Jurgen Bey
Makkink and Bey Studio is led by architect and designer Rianne Makkink Jurgen Bey. Supported by a design team, they have been operating their design practice since 2002. Studio Makkink and Bey investigates the various domains of the applied arts, while studying the tension between the private and public spheres. Taking a critical stance towards the design of public space, architecture, interiors, exhibitions and products is essential.
The studio is located in a former industrial building which allows the entire production to come onto the site. The design team works as an entity and includes experts from various disciplines ranging from fashion, design and architecture. The cross-wiring between the different areas of expertise calls for new ideas and perspectives, which are used at every stage of the design process. Stories, study and research are in constant motion throughout the design process, becoming solutions for a constantly changing environment.
The objective of our study is to attract a new culture of design, showing new alternatives through critical design. Analytical design is a foundation for a new culture in a city, public building or house.
Initially, all existing forces are reviewed by redefining and reorganizing into an appropriate design narrative. Experiment, doubt and a hodgepodge of ideas are key to divulging hidden values and stories. This new potential unlocks all the possible qualities to constitute new cultural carriers.
The design process itself is elevated as a final product. The product continually adjusts to its own current situation to be brought into its designed context. All available expertise is used, such as a caring member of the community or a skilled craftsman. The result is a pertinent answer to the questions that remain hidden within each project.
A single product can progress on a larger scale project, prompting its own adjustment. Conversely, a project of the magnitude of architecture or urban planning can also generate a series of products that become the bearers of that context. This movement of zooming in and out marks the interplay between the domain of architecture and urban design and the domain of products. Urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture are inextricably linked to product design. 'Did the invention of the elevator give rise to the skyscraper or did high-rise buildings dictate its existence?
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