News.
5-days OpenStructures workshop at the Bauhaus Denkmal Bundesschule Bernau
Bernau, Germany
August, 2016
Lecturing at the ZhdK
Zürich, Switserland
July, 2016
Exhibiting OpenStructures at the Total museum of contemporary art
Seoul, Korea
June, 2016
Lecturing at Die Angewandte
Vienna, Austria
June, 2016
Presenting the ‘Compositions’ installation at Art Basel
in collaboration with the Institut Integrative Gestaltung | Masterstudio
Basel, Switserland
June, 2016
Designing OS tentbeds for the Ideas City event
commissioned by Joseph Grima / The New Museum
Detroit, USA
May 2016
Presenting ‘OS Plumbing’ at the Belgian Matters exhibition
Milan, Italy
April, 2016
Contributing to ‘Hippie modernism, the struggle for Utopia’ at the Walker Art Center.
Minneapolis, USA
October 2015 - February 2016
3-days OpenStructures workshop at the Institut Integrative Gestaltung | Masterstudio
Basel, Switserland
May 2016
Developing the Atelier LUMA concept document
in collaboration with Christiane Hoegner & Jan Boelen
Arles, France
January, 2016
Lecturing at the free university of Bolzano
Bolzano, Italy
December, 2015
OpenStructures, the game! for ‘Let’s start playing that game!’ at Onomatopee
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
October, 2015
Exhibiting OpenStructures at Arc en Rève
as part of their Constellation.s exhibition
Bordeaux, France
June, 2016
Open Modular scenography for the ‘Taxonomy’ exhibition at Z33
Hasselt, Belgium
Oct - Dec, 2015
Lecturing at the Vitra Design museum
Wheil-am-Rhein, Germany
November 2015
Exhibiting OpenStructures at the Centre François Mitterand
as part of the ‘Le design c’est ?’ exhibition
Périgueux, France
Oct - Dec, 2015
Exhibiting the Welcome to St. Gilles project at the Van Eyck academy
Maastricht, The Netherlands
June, 2015
Exhibiting OpenStructures at the Boijmans - Van Beuningen museum
as part of their Design Derby exhibition
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
July - Sept, 2015
Exhibiting various Intrastructures projects at Recyclart.
Brussels, Belgium
Sept - Oct, 2015
Presenting (and operating!) Biosk 1.0 at Recyclart.
Brussels, Belgium
July - Sept, 2015
Lecture on OpenStructures at Bureau Europa
Maastricht, The Netherlands
July 2015
Contributing to the ‘Bauhaus: design’ exhibition at the Vitra Design museum
Wheil-am-Rhein, Germany
October 2015 - February 2016
OpenStructures presentation + round table at ‘Adhocracy’
Athens, Greece
April - May, 2015
OpenStructures, the game! for ‘Let’s start playing that game!’ at De Brakke grond
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
April - Mei, 2015
OpenStructures relatives at ‘Rethinking the modular’
Milan, Italy
April, 2015
5-days workshop for DAE master students social design
Brussels, Belgium
January, 2015
Lecture + workshop at the Willem de Kooning academie
Rotterdam, Netherlands
October, 2014
‘Rethink the modular’ workshop with ENSCI - Les Ateliers students at Boisbuchet.
Boisbuchet, France
September, 2014
Inauguration of the Vennestraat project
Genk, Belgium
August, 2014
OpenStructures workshop at ‘Het Nieuwe Instituut’.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
August, 2014
‘Prototyping public space’ workshop
Matera, Italy
August, 2014
‘ENSCIgraphique’ workshop at ENSCI - Les Ateliers
Visualizing + remodeling the current school system
Paris, France
July, 2014
Exhibiting OpenStructures at ‘Het Nieuwe Instituut’
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
July - August, 2014
Open Modular scenography for the exhibition ‘Designing scarcity’ at ‘Het Nieuwe Instituut’
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
July - August, 2014
Lecture on OpenStructures at Open design / Shared creativity
Barcelona, Spain
July, 2014
Exhibiting OpenStructures at MAK
as part of the ‘150 jahre MAK, von kunstgewerbe zum design’ exhibition
Vienna, Austria
June - October, 2014
Lecture on OpenStructures at OuiShare14
Paris, France
May, 2014
Guestlecture / mentoring at Design Academy Eindhoven > Social Design
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
May, 2014
Debate on ‘How will we work in the future?’ at De Brakke Grond.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
May, 2014
Exhibiting ‘Reframing ambition’, a project in collaboration with Christiane Hoegner
at Droog Hôtel
Amsterdam, Holland
May, 2014
Lecture on ‘What is social design?’ at ENSCI, Les Ateliers
Paris, France
April, 2014
Lecture on ‘Autarkytecture’ at CAST
Tilburg, The Netherlands
February, 2014
Lecture on collaborative design at BIO50
Ljubliana, Slovenia
February, 2014
Mobilotoop workshop at Conflict & Design Genk
Genk, Belgium
February, 2014
Presentation of ‘Autarkytecture’ as part of the ‘Atelier à habiter’ exhibition at Z33.
