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A building named after the body

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 workSee the work on the Dutch Design Week programme ddw.nl

Other sources

  1. rombout.design rombout.design
  2. normal expiration is passive) openstax.org
  3. the cervical curve develops as the infant holds the head upright, the lumbar curve as the child stands and walks) openstax.org
  4. The body building (ddw.nl) ddw.nl

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
Two visitors sit in wooden huts lettered HerstelHuisje in a greenhousePhoto: Max Kneefel/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
A wooden hut carrying the names Heijmans and Rombout Frieling, with handwritten visitor cards pinned to itPhoto: Max Kneefel/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 3
A blue wall lettered Designing Society in the greenhouse on Ketelhuisplein, the show that held the hutsPhoto: Max Kneefel/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 4
A person seen from behind on a night platform, facing upright light tubes: Rombout Frieling lab's TRANSPHERE, from the press kitPhoto: Rombout Frieling lab/DDW press kitMuseum or journal record
Slide 5
Diagram of the rib cage and diaphragm: the diaphragm flattens downward and the ribs move out as you breathe inImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 22.3 (during quiet breathing the diaphragm and external intercostals contract; the diaphragm moves inferiorly; the external intercostals move the ribs upward and outward, increasing thoracic volume; normal expiration is passive), read 28 Oct 2026Museum or journal record
Slide 6
Diagram of the spine from the side with its four curves, two marked as forming after birthImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 7.3 (four adult curvatures; thoracic and sacrococcygeal are primary, kept from the fetus; the cervical curve develops as the infant holds the head upright, the lumbar curve as the child stands and walks), read 28 Oct 2026Museum or journal record
Slide 7
A visitor ties a shoe inside a wooden hut, sneakers on the floor: the huts were used shoes offPhoto: Max Kneefel/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Ring frame
Dolls' house of Petronella Dunois, Rijksmuseum (BK-14656)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record

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