 NH Eindhoven
Aristotle's Room
A collaboration - Akzo Nobel, Forbo Flooring, Royal Mosa and Vescom take part in this show with Aristotle’s Room an installation that presents a modern reinterpretation of ancient Greek colour theories.
Address
Van Abbe Museum, Bilderdijklaan 10,
5611 NH Eindhoven
Double sided
A high degree of flexibility - For the presentation Transitions II, curated by Baars and Bloemhoff, the duo Daphna Laurens researched the extreme limits of the malleability of Forbo Furniture linoleum. The duo glued together two layers of the material and thus created a two-tone and also double-sided, flexible material.
‘On top organisers’, ‘above lamp’ and a ‘beside chair’ will be presented in Broeinest during the DDW.
Quote from the designers:
“Desktop, furniture linoleum, from the producer Forbo was a ‘logical’ choice for us. Its fine texture, the attractive matte exterior and above all the material’s high degree of flexibility prompted us to use it for our Transitions II project.”
Address
Broeinest, Torenallee 45,
5617 BA Eindhoven
4x for Forbo
New perspectives on Linoleum - Four Dutch design studios have been invited by Forbo Flooring to explore the potential of Furniture linoleum and Bulletin board.
In their thorough research they focussed on new applications and unique adaptations. The results show how they convincingly succeed to challenge the boundaries of the Forbo material.
Mieke Meijer, Albert Bouwman, Frederike Top, Michiel Martens & Jetske Visser.
During the Dutch Design week their work is on show at the Klokgebouw.
address
Klokgebouw 50,
5617 AB Eindhoven
Upcycled
3D Jute fiber tiles - For the collaboration project commissioned by Forbo product designer Frederike Top made a series of pressed 3D tiles composed out of Forbo jute fiber.
For future applications of this upcycled material Frederikes' focus will be on semi finished products such as upholstery but also on 3D interior products.
address
Klokgebouw 50,
5617 AB Eindhoven
50-50
Reinforced with Jute fibers - Willem de Kooning Academy student {Laura van de Wijdeven](www.lauravandewijdeven.nl;css-nAr) created tiles composed out of 50 % Forbo jute fiber and 50% porcelain clay. The original properties of the porcelain are changed by this addition. The fiber reinforces the porcelain and transforms it into an extremely durable material.
address
The Design Perron, Fuutlaan 12, Eindhoven.
Plynoleum
100% Furniture linoleum - Forbo Flooring commissioned student Kim van Nispen to make a special edition of her ‘Plynoleum’ stool based on colours of the recently launched new Furniture linoleum collection.
During the Dutch Design week 2015 Kim presented the first prototype of her ‘Plynoleum” stool, the result of a collaboration project of Forbo Flooring with the Willem the Kooning Academy.
The so called ‘Plynoleum’ stool is entirely made out of Furniture linoleum. By laminating various layers of Furniture Linoleum a constructive free-standing material is created. The vacuum technique is used to bend the flat ‘Plynoleum’ material into its final 3 dimensional shape.
Precision work
Laser cut Furniture Linoleum - Designer Lise Levebre made a series of Oak and Walnut wooden trays and bowls using Furniture linoleum on the inside.
Laser cut technique is used to fit the linoleum seamlessly into the wooden shapes but also to "score" the black cardboard backing to allow the material to bend evenly within a tight radius. An beautiful example of a clever and ingenious way to process of our Furniture linoleum.
Flotex x 6
Unique patterns - Forbo commissioned the Dutch designers Mae Engelgeer, Nynke Sybrandy, Rop van Mierlo, Antoine Peters, Sigrid Calon and Hilde Koenders to translate their unique signature into an series of contemporary patterns for our Flotex flooring product.
Address
Broeinest, Torenallee 45 Glasgebouw, 5617 BA Eindhoven
Photo: pattern by Rop van Mierlo
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