9th November 2022
Beyond Nature
Beyond Nature
Curated by COLLECTIONAL
Group Show
Nature has always been an indisputable source of inspiration for creation. BEYOND NATURE celebrates nature at its core - its origins, its fundamental truths. It invites visitors into a contemplative exploration of provenance, of the unseen forces that spark life and creativity. At the heart of this exhibition are the four classical elements: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire.
Earth is synonymous with truth and rootedness - materialised through rocks and minerals that ground and sustain. It is the architect beneath the surface, the silent crafter, the womb to life.
Water flows with elegance and mystery. It nourishes all living things, embodies humility, and adapts with grace. It is a life-giving force, impossible to contain, moving in infinite cycles.
Air is intangible and weightless, yet essential. It reflects light, space, and time, an invisible presence that surrounds, carries, and transforms.
Fire, both constructive and destructive, is a sacred symbol of transformation. It exists only by consuming, igniting passion and energy, illuminating the path forward.
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BEYOND NATURE reflects on these elements not as metaphors, but as ever-present forces, creative, cyclical, and alive. Within them lies a shared language between the natural world and the design that emerges from it.
The exhibition unfolds as an immersive ecosystem, with works by designers such as Sabine Marcelis, EWE Studio, Jan Ernst, Nada Debs, Kooij, Christopher Boots, and many others. The space flows organically, allowing the pieces to converse through their materials, carved stone, flowing glass, textured metals, charred wood, and layered resins.
Rather than dividing the elements physically, they are sensed emotionally and materially throughout the space, lightness meets solidity, fluidity contrasts with structure, and warmth radiates from form. The result is a sensory environment that blurs the boundaries between the elemental and the designed, inviting reflection on the intimate bond between nature and creation.
Founded by Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, Apparatus is a New York studio blending lighting, furniture, and objects into immersive environments. Known for combining sensual materials with hand-finished brass, the studio celebrates the balance of craftsmanship and refinement.
Apparatus Studio
Founded by Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, Apparatus is a New York studio blending lighting, furniture, and objects into immersive environments. Known for combining sensual materials with hand-finished brass, the studio celebrates the balance of craftsmanship and refinement.
Apparatus Studio
Founded by Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, Apparatus is a New York studio blending lighting, furniture, and objects into immersive environments. Known for combining sensual materials with hand-finished brass, the studio celebrates the balance of craftsmanship and refinement.
Apparatus Studio
Founded by Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, Apparatus is a New York studio blending lighting, furniture, and objects into immersive environments. Known for combining sensual materials with hand-finished brass, the studio celebrates the balance of craftsmanship and refinement.
Apparatus Studio
Founded by Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, Apparatus is a New York studio blending lighting, furniture, and objects into immersive environments. Known for combining sensual materials with hand-finished brass, the studio celebrates the balance of craftsmanship and refinement.
Apparatus Studio
Founded by Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, Apparatus is a New York studio blending lighting, furniture, and objects into immersive environments. Known for combining sensual materials with hand-finished brass, the studio celebrates the balance of craftsmanship and refinement.
Apparatus Studio
Christopher Boots is a Melbourne-based designer whose sculptural lighting pieces draw inspiration from nature, mythology, and classical form. With a background in industrial design, his work celebrates materiality and light through precise craftsmanship and poetic storytelling.
Christopher Boots
Christopher Boots is a Melbourne-based designer whose sculptural lighting pieces draw inspiration from nature, mythology, and classical form. With a background in industrial design, his work celebrates materiality and light through precise craftsmanship and poetic storytelling.
Christopher Boots
Christopher Boots is a Melbourne-based designer whose sculptural lighting pieces draw inspiration from nature, mythology, and classical form. With a background in industrial design, his work celebrates materiality and light through precise craftsmanship and poetic storytelling.
Christopher Boots
Christopher Boots is a Melbourne-based designer whose sculptural lighting pieces draw inspiration from nature, mythology, and classical form. With a background in industrial design, his work celebrates materiality and light through precise craftsmanship and poetic storytelling.
Christopher Boots
Christopher Boots is a Melbourne-based designer whose sculptural lighting pieces draw inspiration from nature, mythology, and classical form. With a background in industrial design, his work celebrates materiality and light through precise craftsmanship and poetic storytelling.
Christopher Boots
Christopher Boots is a Melbourne-based designer whose sculptural lighting pieces draw inspiration from nature, mythology, and classical form. With a background in industrial design, his work celebrates materiality and light through precise craftsmanship and poetic storytelling.
Christopher Boots
Draga & Aurel is a Como-based studio blending fine art, craft, and design. Known for reinventing vintage pieces through layered resin and brass compositions, their work merges bold color with material transparency and handcraft.
Draga & Aurel
Draga & Aurel is a Como-based studio blending fine art, craft, and design. Known for reinventing vintage pieces through layered resin and brass compositions, their work merges bold color with material transparency and handcraft.
