studio Claus Wiersma

The Coolsingel, Rotterdams’ main avenue, went through many transformations; from medieaval canal to the traffic artery and shopping street it is today. The exhibition ‘Coolsingel’ takes the visitors on a tour of its architectural, political and emotional history.

This first exhibition devoted entirely to Scorsese illuminates his work and life. A number of key film fragments are projected on large screens in the exhibition. Accompanying these are over 400 objects and documents taken from the personal collections of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.

Dutch product designer Hella Jongerius and design theorist Louise Schouwenberg have been invited to develop a site-specific installation for the Paternoster Hall at Pinakothek der Moderne.

Hella Jongerius has made a name for herself with her very specific way of combining craftsmanship and industrial manufacturing. Her furniture, textile and ceramic designs are meant as a symbiosis of high and low-tech, of past and present, of traditional and innovative materials.
In her research, Louise Schouwenberg, head of the department of contextual design at the renowned Design Academy in Eindhoven, mainly focuses on the interface between art and design.

Together with Louise Schouwenberg in 2015 Hella Jongerius authored the “Beyond the New. A Search for Ideals in Design” manifesto. It opposes an industry that believes the sole goals of production are the idea of the “new” and commercial success. They contrast this to the conviction that industry first taps the potential of current manufacturing opportunities when it tackles new challenges that address high quality, sustainable products and also foster design that can be free and experimental.

This exhibition shows a unique selection of three-dimensional works by all important hyperrealist sculptors of the past 50 years. From the early American pioneers, including George Segal, Duane Hanson and John DeAndrea, to the rise of the international movement, represented by Juan Muñoz (Spain), Maurizio Cattelan (Italy), Berlinde de Bruyckere (Belgium) and Ron Mueck, Sam Jinks and Patricia Piccinini (Australia).

Exhibitiondesign for ‘Breathing Colour’ by Hella Jongerius in the Design Museum in London. This exhibition focuses on the longlasting colour research by Jongerius, and how this research materialises in her textile- and productdesign.