Course title:

MORF FROM FORM FORM MORF

Course description:

MORF FROM FORM FORM MORF is a collaborative, associative, morphological, transdisciplinary journey.
In MFFFM we will produce a diverse series of works using an associative, morphological method. Starting from archival imagery we develop forms that emerge from other forms in an associative manner. The result is a series of outcomes of which each work is always a reaction to the previous work of another participant. The method invites us to develop a flexible approach, and work on solutions when it is not immediately clear how to proceed. The series of works created in this way will be diverse and experimental, it may range from type to textile and from videos to spatial objects, and everything in between. The works, sometimes visible sometimes less so, will all relate to each other. Of equal importance as the works is their documentation, it is to this that your fellow students will respond. We will work on treating documentation as an autonomous part of the design process.

Bio:

Koos Breen is an interdisciplinary designer, artist and curator, based in The Hague (NL). Trained as a graphic designer at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, his work now ranges from coins to carpets, from books to shoes, and from tables to spatial installations. He has been commissioned by the Royal House of the Netherlands; the Royal Dutch Mint; the Escher Museum (NL); Bloc Studios (IT); and the Nieuwe Instituut (NL). He often collaborates with other artists, designers and studios; including Studio Dumbar, Audrey Large, and Jeannette Slütter. He has co-organised various international exhibitions; is a member of the international collective Morph.Love, is co-curator of the world-wide Design in Motion (DEMO) Festival, has taught at the HfG Karlsruhe (DE) and the Rietveld Academy (NL); and has been a judge on several international (graphic) design awards. His work has been shown at various international exhibitions, including at the Design Museum Ghent (BE), Escher Museum The Hague (NL), K11 Art Foundation Guangzhou (CN), Etage Projects Copenhagen (DK) and Salone del Mobile in Milan (IT). Together with Jeannette Slütter he recently designed the official Dutch contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale. Koos is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.