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STRIATED by JAE KO at 22MUSE Gallery Antwerp

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22MUSE Antwerp presents Jae Ko’s first solo exhibition in Belgium, STRIATED. Featuring works from her decades-long practice and a site-specific installation, the exhibition explores material, landscape, memory and transformation through recycled paper.

22MUSE presents STRIATED, Jae Ko’s first solo exhibition in Belgium 23.10-28.11.26. Alongside works created at Ko’s atelier, the exhibition features Striated, a site-specific installation created especially for 22MUSE.

The exhibition brings together works from a formative period in Ko’s decades-long practice, exploring material transformation, process and the natural world. Working primarily with recycled paper, sumi ink and pigmented ink, Ko transforms paper through rolling, compressing, binding, carving and other repetitive processes into sculptural forms that evoke geological strata, landscapes and organic growth. Her practice explores time, memory, impermanence, sustainability and the relationship between built and natural environments.

For more than 40 years, paper has been central to Ko’s practice. Influenced by topography, geology, architecture and Constructivism, her work occupies a space between sculpture, architecture and landscape.

STRIATED by JAE KO at 22MUSE Gallery Antwerp full press release https://designspotter.com/newswire/striated-by-jae-ko-at-22muse-gallery-antwerp/
22MUSE Antwerp presents Jae Ko’s first solo exhibition in Belgium, STRIATED. Featuring works from her decades-long practice and a site-specific installation, the exhibition explores material, landscape, memory and transformation through recycled paper.

22MUSE presents STRIATED, Jae Ko’s first solo exhibition in Belgium 23.10-28.11.26. Alongside works created at Ko’s atelier, the exhibition features Striated, a site-specific installation created especially for 22MUSE.

The exhibition brings together works from a formative period in Ko’s decades-long practice, exploring material transformation, process and the natural world. Working primarily with recycled paper, sumi ink and pigmented ink, Ko transforms paper through rolling, compressing, binding, carving and other repetitive processes into sculptural forms that evoke geological strata, landscapes and organic growth. Her practice explores time, memory, impermanence, sustainability and the relationship between built and natural environments.

For more than 40 years, paper has been central to Ko’s practice. Influenced by topography, geology, architecture and Constructivism, her work occupies a space between sculpture, architecture and landscape.

TABLE OF POWER – SHOW NOT SHOW – DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2026
full press release https://designspotter.com/newswire/table-of-power-show-not-show-dutch-design-week/

SHOW NOT SHOW returns to Dutch Design Week with TABLE OF POWER at de Kruisruimte, Eindhoven, 17–25 October 2026. A group exhibition with guest exhibitors, centred around a long table inspired by Jacqueline Hassink’s The Table of Power.
SHOW NOT SHOW returns to Dutch Design Week with TABLE OF POWER, a group exhibition at de Kruisruimte in Eindhoven from 17–25 October 2026. At its heart is a long table, created as the setting for the official DDW opening dinner for the international press—the people who influence what is seen, discussed and remembered in the design world. Inspired by Jacqueline Hassink’s The Table of Power, the exhibition transforms the table from a symbol of institutional power into a platform for participation and interpretation.

The exhibition brings together SHOW NOT SHOW members Frank Penders, Lucas Zito, Marc Meeuwissen (Dear Objects), MOKKO (Aad Bos), Studio Fabius Clovis and Studio Luuk van Laarhoven, alongside guest exhibitors Aleksandra Adamchyk, Kilian Vos and Pablo Octavio. Their practices explore material transformation, craftsmanship, technology, sculpture, furniture, lighting and the relationship between digital and physical worlds.

Image: © Frank Penders

TABLE OF POWER – SHOW NOT SHOW – DUTCH DESIGN WEEK full press release https://designspotter.com/newswire/table-of-power-show-not-show-dutch-design-week/
SHOW NOT SHOW returns to Dutch Design Week with TABLE OF POWER at de Kruisruimte, Eindhoven, 17–25 October 2026. A group exhibition with guest exhibitors, centred around a long table inspired by Jacqueline Hassink’s The Table of Power.

SHOW NOT SHOW returns to Dutch Design Week with TABLE OF POWER, a group exhibition at de Kruisruimte in Eindhoven from 17–25 October 2026. At its heart is a long table, created as the setting for the official DDW opening dinner for the international press—the people who influence what is seen, discussed and remembered in the design world. Inspired by Jacqueline Hassink’s The Table of Power, the exhibition transforms the table from a symbol of institutional power into a platform for participation and interpretation.

The exhibition brings together SHOW NOT SHOW members Frank Penders, Lucas Zito, Marc Meeuwissen (Dear Objects), MOKKO (Aad Bos), Studio Fabius Clovis and Studio Luuk van Laarhoven, alongside guest exhibitors Aleksandra Adamchyk, Kilian Vos and Pablo Octavio. Their practices explore material transformation, craftsmanship, technology, sculpture, furniture, lighting and the relationship between digital and physical worlds.

Image: © Frank Penders

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MONAD ORIGIN at Berlin Art Week
full press release https://designspotter.com/newswire/monad-origin-at-berlin-art-week/

Experience WITNESS by MONAD ORIGIN at DISTILL during Berlin Art Week, 9–13 September. Explore perception, presence and experience through a solo exhibition, with live performances and a special opening on 10 September.

WITNESS by MONAD ORIGIN explores sound as a force capable of becoming physical form. At DISTILL during Berlin Art Week, sculpture, light, vibration and live image-making transform the invisible into tangible experience. Sound-generated objects, laser works and immersive installations shift between stillness and vibration, object and event. Founded by Nick Peeters and Anujin Byambaa, the Belgium-based studio translates raw sound frequencies into limited-edition furniture and sculptural forms, allowing sound waves to determine their shape. Visitors can also commission a unique artefact generated from a meaningful sound—a voice, memory or moment—creating a one-of-a-kind “personal frequency” made physical. MONAD ORIGIN has presented internationally across Europe and Dubai. DISTILL, founded by Marie Polo, offers an intimate setting where contemporary art, performance and sensory experience converge. The exhibition’s sound system is powered by HIFILORD.

Tjep. 25 years! Retrospective
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To mark 25 years of the studio, we are looking back with 3 retrospectives: Architecture & Sculptures — July, Objects & Products — (click on link to external file), Jewellery — October.

Frank Tjepkema pairs artistic invention with design that works in the real world, across a range of disciplines. He is owner and creative director of design studio Tjep., and creative director of contemporary jewellery brand OYUKIO.

Founded in 2001 by Frank Tjepkema, Tjep. is an Amsterdam-based design studio working across jewellery, products, furniture, interiors, public spaces and architecture. It pairs bold artistic vision with sharp commercial instinct, moving between acclaimed commissions — from Schiphol to the entrance gate of Paleis Het Loo — and provocative gallery pieces such as the Recession Chair, Bling Bling and Oogst that challenge conventions and reflect the spirit of the times, often with a touch of irony but always crafted with passion. Tjep.’s work is held in collections including the Centre Pompidou, the Stedelijk Museum and Cooper Hewitt.

Image: Oranje Vase (Royal Leerdam, collection Paleis het Loo)
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