From April 26th till September 30th (2012) Oranienbaum Palace will be hosting an exhibition of contemporary Dutch Design and fashion in combination with historical artefacts from the Dutch Royal Archives. The exhibition features work by designers and DAE alumni Gijs Bakker, Hella Jongerius, Jurgen Bey, Piet Hein Eek and Scholten & Baijings. Oranienbaum is part of the heritage of the House of Orange-Nassau. With a major conservation and refurbishment process nearing completion, the palace and its park have been restored to their former grandeur.
DAE alumna Magriet Foolen will exhibit with her chair ‘I fold you’. It’s a stackable, weather-proof, no-screw no-glue garden furniture, constructed of flexible beech wood. Formed out of one sheet by using curves and cut-outs. Also Spijkers & Spijkers, Marcel Wanders, Jan Taminiau, Iris van Herpen, Bibi van der Velden, Ineke Hans and other designers will be present.
Designers will be displaying some of their most characteristic works at the Oranienbaum summer exhibition. Each of the unique handmade artefacts has its own story to tell. In combination with objects d’art from the Royal Archives, many of them directly reflect the original function of the rooms where they are exhibited. The exhibition covers some 50 rooms. Each one is a showcase for ceramics, glassware and glass objects, silver and furniture, from the tea salon to the dressing-room of the mistress of the house, from the former princely apartments to the basement with its Delft blue tiles, from the bedchamber to the entrance hall.
Visitors are invited to explore the Palace and admire the beauty of the Dutch design scene. More information