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    Opening Reception & Artist Talk - Soft Village: Studio Makkink & Bey

    Opening Reception & Artist Talk - Soft Village: Studio Makkink & Bey Image gallery

    Presented by Fabric Workshop and Museum at Fabric Workshop and Museum

    February 3, 2012


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    The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) is pleased to present an exhibition by the Dutch design collaborative Studio Makkink & Bey which is led by architect Rianne Makkink (b. 1964) and designer Jurgen Bey (b. 1965)—one of the first Droog Design collaborators. Soft Village: Studio Makkink & Bey features recent, insightful projects by this Studio such as: “WashHouse” (2010-11), “Soft News” (2009), “Cleaning Beauty Locker” (2007), “Dust Cabinet” (2005), and “Vacuum Cleaner Chair” (2004). Taking inspiration from The Fabric Workshop and Museum’s mission and permanent collection, Studio Makkink & Bey’s FWM exhibition interweaves the soft, ever-changing features of textiles and fashion—as well as the industries that make them—within the often rigid look and function of today’s cities. Through Makkink & Bey’s installed, fictive, city-like landscape of sculptural work and decorative objects, they imagine ways to incorporate community-wide change t hrough a more pliable form of urban planning, one that utilizes a soft method of shaping the world around us. As a result, Soft Village will promote a different approach to sustainable design, highlighting components that are flexible, impermanent, nomadic, and that can be altered easily according to community need.

    Images:
    Studio Makkink & Bey, “Dust Cabinet,” wood, sticker, wooden table, 210 x 100 x 75 cm, 2005. Courtesy of Studio Makkink & Bey BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Photographer: by Bob Goedewaagen

    Courtesy of Studio Makkink & Bey BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Photographer: Jeroen Hofman


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      • Venue Info

        Fabric Workshop and Museum

        1214 Arch Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19107

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        FREE!

        Info Phone: 215-561-8888

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        February 3, 2012

        Times:

        Opening Reception and Artist Talk, 6-8 pm
        Artist Talk by designer Jurgen Bey @ 6:30 pm

        On view from February 3rd– Late Spring 2012

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