Nominated for the Minerva Design Award 2024.
Exhibited at the Minerva Graduation Show 2024, Groningen;
at the Open Monumentendag and Groninger Museumnacht with GRID in de A-Kerk;
in the Kunstgrote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 2025.
This project explores the intertwining narratives of growing up as a glass child and a sister struggling with anorexia. It delves into scientific aspects as well as a personal stream, venturing beyond the boundaries of their typical comfort zone.
The result is a very personal and vulnerable book. It aims to provide knowledge through scientific explanations as well as a personal story, gaining insights and increasing understanding for all persons affected - it aims to stimulate support, validation, and solace for their own reality.
The beauty of the book is that there is so much to explore and discover yourself by browsing through. As personal and vulnerable as it is –
Let Us Connect.
There is a distinction of a scientific and personal stream. To validate my own experience I needed science and facts. They offered me knowledge and assurance, because it can not be wrong if it is based on facts, right? This is translated into the set up of the book – it is hidden in between the regular pages, functioning as a supporting base and framing the personal story.
The personal story is written in a total of three languages – German, Dutch, and English. Due to my bilingual upbringing I relate to certain phases and experiences in either rather German or Dutch. The English language is very present in my life, too, and it contributes to the accessibility.
While I wrote down my own experiences I had time and space to reflect on those experiences – how I feel now about those stories is not necessarily how I felt in the actual moment. There is a contrast between today and then, between my inner and outer world of emotions. This is showcased with personal notes as well as with a guiding, red thread. On the outside I kept things quiet and adapted. And even if i didn't fully realise it at the time, there were more feelings and omissions on the inside. Frustration. Sadness. Anger. Despair. Pain. Those are portrayed on the literal inside of the pages, hiding away. The red thread that guided me through this whole process, maybe even through my whole personal experience, has been an essential companion.
Utilising design to solve and connect.
There is so much to explore and discover.
Nominated for the Minerva Design Award 2024.
Exhibited at the Minerva Graduation Show 2024, Groningen;
at the Open Monumentendag and the Groninger Museumnacht together with GRID in de A-Kerk;
in the Kunstgrote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 2025.
