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DAMN°92 explores Roots of Meaning: how knowledge, memory, and cultural meaning remain embedded in materials, landscapes, rituals, and technologies — and how these relationships continue to shift today. For this issue, @unfoldantwerp created the Artist Pages, opening the magazine with Liminally Minded: a 48-page exploration of craft, extraction, preservation, automation, and the fragile continuity between ancestral knowledge and contemporary systems.

Liminally Minded / text by Tamar Shafrir
What happens when design de-centres the isolated object and its solid, defined and durable qualities, in favour of the liminal, the passage of time, and the accumulated traces of hands, tools, and rituals? In a world ruled by material commodification, how can such a shift be initiated from within the very discipline that drove modernisation through globalised
manufacture and automation?
/ Graphic design by Andreas Depauw

DAMN°92 Roots of Meaning OUT NOW! • Buy your single issue online or subscribe via the link in bio 👆.

#DAMNmagazine #Rootsofmeaning #Liminallyminded #ArtistPages

We are delighted to invite you for drinks and bites at Unfold in Antwerp, celebrating the launch of DAMN°92.

Friday 29 May 2026, from 6.30 - 10.30 pm at Unfold, 2100 Antwerp
@unfoldantwerp

Please RSVP by 25 May to obtain the address at invitation@damnmagazine.net (or via the email button in our bio)

DAMN°92 explores Roots of Meaning: how knowledge, memory, and cultural meaning remain embedded in materials, landscapes, rituals, and technologies, and how these relationships continue to shift today. For this issue, Unfold created the Artist Pages, opening the magazine with Liminally Minded: a 48-page exploration of craft, extraction, preservation, automation, and the fragile continuity between ancestral knowledge and contemporary systems.

During the launch, Unfold will screen a selection of short films that form the foundation of their Artist Pages in DAMN°92. Conceived by Unfold and directed by filmmaker and designer Alexandre Humbert, the films move between craft, automation, extraction, memory and material preservation. The programme includes Freeze Frame 82.2, A Combmaker’s Tale and Apagada, exploring the fragile continuity between ancestral knowledge and contemporary technologies.

DAMN°92 ‘Roots of Meaning’• pre-order now!
Subscribe to DAMN° via the link in bio 👆.

#DAMNmagazine #Rootsofmeaning #Liminallyminded #ArtistPages

Accessioning of Via Binarii (2019) into the collection of @designmuseumgent 🎉🏺
Will be exciting to see it back in October as part of the new permanent display.

Big thanks to @jkeep_artpottery @earlyamericanrobotpottery @rrael @vasfsf @vasfsf @emergingobjects @kammburger @the_mollylu @emrecanceramics @shlomitbauman @noamdover @itayohaly for collaborating with us on this project back in 2019 and you continuous inspiration!

A line of makers stretching around the world from East to West. For Via Binarii, the teapot is the starting point. Drawing inspiration from the historic trade routes that delivered goods & knowledge from the exotic east, we trace the origins of the teapot traveling from China to England and continue this story in a contemporary age.

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We werken al 4 jaar achter deze poort aan een vernieuwd museum. Freeze Frame 82.2 is één van de speciale designprojecten die voor onze nieuwe vleugel zijn ontwikkeld: een 3D-geprint aluminium gordijn van het Antwerpse duo @unfoldantwerp. Benieuwd naar het verhaal? Lees meer via de link in bio.

Op 3 oktober gaat het gordijn open en wordt er onthuld wat er binnen te zien is. Tot dan!​
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📸 @michieldecleene
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For 4 years, we’ve been working behind this gate, building a renewed museum and creating space for design to happen. Freeze Frame 82.2 is one of the special design projects developed for our new wing: a 3D-printed aluminium curtain by Antwerp duo @unfoldantwerp. Curious about the whole story? Read more via the link in bio.
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On October 3rd, the curtain will open and reveal what’s been waiting inside. See you then!​
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📸 @michieldecleene

#specialdesignprojects #vangebouwtotmuseum #visitgent #museum #designmuseumgent

Technologie, verantwoordelijkheid, materiaal en tijd,dat zijn de elementen die centraal staan in de nieuwe solotentoonstelling van Edith Dekyndt.

Verschillende objecten en materialen worden samengebracht, waaronder textiel, Chinees en Japans keramiek, gevonden artefacten en 3D-prints. Meerdere werken kwamen tot stand in samenwerking met Unfold Design Studio, gespecialiseerd in het 3D-printen van keramiek. Ook de exclusieve edities die Dekyndt voor het museum maakte, werden in samenwerking met de studio gerealiseerd.
@unfoldantwerp

Bezoek deze niet te missen tentoonstelling nog tot 17 mei.

📸 @corlazzzoli (foto 1,3 en 5)
📸 @barthdecobecq (foto 2 en 4)

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Technology, responsibility, material, and time are central to the new solo exhibition by Edith Dekyndt at MDD.

The exhibition brings together textiles, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, found artefacts, and 3D prints. A number of works were developed in collaboration with Unfold Design Studio, specialists in 3D-printed ceramics. The exclusive editions Dekyndt created for the museum were also produced in partnership with the studio.
@unfoldantwerp

Don’t miss this exhibition, on view through May 17.

