Aliki van der Kruijs

PROJECTS

Kadans

Design research to how the motion of the sea can be a direct source for an ever-changing weaving pattern.

Album Arita

Experiments in various techniques to imply nuances, tactility and texture of textile characteristics onto porcelain.

Afterseason

Investigation into the possibility of processing waste ink from the textile print industry into new raw materials.

Made by Rain — Porcelain

A porcelain edition of Made by Rain follows up the textile collection. Developed during a three-month creative residency in Arita, Japan.

The Curtain Show

Light sensitive textiles exposed to an UV installation. A performance by a set of materials that developed during the run of the exhibition.

Floral Echo

A study on block-printing and natural colour mixing derived from the CMYK principle used in printing industry.

Focus

How to map an ever changing landscape?
A colour research as weather-station.

Dear Jungfrau

Artistic research to the nature, landscape and culture of the Swiss Jungfrau-Aletsch glacier.

Nawa

Serie of yarns and ropes. Study on indigo and Kurume-kasuri during a research trip to Japan to work with local textile professionals.

Model of Nature

Series of silkscreened textiles derived from Goethe’s question ‘What is it that makes a particular being of nature into plant’

Daylit

Textile objects with architectural qualities to distribute light more evenly through space.

Beyond the Monstera

A silkscreen research on plant abstractions. Visual grammar guided by the Monstera deliciosa plant.

Living fossil

Study trip to Japan to learn about the technique katazome and make a textile for a yukata (summer kimono).

Made by Rain

How to wear the weather? Textile register of rain fall at a specific location.

Horizont

Woven cloth on the fluvial deposition of the IJssel river. Data from soil-drill points are translated into a weave pattern.

Botanical Habit

Visual descriptions of tropical plants, made by the plants themselves; Botanography.

Weathering Blue

A visual record of colour and seasonal change made tangible by exposing textiles day and night to the weather conditions.

On Colour

Alchemistic a colour system transformed into a new form of colour.

COLLABORATIONS

Float —Turn — Slide

Upholstery collection that explores two-and three-dimensional space through a grid motif.

Litter / Afterseason

Collaboration with SCHUELLER DE WAAL for their ‘LITTER’ collection.

Opening Time

Soft wall for auditorium Sandberg Instituut

Daylit

Spatial application of the material of Daylit.

Transpose

Textile panels with graphic prints and layers of transparency for Schiphol

Think Like Clouds

A curtain collection as potential wardrobe

Print for Nike

Made by Rain print for Nike’s KD line

Tilia Patina

Gate for residential building made out of bronze branches.

April 12, 2012

Duvetcover for Zig Zag Zurich

Contour of Space

Serie of curtains defining the contour of space.

Elementary Elegance

Print & Colour concept for Woolmark Prize capsule collection by studio Elsien Gringhuis

Spirit from the Sky

Monotype prints for F/W 2014 collection studio Elsien Gringhuis

NEWS

On Colour in KLEUREYCK

Posted on February 21, 2020

The work On Colour will be part of the show KLEUREYCK in Design Museum Gent, Belgium.

What is the origin of colour? How do you create colour? What is the impact of colour? In honour of the Year of Van Eyck in Ghent, the museum is hosting a large exhibition on the innovative and diverse use of colour. The exhibition starts from the unprecedented hues of Jan van Eyck and illustrates the significance of colour to contemporary designers.

Curator: Siegrid Demyttenaere together with Sofie Lachaert [pigment walk].

Ceramics on show in NYC

Posted on September 5, 2019

Works from my residency in Arita, Japan will be on show in the exhibition Colony x Ventura Projects: Dutch Design in NYC
Seven top Dutch designers showcase new process-driven works, highlighting how experimental research and production methods directly influence each object’s form and function without obscuring their beauty.

September 12, 2019 – December 20, 2019

Colony Gallery

Presentation during Water Matter

Posted on August 12, 2019

Water Matter is a lecture evening about water curated by Rianne Makkink (WaterSchool). Together with physician and researcher Yuka Mizusawa (the message of water) and artist and designer Aliki van der Kruijs (water as design element), she will explore the properties and agency of water.

05/09/2019
19:30 – 21:00
Het Nieuwe Instituut

Weavers Werkstatt

Posted on August 1, 2019

The Jongeriuslab invited me to be part of the Weavers Werkstatt.
Weavers Werkstatt is an initiative to stimulate the development of weaving knowledge among designers.

From 21th Aug till September 4 I will weave on the TC2 loom (picture above) that is part of the INTERLACE exhibition, a work in progress at the Lafayette Anticipation is Paris.

