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Take Part!

During the Dutch Design Week, Atelier Iris Nijenhuis presents a project about social support for local and social production. Visitors at the Kazerne can actively participate in an interactive artwork, consisting of 2500 modular parts, where each colour represents a statement. This visual statistic emphasizes the impact of meaningful work, local production and stimulates discussion about the value of socially produced products. The project unites design and social engagement through collaboration with care institutions for people with intellectual disabilities. Iris Nijenhuis' craft technique plays a central role in this. By giving workshops and sharing her technique, she investigated how her collection can be produced locally and socially with day care. This is also where the desire to design a new product grew, fully aligned with the available 'tools and talents'. The first step for this was to develop a new modular puzzle piece, which she will present at KEVN during DDW.