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| COME TO MY PLACE: EXPERIMENTADESIGN | LOOK FROM OUTSIDE: Photo by Edo Kuipers | OOPS!: it’s common that a carpet decorates the wall and it always tells a story. | baskets: call out the market guy and he fills in your basket. call out your ma, she puts in what you need from home. | fixed cahir: when the weather’s good, take out the chair and sit by the door. chat with the neighbours or keep knitting. | mirror frames: the passport photos collected
from friends and family, are placed in the wallet or simply squeezed in somewhere. |
red valve: a valve that appears in unexpected spots, is mostly given a task. | reserved: a scene from ‘the guest room’, couch is under covers and reserved for the guests. | ýnto neýghbours: place a glass on the wall, lean your ear on, hear what the neighbours say. we are very into our neighbours! | undeco: gourd lamps mostly seen
on the side of the motorway. very decorated, very colorful, very handmade... |
hidden: hidden tiles under the parquet, and surprises when a house is renovated. | LOOK FROM INSIDE: photo by Edo Kuipers | SPACE AND PLACE AND HOUSEWARMING |
| SHORT STORIES FROM A TURKISH HOUSE, COME TO MY PLACE EXHIBITION, WESTERHUIS GALLERY, AMSTERDAM 19.09-02.11 2008: Design Biennal
curated by Experimenta in collaboration with Droog Design in Amsterdam. Eight designers and design teams from different
countries asked to solve this paradox: to create a place out of an anonymous “cell” space, make it into a home, using
both design pieces and objects picked from local building supplies’ warehouses and hardware stores.
Come to my Place is a laboratory experiment reflecting on how we make a space our own through
design, confronting and combining the global design culture and the vernacular of local production.
'Short stories from a Turkish house' concentrates on the cultural behaviours, tastes and solutions, which only us local
would know and carry on. Curated by Experimenta / Participants Folkform [SE], Maxim Velcovsky (Qubus studio) [CZ], Meriç Kara [TR], Miguel Vieira Baptista [PT], Design MVW [CN], OVO [BR], POLKA [AT], Tobias Wong & Aric Chen [US] / Exhibition Concept and Design EventArchitectuur [NL] / Communication Design Hansje van Halem [NL] / Production Loranne Roozendaal, ExperimentaDesign Amsterdam |
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