PIG

C-PLATFORM × Christien Meindertsma Project Descriptiondiv.justify {text-align: justify;text-align-last: distribute;line-height:200%;}Pig 05049 chronicles the many consumer products that were made from a pig called 05049. The book offers an insightful look into how this one animal, a single source, provides raw material for a vast number of everyday...

Mestic Fashion

C-PLATFORM × Jalila Essaïdi Project Descriptiondiv.justify {text-align: justify;text-align-last: distribute;line-height:200%;}The event that marked the launch of the Mestic​®​ brand was the Haute Couture Fashion Show at the Philips Fruittuin in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The location is situated opposite the location of Inspidere BV. The Philips Fruittuin is...

The (Im)possibility of Plants in Exhibitions

C-PLATFORM × Yasmine Ostendorf Project Descriptiondiv.justify {text-align: justify;text-align-last: distribute;line-height:200%;}I get a phone call asking if I’m interested in purchasing some greenery for “a very good price.” A local contemporary art space is selling legions of tropical plants that were part of an exhibition attempting to re-create...

Peninsula Garden

C-PLATFORM × Amy Shelton Project Description Florilegium is a series of four artworks (Honey Flow I, II, III, IV), illuminating the melliferous (honey-yielding) floral sources vital for honeybees to sustain their colonies. In Medieval Latin, a florilegium describes a collection of written extracts put together, like a bouquet....

The Healing Pod

C-PLATFORM × Anna Pelgrim Project DescriptionConcept Statementdiv.justify {text-align: justify;text-align-last: distribute;line-height:200%;}Architecture of Cure is a platform that is researching the effect of stress on mental and physical health and exploring the ways in which design, architecture, and nature can positively impact people within specific environments. ​By delving into various...

Get Lost

C-PLATFORM × Marianne Lammersen Project Descriptiondiv.justify {text-align: justify;text-align-last: distribute;line-height:200%;}Marianne Lammersen is a Dutch artist, who in her work reflects on how we as human beings relate to an environment that is in continues change. Change that happens due to technological development and often driven by economic interests....

My Digital Backyard

C-PLATFORM × Cathelijn van Goor Project Descriptiondiv.justify {text-align: justify;text-align-last: distribute;line-height:200%;}In my drawings I respond to the speed with which the world around us is changing. I am interested in the question whether technological developments actually yield the intended progress; and in the philosophical problem behind it: at...