Draga & Aurel
Draga & Aurel is a Como-based studio blending fine art, craft, and design. Known for reinventing vintage pieces through layered resin and brass compositions, their work merges bold color with material transparency and handcraft.
Draga & Aurel
Draga & Aurel is a Como-based studio blending fine art, craft, and design. Known for reinventing vintage pieces through layered resin and brass compositions, their work merges bold color with material transparency and handcraft.
Draga & Aurel
Draga & Aurel is a Como-based studio blending fine art, craft, and design. Known for reinventing vintage pieces through layered resin and brass compositions, their work merges bold color with material transparency and handcraft.
Draga & Aurel
Draga & Aurel is a Como-based studio blending fine art, craft, and design. Known for reinventing vintage pieces through layered resin and brass compositions, their work merges bold color with material transparency and handcraft.
Draga & Aurel
Based in Cape Town, Jan Ernst is a multidisciplinary designer whose ceramic works are inspired by nature’s forms. His creations balance organic structure and surrealist expression, transforming functional objects into sculptural, sensorial experiences.
Jan Ernst
Based in Cape Town, Jan Ernst is a multidisciplinary designer whose ceramic works are inspired by nature’s forms. His creations balance organic structure and surrealist expression, transforming functional objects into sculptural, sensorial experiences.
Jan Ernst
Based in Cape Town, Jan Ernst is a multidisciplinary designer whose ceramic works are inspired by nature’s forms. His creations balance organic structure and surrealist expression, transforming functional objects into sculptural, sensorial experiences.
Jan Ernst
Based in Cape Town, Jan Ernst is a multidisciplinary designer whose ceramic works are inspired by nature’s forms. His creations balance organic structure and surrealist expression, transforming functional objects into sculptural, sensorial experiences.
Jan Ernst
Based in Cape Town, Jan Ernst is a multidisciplinary designer whose ceramic works are inspired by nature’s forms. His creations balance organic structure and surrealist expression, transforming functional objects into sculptural, sensorial experiences.
Jan Ernst
Based in Cape Town, Jan Ernst is a multidisciplinary designer whose ceramic works are inspired by nature’s forms. His creations balance organic structure and surrealist expression, transforming functional objects into sculptural, sensorial experiences.
Jan Ernst
Founded in 2009 by Dirk Vander Kooij, Kooij is a Dutch design studio transforming reclaimed plastics into bold, tactile furniture through self-developed 3D printing techniques. Guided by principles of longevity, joy, and material honesty, Kooij gives discarded materials a new, enduring identity.
Kooij
Founded in 2009 by Dirk Vander Kooij, Kooij is a Dutch design studio transforming reclaimed plastics into bold, tactile furniture through self-developed 3D printing techniques. Guided by principles of longevity, joy, and material honesty, Kooij gives discarded materials a new, enduring identity.
Kooij
Founded in 2009 by Dirk Vander Kooij, Kooij is a Dutch design studio transforming reclaimed plastics into bold, tactile furniture through self-developed 3D printing techniques. Guided by principles of longevity, joy, and material honesty, Kooij gives discarded materials a new, enduring identity.
Kooij
Founded in 2009 by Dirk Vander Kooij, Kooij is a Dutch design studio transforming reclaimed plastics into bold, tactile furniture through self-developed 3D printing techniques. Guided by principles of longevity, joy, and material honesty, Kooij gives discarded materials a new, enduring identity.
Kooij
Founded in 2009 by Dirk Vander Kooij, Kooij is a Dutch design studio transforming reclaimed plastics into bold, tactile furniture through self-developed 3D printing techniques. Guided by principles of longevity, joy, and material honesty, Kooij gives discarded materials a new, enduring identity.
Kooij
Founded in 2009 by Dirk Vander Kooij, Kooij is a Dutch design studio transforming reclaimed plastics into bold, tactile furniture through self-developed 3D printing techniques. Guided by principles of longevity, joy, and material honesty, Kooij gives discarded materials a new, enduring identity.
Kooij
Studio Laurids Gallée is a Rotterdam-based design practice with a focus on creating distinctive, unique pieces.
The creative process is characterised by a mandatory playfulness that reveals the artistic depth behind the work and places material in front of functionality.
By merging craftsmanship with contemporary manufacturing techniques, the studio bridges traditional and modern processes.
Laurids Gallée
Studio Laurids Gallée is a Rotterdam-based design practice with a focus on creating distinctive, unique pieces.
The creative process is characterised by a mandatory playfulness that reveals the artistic depth behind the work and places material in front of functionality.
By merging craftsmanship with contemporary manufacturing techniques, the studio bridges traditional and modern processes.
Laurids Gallée
Studio Laurids Gallée is a Rotterdam-based design practice with a focus on creating distinctive, unique pieces.
