Jonas Edvard: A Material Alchemist in Sustainable Design
“I encourage people to be curious, to focus on the moment, to react upon feelings; right now is an interesting moment” – Jonas Edvard View…
Socially Responsible Design: 10 Designers Who Approach Social Experience through Aesthetics
Fine Craft & Fine Art: 10 Makers Working at the Intersection of Disciplines
Seray Asker: Designing goddesses, beasts & other modern myths
“The thought that I was breathing the same wind as our ancestors did a million years ago … carrying their culture to the 2000s in…
Future Heritage: Forward Thinking Design Inspired by our Cultural Past
“I would see so many beautiful things, but often find them antiquated and not functional in the modern world.” – Feyza Köksal, Turkey Dach &…
An Investigation into Our Objects' Life Cycles: Sustainability in Material and Process Innovation
“In a world where everything goes so fast, the general public loses the notion of how these objects arrived to their hands.” – Josefina Muñoz,…
Reflections of Nature Across Global Design Cultures
“Our society’s current relation towards nature is an endless source for reflection.” – Studio Plastique, Belgium Perhaps in our obsession with creating a world of…
The Hidden Hand: Crafted Turkish Design
Dial Gokalp: “Neo” Jar No:1 Existing in a unique geographic zone that has historically been an interface between many cultures since prehistory, Turkey is…
Gaspard Graulich at Crossovers: Exploring Design's Cultural Landscapes
“I don’t want to express my feelings; I want my objects to make people feel their own” – Gaspard Graulich “Prélèvement” N.8 & N.1.…
Studio Plastique at Crossovers: Searching for Answers within the Plastic Arts
“As a society, we are not only disconnecting from our natural environment, we are also alienated from what we consume” – Studio Plastique View Studio…
Belgium at Crossovers 2019: Honest and down to earth, literally and figuratively.
” It’s their poetic silence and subtle tactility, which makes them beautiful, and gives them a global appeal.” – Elien Haentjens Curator of the Belgian…
Draga & Aurel: Cultural Crossovers
“our partnership expresses our creativity through a perfect combination of art and design” – Draga Obradovic & Aurel K. Basedow View Draga & Aurel’s work…
Announcing Denmark at Crossovers 2019: An idea of how we could also strive to live.
“Danish design is interesting when designers keep developing the tradition of working with the relationship between man and object.” – Pil Bredahl Curator of the…
Eyvind Solli Andreassen at Crossovers: Balancing on the Edge of Craft and Art
“I feel that we are all always slightly out of balance whether it be physical or mental and I transfer bits of this from myself…
Announcing Norway at Crossovers 2019: Pushing forward; Free from the rules of the past.
“We do not feel the same responsibility to the past as our neighbors and due to this we are more free to challenge.” – Kråkvik…
Announcing Iceland at Crossovers 2019: The conscious shift we as humans are facing.
“When children and young adults feel the urge to protest and claim their right for a future we’ve got to listen and do something.” –…
Theodóra Alfreðsdóttir at Crossovers: Narrating the Stories of our Everyday Objects
“By being transparent about production we give each and every object a narrative that people can relate to.” – Theodóra Alfreðsdóttir View Thedóra Alfredsdottir’s works,…
Vito Nesta at Crossovers: A Journey Designed in Full Color
“I have used black very few times in my works, to me, it is a useless and cold convention.” – Vito Nesta Try and think…
Announcing Italy at Crossovers 2019: Visions of a perfect, idealized, utopian Milanese living space.
“The long tradition of Italian design continues; it evolves just as it sees fit” Annalisa Rosso & Francesco Mainardi Curators of the Italian Collection For…
Antrei Hartikainen at Crossovers: Capturing Nature's Constant Transformation
“I want to transfer the vulnerability, frailty, and beauty of nature into my own material, wood” – Antrei Hartikainen View Antrei Hartikainen’s works Kukki and…
Announcing Finland at Crossovers 2019: Enchanted by nature; Crafted by irony.
“What sets Finnish intellect apart in many ways is its appreciation for irony” Sebastian Jansson Curator of the Finnish Collection Finland takes a firm hold…
Popdots at Crossovers: Contemporary Experiments on Ancient Craft
“We believe that in some cases the great mistake of the contemporary has been to hide the past to try to innovate” – Popdots View…
Announcing Mexico at Crossovers 2019: The rescue of ancestral materials and its re-appreciation.
“As a Mexican designer, it is difficult not to be interested in traditional crafts.” Ana Elena Mallet & Pilar Obeso Curators of the Mexican Collection …
Josefina Muñoz at Crossovers: Creation through Collaboration in a Circular Economy
“As a designer, I seek to inspire, inform and provide a voice to artistic professions” View Josefina Muñoz’s work, Game of Stone, in the Swiss…