Sharing Blue

August 5, 2016

Crafts Council Nederland nodigt vier maker-designers uit om naar Kyushu, Japan te reizen om tijdens een crafts exhange het indigo erfgoed van Nederland en Japan te onderzoeken. Liselore Frowijn, Maaike Gottschal, Aliki van der Kruijs en Adrianus Kundert zullen de gebruiken en tradities bestuderen en zullen dit ambacht, dat met vele mysteries omgeven is, doen herleven. De ontwerpers leren er rechtstreeks van ervaren meesters en doen onderzoek naar de waarde van indigo voor creatieve en duurzame oplossingen en voor hedendaagse toepassingen in mode, design en kunst. De resultaten worden tijdens de Dutch Design Week gepresenteerd.

Weather or Not

June 30, 2016

Some hail exposed textiles from the serie Cumulonimbis – Hail will be on the groupshow Weather or Not in the MU, Eindhoven from
1 July – 25 September 2016.

Official opening Tilia Patina

June 9, 2016

After spending a lot of hours in an overall last months, I could dress up for the opening of the gate Tilia Patina that was officially opened on the 8th june by the alderman of living and art in Amsterdam Zuid. You can visit the gate at the Meerlandstraat in Amsterdam near the RAI. Working on a book now about the process and production.

KD Made From Rain

February 27, 2016

Nike launched a graphic t-shirt with my print for the KD collection of basketball player Kevin Durand. It is available in three colours.

Inspired by Kevin Durant’s love for meteorology are these Nike KD Made From Rain T-Shirts to match some of the latest Nike KD 8 colorways. With allover graphics that reflect a wet effect on the front, back and sleeves, these Nike KD tees pay tribute to “The Weatherman” with his logo on the sleeve and a Swoosh tag at the hem. 

Next Up, Kazerne Eindhoven

February 21, 2016

In the Kazerne Expo, guest curator Jeroen Junte shows Dutch Design by an involved post crisis generation: “Involvement and candidness are striking qualities of the young generation of designers. No longer problems and obstacles are dominating their mentality, but chances and solutions. This inspires for design with a positive contribution on the societal issues.”

My project Made by Rain is part in the expo and open for the public from 21 february till mid-September 2016.
www.kazerne.com

Made by Rain in China

January 9, 2016

On the initiative of DutchCulture, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen’s highly successful ‘The Future of Fashion is Now’ is on show in China from 29 October – 28 Febrary at OCT Contemporary Art Terminal in Shanghai and from 26 March – 31 July at OCT Art & Design Gallery in Shenzen. The project Made by Rain is selected for this show as one of the 25 international participants.

www.thefutureoffashionisnow.com

INTERNS / GRADUATING PLACES

November 23, 2015

Together with design studio’s Alissa+Nienke, Govert Flint and Luuk van den Broek we are preparing ourselves for designing the office of the future. Schiphol Real Estate is our partner and together we are starting a design research and development.

For being able to do so we are in need of graduating students who are enthusiastic on graduating at our company or students who are searching for an internship. In case you are interested, check here to see what we are looking for!

Operæ design festival

November 4, 2015

From 6 – 8 November I present my projects Made by Rain and Daylit at the design festival Operæ in Turino, Italy.
With the generous support of the stimuleringsfonds voor creatieve industrie.

Dutch Design Week 18-25 october

October 17, 2015

During the Dutch Design Week I will present two projects:

* ‘Beyond the Monstera’, a New Window project at the Kazerne (Paradijslaan 2-8)
* Follow up on the work ‘Daylit’ in the No Static show of Dutch Invertuals (Fuutlaan 12b)

In the shop I Wait Here (Smalle Haven 4) there are some products of my hand.

UNSEEN Photo Fair Amsterdam

September 18, 2015

I am proud to inform you that Galerie Bart represents my work during the Unseen photo fair Amsterdam.

Made by Rain in Tokyo

August 22, 2015

Textiles from the serie Made by Rain together with photographs from the serie Night Rain will be on show in the group exhibition ‘CONTACT’ from 28th of August – 3th October in the KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY in Tokyo.

