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17-25 October 2026

Heavy Metals

From the dawn of humanity through the Iron Age and into the Industrial Revolution, society has built itself with a spine of metals.

Hosted by Het Beun Collectief

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Entrance fee

Free access

Event type

Exhibition

Accessibility

Tactile
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Partially wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair friendly toilet available

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Steel, Copper, Gold and Silver have functioned in currency, machines, and culture alike. Before the age of synthetic plastics, many household items were fashioned from metals. Metals are indispensable.

What to expect?

With the use of metals comes the cultural phenomenon of Heavy Metal. Whether you think of raging guitars or steampunk societies, metals hold a place in the heart that is not only physical. The heavy shaping and processing metal spawns an aesthetic and cultural niche, defined by the greasy shimmer of metallic objects. How humans could take an inconspicuous rock ore and create such a vast array of objects is what we aim to explore in our theme Heavy Metal. From the cult status of metal artists to the finest details in jewelry, we show you the breadth of the world of metal, encapsulating why it fascinates us to this day as a material.

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About Het Beun Collectief

Het Beun Collectief, is a collective startup that started in 2024, with Industrial Design students from the TU/e. What started as a search for a workshop to work on personal projects, grew into a collaborative design space, filled with machines and tools. A space where we are able to learn, help, and motivate each other, within our projects, studies, and companies.

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Designer Abel Jongsma
Designer Klaas Muller
Designer Dotte van den Elshout
Designer Jeroen Polderman
Designer Titus Kalksma