Hasselt, Belgium
December 2013 - February 2014
Presentation of the Vennestraat and Mobilotoop projects at the Triennale for design in C-mine.
Genk, Belgium
December, 2013
Lecture at Fabrica
Treviso, Italy
December, 2013
Kortrijk, Belgium
November 2013 - April 2014
‘Don’t Run’ OpenStructures compatible, by Eugenia Molpurgo & Juan Montero at Gallery Oh
Sydney, Australia
September, 2013
OpenStructures at the New Institute Rotterdam as part of the ‘The Ruin’ exhibition
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
June - September, 2013
Ghent, Belgium
May - September, 2013
4 days of OpenStructures thinkering! at Close, closer, Portugal’s Architecture Triennale.
Lissabon, Portugal
November 2013
Contributing to ‘Social design / Urban action’, a symposium at the University of applied Artis in Vienna that the addresses social design as integral element of communal and transcultural interaction within the urban environment. In collaboration with SlumLab magazine
Vienna, Austria
March, 2013
OpenStructures presented / (or, well ... projected) at the MAK as part of the ‘Nomadic furniture 3.0’ exhibition.
Vienna, Austria
June - September, 2013
Working closely together with the inhabitants and shopkeepers of the Vennestraat in Genk to revitalize their street through a number of adaptions and interventions.
This project is in collaboration with the City of Genk, LoFi Studio and Lhoas&Lhoas architects
Genk, Belgium
September 2012 - December 2013
Coordinating Mobilotoop, an cross-over design research project that looks at the feasibility of networked and open mobility cultures within urban environments. Both process and outcomes will be presented at “Conflict and design” in december 2013.
Genk, Belgium
September 2012 - December 2013
Adhocracy (+ OpenStructures) is travelling to New York and will be presented as part of the ‘Festival of Ideas’ at the New Museum.
NYC, USA
May - june, 2013
Contributing to ‘Unfolding design’, a symposium on the topic of creative copying and open design at the Zurich University of the Arts.
Zurich, Switserland
March, 2013
The OS WaterBoiler, designed by Jesse Howard, is presented at “Demain c’est aujourd-hui #4” at the design Biennale of St. Etienne.
St. Etienne, France
March - June, 2013
‘Welcome to St. Gilles’ is presented at “Empathicity” at the design Biennale of St. Etienne.
St. Etienne, France
March - June, 2013
DOMUS magazine reports on Intrastructures in their february issue.
February, 2013
Contributing to Alphabetalog, an “anti-manifesto on design teaching”.
Initiated and concept by Jan Boelen, published in Abitare magazine.
February, 2013
Delivering a visual essay for DAMN magazine + the Damn_cover.pdf(!)
(perfectly_odd_connections.pdf)
January 2013
Selected by ICON magazine as ‘design studio of the year’(!)
... we didn’t win though.
London, UK
December, 2012
Prototyping the cargocab concept for Drooglab / Identity Matters
The prototype will be on display from 17th until the 31st of November
at Z33, house for contemporary arts.
Hasselt, Belgium
November, 2012
OpenStructures talk + workshop at ‘Vienna Open’.
Vienna, Austria
November, 2012
Emily King / Frieze reports on Intrastructures ...
October, 2012
New OpenStructures explorations by Marijn Van der Poll, Christiane Hoegner, Jesse Howard, Tristan Kopp & Ricardo Carneiro and Thomas Lommée will be presented at ‘Adhocracy’.
-
“Welcome to the age of adhocracy. As the opposite of bureaucracy, adhocracy cuts across accepted conventions and power structures to capture opportunities, self-organise and develop new and unexpected methodologies of production. It inhabits the horizontal, rhizomatic realm of the network, in which innovation—resourceful, subversive, anti-dogmatic, spontaneous—can come from anywhere.” (Joseph Grima)
Istanbul, Turkey
October - December, 2012
The New York Times reports on Thomas Lommée / Jesse Howard / Intrastructures
September, 2012
Talking about Open Design at ‘The Filling Station’.
