At the invitation of the Dutch Embassy in France, Design Museum Den Bosch will present a selection from the Posthuman Collection from September 10 to 18 during Paris Design Week at Atelier Néerlandais.
Atelier Néerlandais, part of the Dutch Embassy in Paris, is the platform for Dutch creators in Paris. During Paris Design Week, the embassy offers one Dutch institution the opportunity to present itself. Because of Design Museum Den Bosch’s future-oriented collection and exhibition policy, they have gladly offered us a platform to showcase a selection from this unique collection.
Design Museum Den Bosch will display around thirty striking pieces of jewellery, video installations, photographs, and spectacular wearable objects by, among others, Bart Hess, Lakea Shepard, Loan Favan (Naula_Studio), and Neri Oxman.
Posthuman
The Posthuman Collection of Design Museum Den Bosch is a future-oriented subcollection that has been actively built up since 2017. It consists of products and designs for the future that challenge the traditional relationship between humans, the body, technology, and nature. The collection emerged as a logical further development of the museum’s large, existing modern jewellery collection. Whereas jewellery was once purely decorative, the museum notes that it has since evolved into technological extensions of the body. The objects collected include “wearable objects,” as well as designs, photographs, and films, ranging from commercial products to speculative projects. As a result, the museum is the first in the world to hold a museum collection specifically focused on this philosophical and technological theme. In 2028, Design Museum Den Bosch will organize a major exhibition on this theme.
Visit Atelier Néerlandais
22 Avenue Victoria
75001 Paris
atelierneerlandais.com
Thursday, September 10 | 11 AM-8 PM (vernissage from 5 PM)
Friday, September 11 | 11 AM-6 PM
Saturday, September 12 | 11 AM-8 PM (evening opening)
Sunday, September 13 through Friday, September 18 | 11 AM–6 PM
Atelier Néerlandais is free to visit during Paris Design Week, as are most of the other participating galleries, shops, and showrooms.