The creative process is characterised by a mandatory playfulness that reveals the artistic depth behind the work and places material in front of functionality.
By merging craftsmanship with contemporary manufacturing techniques, the studio bridges traditional and modern processes.
Laurids Gallée
Studio Laurids Gallée is a Rotterdam-based design practice with a focus on creating distinctive, unique pieces.
The creative process is characterised by a mandatory playfulness that reveals the artistic depth behind the work and places material in front of functionality.
By merging craftsmanship with contemporary manufacturing techniques, the studio bridges traditional and modern processes.
Laurids Gallée
Studio Laurids Gallée is a Rotterdam-based design practice with a focus on creating distinctive, unique pieces.
The creative process is characterised by a mandatory playfulness that reveals the artistic depth behind the work and places material in front of functionality.
By merging craftsmanship with contemporary manufacturing techniques, the studio bridges traditional and modern processes.
Laurids Gallée
Studio Laurids Gallée is a Rotterdam-based design practice with a focus on creating distinctive, unique pieces.
The creative process is characterised by a mandatory playfulness that reveals the artistic depth behind the work and places material in front of functionality.
By merging craftsmanship with contemporary manufacturing techniques, the studio bridges traditional and modern processes.
Laurids Gallée
Mitchell is a British designer creating thoughtful, narrative-driven objects rooted in industrial design. Born in England in 1997, he has worked across Europe and Asia and is now based in Amsterdam with a leading Dutch design studio.
His practice is defined by a reflective approach, each piece a study in form, emotion, and material. Blending traditional craftsmanship with modern manufacturing, his work responds to contemporary issues while echoing design history.
Mark Mitchell
Mitchell is a British designer creating thoughtful, narrative-driven objects rooted in industrial design. Born in England in 1997, he has worked across Europe and Asia and is now based in Amsterdam with a leading Dutch design studio.
His practice is defined by a reflective approach, each piece a study in form, emotion, and material. Blending traditional craftsmanship with modern manufacturing, his work responds to contemporary issues while echoing design history.
Mark Mitchell
Mitchell is a British designer creating thoughtful, narrative-driven objects rooted in industrial design. Born in England in 1997, he has worked across Europe and Asia and is now based in Amsterdam with a leading Dutch design studio.
His practice is defined by a reflective approach, each piece a study in form, emotion, and material. Blending traditional craftsmanship with modern manufacturing, his work responds to contemporary issues while echoing design history.
Mark Mitchell
Mitchell is a British designer creating thoughtful, narrative-driven objects rooted in industrial design. Born in England in 1997, he has worked across Europe and Asia and is now based in Amsterdam with a leading Dutch design studio.
His practice is defined by a reflective approach, each piece a study in form, emotion, and material. Blending traditional craftsmanship with modern manufacturing, his work responds to contemporary issues while echoing design history.
Mark Mitchell
Mitchell is a British designer creating thoughtful, narrative-driven objects rooted in industrial design. Born in England in 1997, he has worked across Europe and Asia and is now based in Amsterdam with a leading Dutch design studio.
His practice is defined by a reflective approach, each piece a study in form, emotion, and material. Blending traditional craftsmanship with modern manufacturing, his work responds to contemporary issues while echoing design history.
Mark Mitchell
Mitchell is a British designer creating thoughtful, narrative-driven objects rooted in industrial design. Born in England in 1997, he has worked across Europe and Asia and is now based in Amsterdam with a leading Dutch design studio.
His practice is defined by a reflective approach, each piece a study in form, emotion, and material. Blending traditional craftsmanship with modern manufacturing, his work responds to contemporary issues while echoing design history.
Mark Mitchell
Operating under denHolm, artist Steven John Clark sculpts limestone furniture by hand in South Australia. His pieces blend fine art with function, showcasing the natural character of stone through expressive, tactile forms.
Steven John Clark
Operating under denHolm, artist Steven John Clark sculpts limestone furniture by hand in South Australia. His pieces blend fine art with function, showcasing the natural character of stone through expressive, tactile forms.
Steven John Clark
Operating under denHolm, artist Steven John Clark sculpts limestone furniture by hand in South Australia. His pieces blend fine art with function, showcasing the natural character of stone through expressive, tactile forms.
Steven John Clark
Operating under denHolm, artist Steven John Clark sculpts limestone furniture by hand in South Australia. His pieces blend fine art with function, showcasing the natural character of stone through expressive, tactile forms.
Steven John Clark
Operating under denHolm, artist Steven John Clark sculpts limestone furniture by hand in South Australia. His pieces blend fine art with function, showcasing the natural character of stone through expressive, tactile forms.
Steven John Clark
Operating under denHolm, artist Steven John Clark sculpts limestone furniture by hand in South Australia. His pieces blend fine art with function, showcasing the natural character of stone through expressive, tactile forms.
Steven John Clark
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