The Colorful Experience of “Multiply”
Raw Color, winner of the Limburg Design Award 2023, presents “Multiply,” a combination of graphic design, product design, and photography in a spatial color experience. “Multiply” represents the overlapping and blending of colors and embodies the many forms of color research that are central to the studio’s work. The exhibition presents, for the first time in the Netherlands, an overview of Raw Color’s final products as well as its creative process.
The materialization of color plays the leading role and can be seen as the core of the multidisciplinary studio Raw Color. This gives the studio a unique approach to design. Daniera ter Haar and Christoph Brach work with their team on projects that they initiate themselves or carry out on commission for well-known brands. Various projects by the studio are included in the collections of the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the Stedelijk Museum, and the TextielMuseum.
Fascinating Spatial Objects in “Conversion”
Fransje Gimbrère, winner of the 2023 Harrie Tillie Prize, uses existing materials and techniques as a starting point for experimentation and research into new possibilities. The exhibition “Conversion” showcases how she manipulates traditional crafts and assigns unconventional material properties to materials, resulting in intriguing objects and applications.
Since graduating in 2017, Fransje Gimbrère has been conducting experimental and hands-on research into the possibilities and applications of existing textile materials, traditional crafts, and industrial production techniques. She manipulates the properties of materials, imagery, and form. In this way, she influences the way we perceive matter and creates inspiring concepts and designs, both independently and for industry.
Design in the Footsteps of Pierre Cuypers
The Limburg Design Award is presented every two years to a contemporary designer working at the national or international level. The award focuses on contemporary interior design and its connection to the designs of Pierre Cuypers. Even though contemporary interior designers use different materials and production techniques to realize their designs. Their aspirations are akin to those of Cuypers; beauty, commitment, craftsmanship, entrepreneurship, and innovation are just as important to both.
The goal of the Harrie Tillie Prize is to stimulate the artistic development of talented designers. In this way, the prize aligns more closely with its namesake, Harrie Tillie, who served as curator of the Roermond Museum from 1988 to 2001. As curator, he was committed to providing a platform for young, talented artists.
The guiding principle in judging the awards was “the spirit of Cuypers”: the quest for innovation, an eye for aesthetics and functionality, and transcending disciplinary boundaries. In this seventh edition, the focus was also on the use and effect of patterns and designs. By presenting these awards, the municipality of Roermond aims to raise awareness of Pierre Cuypers, his work, and his ideas, and to position the Cuypershuis as a platform for contemporary interior design.