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"Experiment is always our starting point," Atelier Fig.'s wall text

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.

The workAtelier Fig. Presents Fringe by Atelier Fig. (Gijs Wouters, Ruben Hoogvliet), with Fringe Tableware 2.0 by Studio Zand, breakfast by Atelier Nori, space made available by Bram Kolen, at Hallenweg 11 (D4). Dutch Design Week 2026 ddw.nl

Other sources

  1. Atelier Fig., website atelierfig.com
  2. OpenStax, Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §6.3 Bone Structure openstax.org
  3. NCI SEER Training. Bone Tissue training.seer.cancer.gov
  4. Dutch Design Week programme archive: Tafelwerk ddw.nl
  5. Dutch Design Week venue: Atelier Fig. ddw.nl
  6. IFDM, Atelier Fig, where objects narrate the process ifdm.design
  7. Maison&Objet, Atelier Fig. brand mom.maison-objet.com
  8. Interior Design, Maison&Objet highlights Dutch design through the Rising Talent Awards interiordesign.net
  9. The Frozen Fountain, Atelier Fig. frozenfountain.com
  10. Dutch Design Daily, DDW26: Area Hallenweg (20 Oct 2026), story and video, covers Atelier Fig. Fringe dutchdesigndaily.com
  11. S: NLM, The Visible Human Project nlm.nih.gov
  12. Kopie van frame cabinets (atelierfig.com) atelierfig.com
  13. atelierfig.com/about atelierfig.com
  14. Fringe coffee mug (atelierfig.com) atelierfig.com
  15. Atelier fig x atelier nori dutch des (shop.ikbenaanwezig.nl) shop.ikbenaanwezig.nl
  16. Ten exhibitions installations dutch design week 2026 (dezeen.com) dezeen.com
  17. bramkolen.nl/work bramkolen.nl

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A process room with a white brick wall, a printed wall text sheet, and wooden jigs and a red lattice object on shelvesPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 2
A brick building entrance with a pink Dutch Design Week D4 sign and the number 10, and a bike stand by the doorPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 3
Small wire-cut clay figures in green, purple, teal, brown, cream and blue pinned to an olive panel on white curtains, beside the studio's wall textPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 4
Shelves of cut-lattice objects in red, white and black on a wooden rack against a gray curtainPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 5
Small tartlets topped with violet petals on a glossy brown ceramic tray cut into a latticePhoto: RN Collins
Slide 6
Code-drawn diagram of a long bone cut lengthwise: a thick compact bone wall and hollow medullary cavity in the shaft, and spongy, trabecular bone filling each end, with a magnified circle showing its grid of thin struts and the spaces between themImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 6.3, Bone Structure, ; NCI SEER Training, Bone TissueMuseum or journal record
Slide 7
Ribbed plates in lilac, yellow and dark green with fig dishes, and a small cup of red jam, on RN's breakfast tablePhoto: RN Collins
Slide 8
RN Collins eats breakfast from a white ribbed dish, seated under a steel stairPhoto: RN Collins
Ring frame
Brick-kiln vault, former Rusthoven brickworks (Steenfabriek Rusthoven), GroningenFrame: Hans Pama, CC BY 2.0, croppedMuseum or journal record
Quotes and video
The wall text and the tour of the work in this post, from RN's video at Atelier Fig.RN's own footage, 18 Oct 2026, Atelier Fig., Hallenweg 11, Eindhoven

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