ABOUT
FRED ERIK is a speculative designer and researcher with a strong fascination for the endlessly evolving world he lives in.
Technological leaps make him wonder about how his living environment could, and inevitably will, look like. As a designer he feels the urge to respond to these impulses, to speculate about what is still intangible.
Ultimately, everything he does is connected by the same urge, a strong desire to move forward outside of the already existing, away from what is obvious and known.
EDUCATION
2011 - 2016 | Eindhoven, NL
Design Academy Eindhoven | mobility & atelier | cum laude
2009 - 2011| Aarschot, BE
architectural education | SJCA Aarschot
TEACHING
2022 | ArtCoDe Fontys Tilburg, NL
Guest lecturer in the module 'New Moon', in which “life on Mars” was the central topic. Students learned how to convert scientific and academic research into speculative future scenarios.
2022 | EESAB Rennes
Guest lecturer in the 3rd year design bachelor. Five-day workshop on how residual materials can be defined into something new using various techniques and manipulations. As well as how to translate these processed materials to the third dimension for spatial applications.
2021 | Online & Hasselt, BE
lead designer in a workshop about circular economy, exploring ideas for Federal Eco Foam | organized by Wanderful.Stream
2020 | Online, BE
lead designer in a workshop about circular economy, exploring ideas for Belorta | organized by Wanderful.Stream
AWARDS
2019 | Ro Plastic Prize | as a member of Envisions
nominated with Envisions x ECO-oh! | recycled plastics in process
2018 | Dezeen Awards | as a member of Envisions
winner with Envisions | Emerging Designer of the Year
Works with
Bogdan & Van Broeck
Design Academy Eindhoven
Diresco
Dutch Invertuals
Envisions
FRAME magazine
Granstudio
Iris van Herpen
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
non:agency
Pleun van Dijk
VISIONS BY
Wanderful.stream | Z33
Works with
as a member of Envisions
4DR Studios
Brain of Materials
Design Museum Gent
ECO-oh!
Levi's®
Roca gallery
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Stijlinstituut
TNO | Torwash
ZeroBurn | Feltouch
PROJECTS
2022 | Eindhoven, NL
finalist Bio Art & Design Awards | organised by MU hybrid art house
2021 | Hasselt, BE
material designer for Wanderful.stream x Diresco | development & design for a circular and sustainable quartz composite
2021 | Amsterdam, NL
Human Livestock installation | Transnatural for Nieuw Dakota Amsterdam
2020 | Amsterdam, NL
visual researscher for FRAME 135 | visual essay in reaction to the COVID-19 crisis
2019 | Eindhoven, NL
research designer for ‘GEO—DESIGN: Junk, All That Is Solid Melts into Trash’ | curated by Martina Muzi | initiated by Design Academy Eindhoven & Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven
2019-2020 | Stockholm, SE
designer and researcher for non:agency | a creative space for speculation and envisioning near to far futures
2018 | Roskilde, DK
costume design and development together with Pleun van Dijk for ‘Replika’ | performed at Roskilde festival in Denmark
2017 - 2018 | Antwerp, BE
costume developer at Kunsthuis Opera Ballet Vlaanderen: ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’ | in collaboration with Iris Van Herpen
2017 - 2019 | Brussels, BE
Public relations & Design at BOGDAN & VAN BROECK
2016 | Torino, IT
Design researscher at MMKM | a research unit part of Granstudio
2015 | Amsterdam, NL
6 month internship at Iris van Herpen | ‘Hacking Infinity‘ and ‘Quaquaversal’
PROJECTS with envisions
2022 | London, UK
material designer, creative direction & exhibition design for envisions x STORE x Levi’s
2022 | Amsterdam, NL
exhibition designer for It's Our F***ing Backyard at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam with envisions
2021 | Eindhoven, NL