📸 @corlazzzoli (picture 1,3 and 5)
📸 @barthdecobecq (picture 2 and 4)

Technologie, verantwoordelijkheid, materiaal en tijd,dat zijn de elementen die centraal staan in de nieuwe solotentoonstelling van Edith Dekyndt.

Verschillende objecten en materialen worden samengebracht, waaronder textiel, Chinees en Japans keramiek, gevonden artefacten en 3D-prints. Meerdere werken kwamen tot stand in samenwerking met Unfold Design Studio, gespecialiseerd in het 3D-printen van keramiek. Ook de exclusieve edities die Dekyndt voor het museum maakte, werden in samenwerking met de studio gerealiseerd.
@unfoldantwerp

Bezoek deze niet te missen tentoonstelling nog tot 17 mei.

📸 @corlazzzoli (foto 1,3 en 5)
📸 @barthdecobecq (foto 2 en 4)

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Technology, responsibility, material, and time are central to the new solo exhibition by Edith Dekyndt at MDD.

The exhibition brings together textiles, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, found artefacts, and 3D prints. A number of works were developed in collaboration with Unfold Design Studio, specialists in 3D-printed ceramics. The exclusive editions Dekyndt created for the museum were also produced in partnership with the studio.
@unfoldantwerp

Don’t miss this exhibition, on view through May 17.

📸 @corlazzzoli (picture 1,3 and 5)
📸 @barthdecobecq (picture 2 and 4)

Technologie, verantwoordelijkheid, materiaal en tijd,dat zijn de elementen die centraal staan in de nieuwe solotentoonstelling van Edith Dekyndt.

Verschillende objecten en materialen worden samengebracht, waaronder textiel, Chinees en Japans keramiek, gevonden artefacten en 3D-prints. Meerdere werken kwamen tot stand in samenwerking met Unfold Design Studio, gespecialiseerd in het 3D-printen van keramiek. Ook de exclusieve edities die Dekyndt voor het museum maakte, werden in samenwerking met de studio gerealiseerd.
@unfoldantwerp

Bezoek deze niet te missen tentoonstelling nog tot 17 mei.

📸 @corlazzzoli (foto 1,3 en 5)
📸 @barthdecobecq (foto 2 en 4)

________________________________

Technology, responsibility, material, and time are central to the new solo exhibition by Edith Dekyndt at MDD.

The exhibition brings together textiles, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, found artefacts, and 3D prints. A number of works were developed in collaboration with Unfold Design Studio, specialists in 3D-printed ceramics. The exclusive editions Dekyndt created for the museum were also produced in partnership with the studio.
@unfoldantwerp

Don’t miss this exhibition, on view through May 17.

📸 @corlazzzoli (picture 1,3 and 5)
📸 @barthdecobecq (picture 2 and 4)

Technologie, verantwoordelijkheid, materiaal en tijd,dat zijn de elementen die centraal staan in de nieuwe solotentoonstelling van Edith Dekyndt.

Verschillende objecten en materialen worden samengebracht, waaronder textiel, Chinees en Japans keramiek, gevonden artefacten en 3D-prints. Meerdere werken kwamen tot stand in samenwerking met Unfold Design Studio, gespecialiseerd in het 3D-printen van keramiek. Ook de exclusieve edities die Dekyndt voor het museum maakte, werden in samenwerking met de studio gerealiseerd.
@unfoldantwerp

Bezoek deze niet te missen tentoonstelling nog tot 17 mei.

📸 @corlazzzoli (foto 1,3 en 5)
📸 @barthdecobecq (foto 2 en 4)

________________________________

Technology, responsibility, material, and time are central to the new solo exhibition by Edith Dekyndt at MDD.

The exhibition brings together textiles, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, found artefacts, and 3D prints. A number of works were developed in collaboration with Unfold Design Studio, specialists in 3D-printed ceramics. The exclusive editions Dekyndt created for the museum were also produced in partnership with the studio.
@unfoldantwerp

Don’t miss this exhibition, on view through May 17.

📸 @corlazzzoli (picture 1,3 and 5)
📸 @barthdecobecq (picture 2 and 4)

Technologie, verantwoordelijkheid, materiaal en tijd,dat zijn de elementen die centraal staan in de nieuwe solotentoonstelling van Edith Dekyndt.

Verschillende objecten en materialen worden samengebracht, waaronder textiel, Chinees en Japans keramiek, gevonden artefacten en 3D-prints. Meerdere werken kwamen tot stand in samenwerking met Unfold Design Studio, gespecialiseerd in het 3D-printen van keramiek. Ook de exclusieve edities die Dekyndt voor het museum maakte, werden in samenwerking met de studio gerealiseerd.
@unfoldantwerp

Bezoek deze niet te missen tentoonstelling nog tot 17 mei.

📸 @corlazzzoli (foto 1,3 en 5)
📸 @barthdecobecq (foto 2 en 4)

________________________________

Technology, responsibility, material, and time are central to the new solo exhibition by Edith Dekyndt at MDD.