London, UK
August, 2012
Thomas Lommée / Intrastructures writes instructions for the travelling exhibition ‘Do it’.
July, 2012
The OS WaterBoiler, designed by Jesse Howard, as well as the research that was conducted on flexible and scalable production processes for this appliance, will be presented at the “The Machine” exhibition in C-mine Ghenk.
-
“The industrial revolution was a revolution for engineers. Now designers are at the forfront of a new revolution. They are part of networks that enable them to develop new materials and systems, build their own machines, and seek new tools for production and distribution. These developments offer an alternative to mass production and open paths to a new economy and society.” (Jan Boelen)
Ghenk, Belgium
June - October, 2012
The OS ‘bike family’, designed by Jo Van Bostraeten + Unfold + Thomas Lommée will be presented at ’The Future in the Making’, hosted by Domus magazine.
-
‘The future in the making’ showcases a selection of new design approaches, examining the technological, material, philosophical and economic avant-gardes of contemporary design’. (Joseph Grima)
Milan, Italy
April, 2012
The OS WaterBoiler, designed by Jesse Howard, will be presented at ‘Perspectives’.
-
‘The OS WaterBoiler is an appliance that uses the OpenStructures design principles to explore an adaptable and scalable production process.’ (Jesse Howard)
Milan, Italy
April, 2012
Designing an analogue version of the Panoramagram for the Tarwewijk in Rotterdam.
-
The Panoramagram proposes an online messageboard for the local community.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
February, 2012
OpenStructures picked up by WIRED-UK magazine as one of the 25 big ideas for 2012(!)
Januari, 2012
Participating in the Droog Lab on ‘identity matters?’
-
‘As one of the few countries lacking a quintessential national identity, the Droog Lab believes Belgium could be a model for how individuals, companies and institutions could formulate their future identities.’
Brussels, Belgium
December, 2011
Presenting the OpenStructures project
as part of the After the bit rush exhibition in MU
Eindhoven, the Netherlands
October - December, 2011
Asked to facilitate the ‘Welcome to Sint Gilles’ project.
-
‘Welcome to Saint Gilles’ is a collaborative effort of multiple regional design schools
to revitalize the Saint Gilles neighborhood in Liège through design.
A selection of school projects will be presented at the Biennale Internationale du design de Liège 2012.
Liège, Belgium
September 2011 - October 2012
Talking about DIY design at EXD’11/LISBOA,
a cultural biennale dedicated to design, architecture and contemporary creativity.
The Open Talk will be attended by Enzo Mari and hosted by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Lissabon, Portugal
October, 2011
Unfolding our vision on design
at the Design Directors exhibition, hosted by Design Flanders.
Brussels, Belgium
September - October 2011
Selected by Hans Ulrich Obrist to exhibit at the Blickfang events
in Vienna, Stuttgart, Zurich and Basel.
October, 2011 - March, 2012
Talking about the relevance of small scale initiatives within a networked society
at the Ecole nationale supérieure de création industrielle (ENSCI) in Paris.
The discussion is hosted by the ENSCI and Parsons, New school for design.
Paris, France
September, 2011
Offering assistance at the Sustainable Summerschool.
-
‘The Summerschool provides a short course, aiming to provide participants with new insights
in the field of sustainability and design. The program has an interdisciplinary approach
and will be working on real case studies.’
The Summerschool is an initiative of REcentre and the Institute without Boundaries.
Hasselt, Belgium
August, 2011
Openstructures covered by Viewpoint magazine
as part of their ‘Visual essay of influential ideas’ by Kate Franklin
July, 2011
Openstructures featured in the book ‘Open Design Now’.
A book on why design cannot remain Exclusive.
June, 2011
Presenting the OpenStructures project
as part of the “Now!“ exhibition at the Marta Herford museum,
an exhibition on the experience of time and design.
Herford, Germany
September, 2011
The Domus interview with Thomas Lommée on Open Design is now online
Brussels, Belgium
June, 2011
Openstructures covered by Domus magazine
(download the_esperanto_of_objects.pdf here)
June, 2011
Openstructures covered by The Future Laboratory
(download LSNglobal.pdf here)
June, 2011
Presenting OpenStructures as part of the International Design Festival in Berlin
Berlin, Germany
June, 2011
Talking about Open design at the Milan Breakfasts
an initiative of the Design Academy Eindhoven and Premsela
Milan, Italy
April, 2011
Presenting OpenStructures as part of the New Times, New Heroes exhibition.