material designer for envisions x Zero Burn
2021 | Eindhoven & Petten, NL
material designer for envisions x Torwash | initiated by Yksi Eindhoven
2021 | Eindhoven, NL
material designer for envisions x 4DR studios
2020 | Mönchengladbach, DE
visual designer and material researscher for the collaborative ‘Brain of’ series of Brain of Materials and Envisions | New Luxury
2019 | Eindhoven, NL
material designer & trend-forcaster for Envisions x Stijlinstituut | for Textile View S/S 2021
2018 | Eindhoven, NL
designer for Envisions x ECO-Oh!, Recycled Plastics in process
2018 - present | Eindhoven, NL
member of Envisions
WRITING
2020 | Online
The Body Garden | written together with Pleun van Dijk | published on CLOT Magazine
2020 | Barcelona, ES
Human Livestock | written together with Pleun van Dijk | published in VISIONS BY magazine Issue No. 2
2020 | Stockholm, SE
contributing writer to The age of entanglements | exhibition catalogue on the occasion of The age of. | published by non:agency
2019 | Online
Liberating Luxury | written together with Dewi Kruijk as members of Envisions for ROCA gallery
COPYWRITING
2020 - 2022 | Mönchengladbach, DE
copywriter for the collaborative ‘Brain of’ series of Brain of Materials and envisions | New Luxury, Translucency, Skins, Haptic Optic, Acoustic, Harvest, Hybrids, The New Raw, In Motion, Digital Twinning, Non Woven, Fibers, Connections
2022 | Tilburg, NL
exhibition texts & subtitles for envisions & TextielLab Tilburg | Secrets of making #2, Artists and designers in the TextielLab | exhibited at TextielMuseum Tilburg
2021 | Tilburg, NL
exhibition texts & subtitles for envisions & TextielLab Tilburg | Secrets of making, Artists and designers in the TextielLab | exhibited at TextielMuseum Tilburg
2021 | Mönchengladbach, DE
Website copywriting for Brain of Materials
2020 | Eindhoven, NL
exhibition texts for envisions | Envisions Hackaton | exhibited during the virtual Dutch Design Week
2017 | Eindhoven, NL
Fundamentals - the booklet | booklet for Dutch Invertuals
2017 | Eindhoven, NL
exhibition texts for Dutch Invertuals | Fundamentals | exhibited during Dutch Design Week
2017 | Eindhoven, NL
exhibition texts for Dutch Invertuals | Enlighten | exhibited during Dutch Design Week
2016 | Eindhoven, NL
exhibition texts for Dutch Invertuals | Harvest | exhibited during Milan Design Week
2016 | Eindhoven, NL
exhibition texts for Dutch Invertuals | Power Play | exhibited during Dutch Design Week
Current EVENTS
Until October 24th 2024 | Eindhoven, NL
The Body Garden, on show at Space farming: The future of food | On show at Evoluon |Organized by Next Nature at Evoluon | Eindhoven, NL
EVENTS
2022 May - September | Amsterdam, NL
It's Our F***ing Backyard | at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | together with envisions
2022 April | London, UK
Remagining Post-Consumer Denim | at Levi's® Haus London | together with envisions
2021 April | Amsterdan, NL
The body Garden and Human Livestock as part of The Unknown Mine Zone | curated by Transnatural at Nieuw Dakota Amsterdam
2020 October | Eindhoven, NL | Online
Envisions Hackaton | during Dutch Design Week | together with envisions
2020 July | Gdyna, PL | Online
A Waste of Energy? | as part of More no more during Gdynia Design Days
2020 February | Stockholm, SE
The Body Garden | as part of ‘The Age of Entanglements’ | at Volvo Studio Stockholm during Stockholm Design Week
2019 October | Eindhoven, NL
A waste of Energy? | as part of ‘GEO—DESIGN: Junk, All That Is Solid Melts into Trash’ | curated by Martina Muzi | initiated by Design Academy Eindhoven & Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven
2019 August - October | Malmö, SE
The Body Garden | as part of ‘The age of…? - a process exhibition’ at Form/Design Center
2019 September | London, UK