The exhibition brings together textiles, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, found artefacts, and 3D prints. A number of works were developed in collaboration with Unfold Design Studio, specialists in 3D-printed ceramics. The exclusive editions Dekyndt created for the museum were also produced in partnership with the studio.
@unfoldantwerp

Don’t miss this exhibition, on view through May 17.

📸 @corlazzzoli (picture 1,3 and 5)
📸 @barthdecobecq (picture 2 and 4)

Born from simulation, transformed into metal.

Freeze Frame 82.2 began as a virtual curtain, animated in motion. Using WAAM robotic 3D printing, twelve aluminium segments were created, each weld capturing the turbulence of frame 82.2. The segments were assembled by hand, carefully transported, and installed at the threshold of Design Museum Gent, forming a monumental 4 × 4 meter curtain that freezes the charged instant just before it would rise.

Artist: @unfoldantwerp
Fabrication: @mx3d_artlab @mx3d.metal.printing
Photography:
©️Design Museum Gent_Michiel De Cleene
©️Stad Gent
@designmuseumgent

#MX3D #MX3Dartlab #ArtInMetal #MetalArt #sculpturedesign

Metal drawn in mid-air. Each bead, each layer, a moment of motion frozen into sculpture. Experience the making of Freeze Frame 82.2, where robotics and artistry meet at the threshold of possibility.

Artist : @unfoldantwerp

#mx3dartlab #roboticfabrication #3dprinting #sculpturedesign #waam

Introducing a 4x4m 3d-printed aluminium curtain as a gate for Design Museum Gent.

A curtain hides, a curtain reveals. It is a membrane, not a wall, it leaks light, rumour, expectancy. This one holds its breath: aluminium caught in motion, the moment-before, now paused. We stand at the threshold of new times -in limine- not here not there, betwixt and between. May we peek behind? Or are we the ones being seen, peeking out from behind?

Major thanks to: Katrien Laporte, special project curator @siegriddemyttenaere and the entire team at @designmuseumgent & @sogent9000 for inviting us on this 4 year journey.
@carmodygroarke & @atama_architects for trusting us with the front door to their thoughtfully designed building.
@mx3d_artlab and @mx3d.metal.printing for coming along line by line, layer by layer.
Wuyts, @alton_be & Denkbar @filip.vandevoorde for turning a sculpture into a properly functioning gate.
Dick Frères & @verbeke_foundation for transporting it from A to G.
@studio_alexandrehumbert & @anwyn.howarth for breathing cinematographic life into it.
Last but not least team @unfoldantwerp, @clairewarnier Dries Verbruggen & @jibbe.schie for freezing the right frame and sooo much more.

A curtain hides, a curtain reveals. It is a membrane, not a wall—it leaks light, rumour, expectancy. This one holds its breath: aluminium caught in motion, the moment-before paused. We stand at the threshold of new times -in limine- not here not there, betwixt and between. May we peek behind? Or are we the ones being seen, peeking out from behind? #ding #designmuseumgent

Final parts joining the aluminium assembly at @mx3d_artlab of a 4x4 meter sculptural gate for @designmuseumgent. Three more week till it will be lifted into the museums vestibule.

@mx3d.metal.printing

Design Studio Unfold (Claire Warnier en Dries Verbruggen) ontvangt de Ultima 2024 voor Architectuur en Toegepaste Kunsten.

Hun werk beweegt zich moeiteloos tussen ambacht en technologie, erfgoed en innovatie. Kelly Claessens, interieurarchitect
en bekend van Blind Gekocht, reikte de prijs uit.

Ontdek hun verhaal in de video!

#ultimas2024 #cultuur #cultuurprijzen #laureaat #architectuurentoegepastekunsten

This month we celebrate the 15th birthday of our iconic installation l’Artisan Électronique! Let us know in the comments how we should celebrate this milestone.

While industry and craftsmanship are positioned as polar opposites, they would be more accurately represented as volatile points in a matrix of manual, mechanical, and electrical forces. Wheel-thrown pottery, for example, though now considered an artisanal skill, developed as a partial automation of coil pottery by the third millennium, B.C., making the production of small clay vessels more efficient. If industry is characterized by the displacement of advanced operations from hands to machines, then handicraft is defined by its retention of fine motor skills mastered over years of practice.

In l’Artisan Électronique designers Unfold and Tim Knapen investigate the intersection between craft, industry, and digital making, avoiding easy categorisation.

The project is set up as a miniature production center, featuring a digital potter’s wheel connected to a 3D ceramic printer. As a virtual cylinder spins on a computer screen, the user cuts away and elaborates its shape by passing his or her hand through a laser. When satisfied with the final form, the user can submit the customised model to a digital archive, which then supplies the 3D printer with geometric instructions. Finally, the printer traces the desired shape, layer by layer, in a process akin to coiling. By interweaving a variety of skill-sets, l’Artisan Électronique removes making from the exclusive realm of the machine or the craftsman, and introduces the amateur as an active contributor.

Commissioned by @z33be - Text by @tamarshafrir

#ceramic3dprinting #clay3dprinting #digitalcraft #ceramics #digitalart #computationaldesign #digitalfabrication