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Kho Liang Ie, Schipholboek: a presentation book bound in wood featuring photographs, design studies and handwritten comments about the interior of Schiphol Airport, originally made for a Unesco presentation. Archive Nel Verschuuren/Kho Liang Ie & Associates. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, NVER 410. Art direction: Studio Veronica Ditting. Photography: Tim Elkaïm.

With a temporary archive installation, Het Nieuwe Instituut speculates on the possible contents of an archive for design and digital culture from the Netherlands. Who will save what – and how, and why – for future generations? Together with its visitors, Speculative Design Archive uncovers the value of both acknowledged masterpieces and forgotten treasures.

The installation follows the entire archival process: collecting, storing, arranging and describing items, reconstructing their origins and determining their value and significance.

The Speculative Design Archive offers visitors a peek in to the archives of organisations such as V2_ and Droog, and companies such as Vlisco and Artifort; of renowned studios such as Kho Liang Ie, Wim Glles, Lust, Geert Lap, Hella Jongerius and Vincent de Rijk, as well as young designers and collectives, exemplifying the richness and variety a Dutch design archive could offer, while at the same time researching how these treasures could best be housed and made accessible.

Speculative Design Archive. Photo: Johannes Schwartz
19/10/2018 – 10/03/2019

Het Nieuwe Instituut
Museumpark 25
3015 CB Rotterdam

Tuesday — Wednesday
11.00 — 17.00

Thursday
11.00 — 21.00

Friday — Sunday
11.00 — 17.00

 
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curated by Floor van Ast & Job Meihuizen
exhibition design Roel Huisman with Bart van Merode
graphic design Studio Veronica Ditting
photography Tim Elkaïm