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The graduation show I didn't reach: body projects

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

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

Other sources

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Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
Visitors outside the Graduation Show building beside a sign reading Arena, the show's talk spacePhoto: Cleo Goossens/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
Red knitted tissue forms with oval openings, likely from Eva van Caem's installation; the post is about how it enlarges body tissuePhoto: Cleo Goossens/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 3
Diagram of fat, muscle and skin, each with its job in the bodyImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e: section 4.3 (adipose cells store surplus energy and contribute to thermal insulation; white adipose tissue cushions the back of the eye and protects the kidneys), section 4.4 (muscle cells are contractile: they shorten and generate a pulling force), section 5.3 (the skin protects the body and is a barrier against water loss); read 28 Oct 2026. The three behaviours cushioning, contraction, protection are the maker's (designacademy.nl page 10292)
Slide 4
Copper-pink ceramic panels with dark pits and cracks on steel racks, likely Soyeon Kim's Skin DisciplinePhoto: Cleo Goossens/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 5
Diagram of a skin section with a sweat duct opening at a pore and an oil gland beside a hair follicleImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 5.2 (eccrine sweat glands release sweat through a pore on the skin surface; most sebaceous glands are associated with hair follicles), read 28 Oct 2026Museum or journal record
Slide 6
A list of four more body projects from the Graduation Show with their makersImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn
Slide 7
A wide white hall of the Graduation Show with copper panels on racks and visitors walking throughPhoto: Cleo Goossens/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Ring frame
Barometer and thermometer by Ps. Wast, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum (BK-NM-5689)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record

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