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First name

Billie

Last Name

van Katwijk

Username

billievankatwijk

Studio Name

Studio Billie van Katwijk

City

Amsterdam

Country

Netherlands

Biography

Conceptual product designer Billie van Katwijk is fascinated by nature: that endlessly shapeshifting, growing, blooming, dying, sprouting, phenomenon. From these natural cycles all sorts of materials emerge.  Some are treasured (gold, oil, diamonds) while other materials remain unseen or unappreciated. Billie van Katwijk unravels the beauty of these materials. Slaughterhouse-waste becomes a luxury-leather, a residue from the sewer shows its hidden colors when turned into a glaze. Cremation ashes are transformed in a delicate porcelain.

Van Katwijk believes in showing contradictions and taboos, but she doesn’t judge. Her projects seduce people to think and to engage in a dialogue. “My concepts are completed by the user, with his or her own thoughts.”

Education

School / Course

Design Academy Eindhoven

Graduated

2017

School / Course

Artistic Research (rMA) University of Amsterdam

Graduated

2022

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