TAKE PART at BIG ART

The inte­rac­ti­ve texti­le ins­tal­la­ti­on TAKE PART, which cap­ti­va­ted visi­tors at Dut­ch Design Week last year, will return at BIG ART at the end of Sep­tem­ber. This tho­ug­ht-pro­vo­king artwork invi­ted par­ti­ci­pants to con­tri­bu­te modu­lar puzz­le pieces in four colo­urs, each sym­bo­li­sing dif­fe­rent valu­es con­nec­ted to local pro­duc­ti­on, soci­al impact, and sustainability.

Than­ks to gene­ro­us dona­ti­ons from the Voor­de­kunst com­mu­nity last year, the ins­tal­la­ti­on could be reali­sed as an evol­ving visu­al sta­te­ment. At BIG ART, visi­tors will be able to expe­ri­en­ce the lar­gest piece cre­ated so far — con­sis­ting of more than 2,500 modu­lar ele­ments — and dis­co­ver the out­co­me of the visu­al sta­tis­tic rela­ted to con­s­ci­ous con­sump­ti­on and inclu­si­ve design.

Dut­ch desig­ner Iris Nijen­hu­is, known for her modu­lar weara­ble objec­ts, is expan­ding her inno­va­ti­ve assem­bla­ge tec­h­niqu­es into new appli­ca­ti­ons with a soci­al­ly res­pon­si­ble focus. Her rese­ar­ch pro­ject, TAKE PART, set to debut at the Kazer­ne in Ein­d­ho­ven during Dut­ch Design Week 2024, is showca­sing the value of local, soci­al­ly res­pon­si­ble pro­duc­ti­on and she is invi­ting the audi­en­ce to enga­ge in a col­la­bo­ra­ti­ve modu­lar artwork that brin­gs the­se soci­al issu­es to the forefront.