Shanghai Gesture in Amsterdam

In the exhibition Shanghai Gesture guest curator and designer Alexander van Slobbe presents the results of the workshop that he held for designers as part of the cultural programme for the WorldExpo in Shanghai (2010). Later, students from the Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam) were asked to respond to the workshop by producing woven textiles, which were then passed on to four designers.

The collections that were co-created by the designers and the students can be viewed in the period rooms of Museum Willet-Holthuysen. The exhibition also features photos and drawings made in Shanghai and Amsterdam.

Contributing designers
Elja Lintsen, Ratna Ho, Danny Cremers, Eric Ng, Xiaojing Xia, Margreet Sweerts, Desiree Hammen, Saskia van Drimmelen, Iñiy Sanchez van Oort, Martine van ‘t Hul, Kunji Baerwald, Niki Mens, Thera Hillenaar, Tessa Koops, Xuena He, Lotte van Keulen, Berber Soepboer, Anne Stooker, Ellie Duinker, Isa van Gool, Eveline Keijser, Jasmin Koschutnig, Elisabeth Leerssen, Caroline Lindo, Sylvia Wozniak, Nadine Gupfert e.a. amongst others.