Designer and artistic researcher Billie van Katwijk is fascinated by nature: that endlessly shapeshifting growing, blooming, dying, sprouting phenomenon. From these natural cycles, all sorts of materials emerge. Some are treasured (gold, oil, diamonds), while other materials remain unseen or unappreciated. Billie van Katwijk unravels the beauty of these materials. Slaughterhouse waste becomes a luxury leather. A residue from the sewer shows its hidden colours when turned into a glaze. Cremation ashes are transformed into delicate porcelain. Van Katwijk believes in showing contradictions and taboos, but she doesn’t judge. Her projects seduce people to think and to engage in a dialogue. “My concepts are completed by the user, with their thoughts
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Van Katwijk graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven and holds an RMA in Artistic Research from the University of Amsterdam. She is currently based in Amsterdam, where she undertakes freelance projects for various companies and institutions while also pursuing her own design research.
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