Upcoming expo with Isola design during DDW (English version)

SOCIAL LABEL EXPO DURING DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2024 EINDHOVEN

TOO BIG TO FIX > TOO BIG TO MOVE

Social label celebrates 10 years of positive activism. Design doing at intersection of design, society and economy with new labels & ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’. Social label designs labor and activities as a source of creativity, well-being and beauty through the power of design and communication. Social label is celebrating its 10th anniversary at three different venues to tell its story and showcase the latest labels and their Social label Lab in Den Bosch.

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‘Forms unfolding’  

Collective expo Isola Design  X social sustainable designcollection Social label
with new products of Ineke Hans, Social label >TRAP, Petra Janssen (Studio Boot), Social label >HART and Kranen/Gille with Social label >LOOK.

Hosted by Isola Design, adress: Area 51 at Strijp-S Eindhoven

Social label >TRAP by Ineke Hans in collaboration with shelthered workshop De Winkel die Werkt & social firm Plan op Maat
Social label >HART by Petra Janssen (Studio Boot) in collaboration with TextielMuseum and Craft atelier Social label Lab Den Bosch
Social label > LOOK by Kranen/Gille in collaboration with Assembly atelier Social label Lab Den Bosch

New Social label product > TRAP
For Social Labels 10th anniversary, Ineke Hans designed a quirky, cheerful and multi-purpose collection for young and old, made with care at shelthered workshop De Winkel die Werkt & social firm Plan op Maat to take any step you want in your life. All models are provided with hefty dots by the makers. This gives them the opportunity to finish the design themselves and increases the pleasure of working and co-creating. Moreover, it gives each piece of furniture a cheerful touch and a personal signature. In the TRAP collection, you’ll find hybrid objects with and without handles: to sit on, to use as steps, as mini-desk, plant displays, side tables, or…. For example to hang your clothes on.

New Social label product > LOOK
Design duo Kranen/Gille previously devised Social label > KLUIS products for the desk, from storage locker to work lamp. Together with the participants of the Atelier Assembly in the Social label Lab -where Jos Kranen and Johannes Gilles are working weekly as atelier teachers- we now introduce Social label > LOOK. A handy wooden stand on which a coffee table book can be presented. This invites to look at a book like ‘Social label Works’ about 10 years of Social label or a favorite coffee-table book. With Social label > LOOK, the makers have added a new design product that can be cleverly put together and provides even more work variety in Social label’s Atelier assembly.

New Social label product > HART
As part of the 10th anniversary, co-initiator and designer Petra Janssen (Studio Boot) created a design of a versatile cloth, for a smile and a tear or for practical use (wrapping or drying). She gathered her inspiration from the Social label community and the journey she took with co-initiator Simone Kramer (C-mone). This journey has been translated into a colorful fabric of various feelings, lows and highs as in real life. In cooperation with the TextielMuseum and Craft atelier Social label Lab. Design with a special meaning.

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‘ Too Big to Fix ‘  

Social label 10 year’s anniversary / Installation/ contemplation space for dialogue,
in partnership with Isola Design hosted by The Social Hub Eindhoven
Location: The Social Hub hotel, Stationsweg 1, Eindhoven
11.00 – 18.00u

SOCIAL LABEL MOVEMENT, DESIGN AND ACTION WITH MEANING
Designing labour as a statement for a different perspective on work and appreciation for all. From our base in the Social label Lab in Den Bosch, we are building a meaningful design collection and community, in collaboration with care, education and reintegration sectors. With this positive activism, Social label foundation is working to build a growing inclusive movement for an economy in which no one is left behind. With now over 50 socially sustainable design products together with the top in the Dutch design field, Social label ateliers and workshops in the Netherlands. An activity program and utensils for in and around the house. Social label celebrates people as playful beings, and works to cultivate an empathetic society.

Social label occupies a unique place within the design world as a forerunner in the field of “design with meaning”. Initiators Petra Janssen (Studio Boot) & Simone Kramer (C-mone) have been working for over 10 years to build a meaningful design collection & community. In collaboration with various partners in care and welfare, makers, designers and policy makers, Social label shapes an inclusive economy through design and communication. Some problems in our country are so big that you sometimes wonder if the government can solve it through laws and regulations. Therefore, we have been working for 10 years to set a positive example that it can be done through design doing. Design with meaning.

“I do want to show who I am when I am seen.” By Sarah, participant Craft Atelier Social label Lab 

Social label x various designers, performers & writers  (since 2014)
Initiators Petra Janssen (Studio Boot) and Simone Kramer (C-mone) together with Ilse Crawford & Oscar Peña, Piet Hein Eek, Dick van Hoff, Marc Mulders, Edwin Vollebergh/ Studio Boot, Borre Akkersdijk/ ByBorre , Kiki van Eijk, Kranen/Gille, Joost van Bleiswijk, Studio Rens, Haiko Meijer / Onix, Roderick Vos, Edward van Vliet, Rianne Makkink / Studio Makkink & Bey, Brigit Vermeulen, Jana Slegers, Kelly Vanneste, Iris Toonen, Mijke Pol, Franziska Angel, Ineke Hans, in collaboration with students (Design Academy Eindhoven, Fontys Dance Academy Tilburg, AKV St Joost art & design Den Bosch), social firms/workshops (Plan op Maat, De Winkel die Werkt), healthcare (Cello, ASVZ, Reinier van Arkel, SMO Breda), education (Zuiderbos, De Rijzert) and reintegration (WeenerXL gemeente ‘s-hertogenbosch, COA/Welkom in Den Bosch).

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 ‘Too Big to Move’  

Gesamtkunstwerk Werkwarenhuis/Social label Lab Den Bosch
by initiators Petra Janssen, Edwin Vollebergh (Studio Boot) and Simone Kramer (C-mone)

PLAYFULNESS OF HUMAN BEINGS
With positive energy, we want to set an example in the Netherlands. The Social label Lab is located on the Tramkade site where we are working on a 10-year cultural experiment. On a blank canvas, we have shown that applied art can be of value. Making something out of nothing.

DESIGNLAB OF SOCIAL INNOVATION

In the Social label Lab for social innovation, different groups of creatives work under the supervision of atelier teachers in the ateliers craft, assembly, story, move & open. Through the power of design and communication, new opportunities arise for a better future in which each person with his or her talent is of value. Because creating something of functional or aesthetic value is important for everyone. Design as a means to come back and participate by making a meaningful contribution and being part of a bigger picture (pride, own value, identity). After all, why does all work have to go by the standards of speed and money? Why don’t we value differences, talents and make this a starting point? From the Social label Lab we argue with professionals from care and education for a different view on work as a benchmark to reform society and economy.