Artists:
FUJISAKI Ryoichi
Akira FUJIMOTO
Aliki van der Kruijs

” One of the broad interpretation of “photography” is that it is an evidence of substances directly being in “contact” – either optically or physically. Such way of thinking has been advocated by various critics for example Rosalind E. Krauss and many others, and the exhibition title “contact” derives from the ideas of such context. “

Kana Kawanishi

Gallery / Office:
3-9-11, Minami Azabu, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-0047 JAPAN

Bronze in progress

July 10, 2015

After winning the design of the gate (posted 16th Feb) the execution of the real gate started. Adriaan Aarnoudse Architect and I are momently working on the next steps to prepare production. Below some first examples of casted branches in bronze that will fill up the circle in the middle. It’s exited to work with craftsman on this project and we are learning a lot.
Delivery is planned for April 2016 so to be continued!

The Archeology Department by IWH Agency

May 24, 2015

The Archeology Department
Date: 29-31/05/2015
Time: daily 11.00-18.00
Adress: Prins Hendrikstraat 39, The Hague

At DesignKwartier 2015 IWH Agency proudly presents Aliki van der Kruijs, Jetske Visser, Kirstie van Noort, Nienke Hoogvliet, Nikkie Wester and Daan Spanjers.

At a beautiful, historical location called ‘The Temple’, the designers present studies of subject and matter, all in their own way related to the usual residents: The Archeology Department. The work presented change the perspective since there are many similarities found between the work methods of the designer and the archeologist. Both permanent and temporary residents study, document and analyse. Discover how old techniques are being used in new ways and how history is placed in a different context.

« Hungry Eyes » by PROOFFlab Magazine

May 10, 2015

« Hungry Eyes » is a series of portraits made during the Salone del Mobile by PROOFFLab Magazine curated by Studio Makkink&Bey. Various Milan exhibitors, me included,  are featured in a series of short interviews about their work. PROOFFLabMagazine decided to focus their eye on people in their Milanese exhibition surroundings. Capturing work-related postures and activities in a series of inspiring still life images. Trendtablet published the serie that you can read here

New Window x Aliki van der Kruijs

May 8, 2015

In the coming weeks I will update the proces of a new project for New Window. New Window is a (online)platform by Woes van Haaften that gives an insight into the creation of art and design objects, each displayed and sold in a new window. Follow here the process of my window-project!

“la pluie hollandaise”

May 6, 2015

My project Made by Rain is selected for the Blue Mood #1 exhibition by the collective Rhenanie.

15th may – 15th June in the Chapelle St Quirin Sélestat, France.

DUTCH INVERTUALS MILAN

April 12, 2015

As part of the collective Dutch Invertuals I will present my new work ‘Daylit’ in the show: Bodylanguage

Winning design pitch for gate new residential building

February 16, 2015

Presstext Sandberg Instituut:

Artist Aliki van der Kruijs has been chosen as the winner of a pitch for the gate design of the new residential block “Square”. This was announced during a ceremony yesterday at the Square construction site in Amsterdam-Zuid. The design pitch was organised by Bureau De Kunst and commissioned by housing organisation—and Square developer—Wonam to honour the tradition of the Amsterdam-Zuid area to integrate art into architecture.

The jury, chaired by Francisca Benthem (Bureau De Kunst), unanimously voted for Van der Kruijs’ design that blends geometrical shapes with organic patterns. It is a 5 x 5 meter square steel bar fence, with a circulair branche pattern in bronze in the centre—a reference to the monumental tree that will be planted in the courtyard.

Van der Kruijs was inspired by the abstracted natural forms in Berlage’s architectural drawings. She took the Tree of Life as a starting point, which in former times was often depicted in transom windows. This metaphor fits well with the building’s future residents; with Square Wonam targets the market of young, first time home owners.

Francisca Benthem: ‘We are very excited about this design. Van der Kruijs created a visually strong image that is classic and timeless. In the context of the Square-project her symbolic, archetypical shapes of a circle in a square were very convincing.”

Design development in collaboration with Adriaan Aarnoudse Architect.

Volkskrant Magazine

February 16, 2015

Collaboration with ZigZagZurich published in Volkskrant Magazine, 14&15 feb 2015

To sleep under the rain

December 15, 2014

The company ZigZagZurich makes bedlinnen with a pattern that came out of the project Made by Rain!
They just launched their website and productrange.

Here you can order the product!

Article in Volkskrant Magazine

October 25, 2014

Interview on Dutch Television

October 5, 2014

Two weeks ago, director Ruud Pelgrum and his crew came to my studio to make a portret of me and the work Made by Rain for the program Avro Kunstuur. The interview is part from an item about the opening of the exhibition The Future Of Fasion Is Now and will be on Dutch Television tonight, 5th october.
See here, starting from minute 15.30

from 17.05 on NPO 2