Z33

Jan Boelen, Johanna Agermann Ross of Disegno magazine and  freelance design writer and critic Tamar Shafrir discuss the role of design discourse and critique at the horizon of Milan Design Week.

With exhibition ‘The Wilde Things,’ Z33 explores new presentation models for contemporary jewellery in context of a wearer and within a narrative framework. Furthermore it takes a critical look at current developments within this discipline, which has evolved since the 1960s to become an autonomous, artistic, and reflective design practice.

In the first Z33 Debate, ‘Future Thinking,’ Jan Boelen and Tobias Revell explore a series of questions related to design and future thinking. Whereas all designers design for the future, some do it more intentionally than others; for some, proposing or facilitating alternative future visions is the core of their work.

Steve Robyns (1981) is a Limburg-based maker, designer and artist. Z33 presents Into The Unknown, his first solo exhibition, in collaboration with Kunstenwerkplaats VONK. The show features Robyns’ full collection of functional sculptures, born from a long-standing fascination with the extraterrestrial. His sources of inspiration are documentaries and science fiction films.