Collaboration with Schueller de Waal for Paris Haute Couture 2019/2020.

Posted on July 1, 2019

Textile proces based on Afterseason research to the potential of using waste ink from the digital textile printing industry.

Press release Schueller de Waal — Dutch fashion design duo Schueller de Waal teams up with Pik Pik Environment to present its first Collaborative Cleaning Initiative named ‘Litter’, supported by the city of Paris. On Tuesday 2 July 2019, on a public square, right in front of the town-hall of the 15th arrondissement, a group of 50 models, cool kids and volunteers started to clean the streets in an upbeat cleansing fashion performance. The models picked up trash from the streets, dressed head-to-toe in freshly made garments made from the studio’s leftover fabrics, deadstock and other remains from the fashion industry. The act of cleaning served as an inspiration for both the presentation as well as a design principle. With the performance, the initiators aim to make a powerful statement on the current state of the industry and inspire for change.‘Litter’ is the next step for SDW in unfolding their story of ‘Fashion Therapy.

www.schuellerdewaal.com

Launch and prizes for upholstery collection for Wolf Gordon

Posted on June 12, 2019

Wolf Gordon launched the upholstery collection, VEER by Aliki van der Kruijs.

The collection was the winner in the “Contract Fabric” category at the 2019 NYCxDesign Awards. This global competition, presented by Interior Design and ICFF, recognises achievements in architecture, interior design, products and technology.

The collection won additional awards at NeoCon 2019. The “VEER by Aliki van der Kruijs” collection won the Best of NeoCon Editors’ Choice Award in the Textiles: Upholstery category, presented by Contract magazine.

The collection also won a HIP award, presented by Interior Design in the Workplace: Fabric+Textiles Designer Collaboration category. CEO Rick Wolf also took home the HIP award in the Manufacturer Leader: Greater Good category.

Finally, Metropolis recognized the collection with a #MetropolisLikes award.

Made by Rain in NATURE Triennale

Posted on May 10, 2019

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and Cube design museum in Kerkrade, Netherlands co-organize the exhibition “Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial,” which opened simultaneously at both museums. On view May 10 through Jan. 20, 2020, the Design Triennial will feature innovative projects, from 2016 and later, that highlight the ways designers are collaborating with scientists, engineers, farmers, environmentalists and nature itself to design a more harmonious and regenerative future.

Made by Rain is present in both venues.

Article in DAMN° magazine #72

Posted on May 2, 2019

DAMN_Aliki

“If you would describe the works of Aliki van der Kruijs in one sentence, the phrase would probably be a fluid chain of the following key words: water, blue, textile, trance. Her textile works paint the drops of a rainfall or the cadence of the sea. They’re always blue. And they set the mind to a poetic trance.”

Read text by Ringo Gomez-Jorge here.

Winner category design

Posted on February 16, 2019

Open to Art / ceramic award / 3rd Edition
Organised by Officine Saffi, Milan.

ABOUT

Aliki van der Kruijs is Dutch a designer / researcher in the field of textiles. With her work she questions and imagines the relationship between people, nature, color and space. She works on her own research projects, as well on collaborative and commission-based creations.

Her work is process based and fundaments on contextual research. Crafts are combined with her deep interest in Earth science. This navigation brings her to consult or collaborate with scientists in the domains like meteorology, pedology (soil science) and oceanography. The works can be seen as publications about her continuous explorations to the living library of Earth and the material culture of it’s inhabitants. Read more in "The Maths of Rain"

Aliki is also an accomplished photographer, and uses the medium for research, documentation and material in her design process.

C.V.

Aliki obtained a MA in Applied Art at the Sandberg Instituut and a BA in fashion design from the ArtEZ University of Arts. She combines her background in graphic and fashion design in research to how different materials, from ceramics to textiles, can be a means of communication.

Aliki collaborates with companies and institutes like Nike, Wolf-Gordon, Zig Zag Zurich, Sandberg Instituut, Het Nieuwe Instituut as well fashion designers to apply her material research. Currently she is part of the Weavers Werkstatt, a project by Jongeriuslab.

Her work is acquired by the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum (New York), Zuiderzeemuseum (Enkhuizen), Princessehof (Leeuwarden), Textielmuseum (Tilburg), Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (United Arab Emirates), Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (The Netherlands) and private collectors.

For further information or request for collaboration please feel free to contact:

info(at)alikivanderkruijs.com dhwbeb +31(0)614 180 110