Milan, Italy
April, 2011
Presenting OpenStructures + cyclical kitchen
as part of the Transnatural exhibit
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
March, 2011
Commissioned by Stroom, Den Haag
to design and build a pavillion for the Foodprint Erasmusveld project
The Hague, The Netherlands
September, 2011
Commissioned by the kunstvereniging Diepenheim to design and build
the basecamp for their NILMDTE festival of the arts
Diepenheim, The Netherlands
May, 2012
Lecturing at the symposium
“I don't know where I'm going but I want to be there,
The expanding areas of Graphic Design”
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
18 december, 2010
Openstructures mentioned in Viewpoint magazine.
(download YesWeCan.pdf here .. great article by the way)
October, 2010
Testing / demonstrating our cyclical kitchen
at Micromarché
Brussels, Belgium
September - December, 2010
Presenting ‘Yes, we’re Open! A vision on Open Design’
at the Verbeke Foundation
Kemzeke, Belgium
November, 2010 - April, 2011
Presenting OpenStructures, Lifecycle Loops
and Panoramagram as part of the “Design for mankind” exhibition
at the Grand Hornu site
Mons, Belgium
November - December, 2010
Presenting Typemachine.net
at the Biennale Internationale du Design de St. Etienne
St. Etienne, France
November - December, 2010
Unfolding our vision on Open Design
with the “Yes! we’re Open” exhibition at the Budascoop in Kortrijk
this exhibition is part of the European Innovation weeks
Kortrijk, Belgium
October, 2010
Workshop OpenStructures at KHMechelen
Mechelen, Belgium
September, 2010
Teaching at the ‘Social design’ department
of the Design Academy Eindhoven (Masters program)
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
September 2010
The OpenCargoBike, designed by Jo Van Bostraeten for the OpenStructures project
was featured in ‘Velo, bicycle culture and design’
August, 2010
Exhibiting OpenStructures
as part of the “Up to You” exhibit at Stroom Den Haag
The Hague, The Netherlands
February - March, 2010
Workshop OpenStructures / Open Architecture at Z33
with Luigi Ferrara, Thomas Jomini, BrusselsCooperation, OpenSource House and db Rotor
Hasselt, Belgium
December, 2009
Workshop OpenStructures / Open Hardware at Z33
with Rob Van Kranenburg
Hasselt, Belgium
December, 2009
Exhibiting the OpenStructures project
as part of the “Bits and Pieces” exhibit at Material Connexion
NYC, USA
November, 2009
Introducing the OpenStructures project
at the Design Academy Eindhoven
Eindhoven, the Netherlands
September, 2009 - January, 2010
Taking up a teaching position at Les Ateliers
Paris, France
October, 2009
Exhibiting the OpenStructures project at Z33
Z33 is an art centre that focuses on design and contemporary art
with integrated, multidisciplinary projects.
Hasselt, Belgium
September - December, 2009
Exhibiting the system patterns timeline at The Center for Architecture
The exhibition documents a series of contemporary experiments in planning, architecture, and design that seek to treat the city and its environment in holistic terms, as a complex social, political, and ecological matrix.
NYC, USA
May - August, 2009
Shaping a future lightrail system for De Lijn
Hasselt, Belgium
April, 2009
Lecturing at Recyclart
Brussels, Belgium
April 23, 2009
Commissioned to shape the “Kilternan Institute”,
an open innovation center.
Dublin, Ireland
February 23 - March 1, 2009
Setting up an OpenStructure
in collaboration with 20 design students
at the Media & Design Academy Genk
Genk, Belgium
Februari 18, 2009
Giving a 4-days OpenStructures workshop
at the St. Lukas Academy for Architecture and Design
Brussels, Belgium
Februari 6 - 11, 2009
Lecturing at the Media & Design academy Genk
Genk, Belgium
September 17, 2008
Lecturing at Changing the change,
an international conference on the role and potential of design research
in the transition towards sustainability.
Torino, Italy
July 10 - 12, 2008
Presenting at Design Paradigm
Leadership gathering to discuss the opportunity of future initiatives for Ireland.
Dublin, Ireland
January 24, 2008
Presenting at Backstage
Event conference highlighting the economic opportunities
within the experience economy.
Roskilde, Denmark
January 22 - 23, 2008
Exhibiting at Utrecht Manifest,
the 2nd biennale for social design
Utrecht, The Netherlands
November 24, 2007 - February 11 2008
Exhibiting at Connecting’07,
the international ICSID design congress
San Francisco, USA
October 17 - 20, 2007