Envisions x ECO-oh!, Recycled Plastics in Process | as part of Guiltless Plastic by Rossana Orlandi during London Design Week
2019 September |Tallin, EE
Envisions x ECO-oh!, Recycled Plastics in Process | as part of the Materials' Future Life new exhibition during Tallinn Design Festival
2019 May | Frankfurt, DE
Envisions x ECO-oh!, Recycled Plastics in Process | as part of Techtextil
2019 April | Milan, IT
Envisions x ECO-oh!, Recycled Plastics in Process | as part of the ‘Ro Plastic Prize - Guiltless Plastic’ at Rossana Orlandi during Milan Design Week
2018 November | Eindhoven, NL
REPLIKA - costume design and development | performed as part of ‘ReShape’ at MU art space
2018 October | Ghent, BE
Envisions x ECO-oh!, Recycled Plastics in Process | as part of ‘Fibre - Fixed, Composites in Design’ at Design Museum Gent
2018 July | Roskilde, DK
REPLIKA - costume design and development | performed as part of Roskilde festival
2016 November | Utrecht, NL
the Sun also Shines in the City | as part of the 'Dutch Design Week selection’ at Brightday
2016 October | Eindhoven, NL
The Personal Driver and the Sun also Shines in the City | as part of the ‘DAE graduation show’ at Design Academy Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week
2016 April | Milan, IT
The Personal Driver | as part of the DAE 'touch base' exhibition during Milan Design Week | curated by Thomas Widdershoven and Ilse Crawford
TALKS
2020 May | Instagram, Online
Exploring the relationship between humans, objects and materials in relation to the material research of envisions. Instagram live together with @rocagallery_official | part of #RocaGalleryConnects initiative
2020 February | Stockholm, SE
talk about The Body Garden | port of a guided tour of the ‘The Age Of.’ exhibition | at Volvo Studio Stockholm during Stockholm Design Week
2019 October | Eindhoven ,NL
round table talk about recycled textiles and sustainability in fashion | part of the Symposium #1, Tech in Processogy by Envisions
PUBLICATIONS
2020 | FRAME magazine
Sufficient Space Suit | FRAME 135, the Post Pandamic Playbook | published by Frame Publishers
2020 | The Age of Entanglements
The Body Garden | The age of entanglements | exhibition catalogue on the occasion of The age of. | published by non:agency
2019 | GEO—DESIGN booklet
A waste of Energy? | GEO—DESIGN: Junk, All That Is Solid Melts into Trash | published by Design Academy Eindhoven
2019 | Recycled Plastics in Process, Part 4
Envisions x ECO-oh!, Recycled Plastics in Process | Recycled Plastics in Process, Part 4 | published by Envisions
2019 | Fibre-Fixed: Composites in Design
Envisions x ECO-oh! - recycled plastics in process | Fibre-Fixed: Composites in Design | published by stichting kunstboek
2016 | graduation catalogue
the sun also shines in the city & the personal driver| DAE graduation catalogue | published by Design Academy Eindhoven
2016 | Touch Base booklet
the personal driver | Touch Base catalogue | published by Design Academy Eindhoven
ONLINE
2020 | LS:N Global
Sufficient Space Suit | Positive Barriers
2020 | Frameweb
Sufficient Space Suit | Inflatable attire by designer Fred Erik suits our society up for social distancing
2020 | CLOT Magazine
The Body Garden| ‘The Body Garden’ by Fred Erik & Pleun van Dijk
2020 | Domus Web
The Body Garden | Is there food on Mars? A hypothesis of circular nutrition
2020 | Vogue Ukraine
The Body Garden | Stockholm Design Week: what is shown on sustainable development
2019 | LS:N Global
A Waste of Energy? | Imperceptible realities at Dutch Design Week 2019
2019 | Dezeen
A Waste of Energy? |Dutch Design Week exhibition explores "complex networks" of junk
2019 | KALTBLUT
Replica | replika
– staging a human production-line
2016 | Design Indaba
The Sun also Shines in the City | Redefining solar power from architectural eyesore to civic monument