COLLECTIVE is an International Architecture Studio practicing Architecture, Interiors and Urban Design. We are research and narrative driven; we insist on Clarity, Beauty and Function. Building on convergence and a ‘collective’ of diverse merits, COLLECTIVE engages design with our team’s wide spectrum of specificities and expertise, also with collaborators world wide in various disciplines, challenging the status quo of the “named” architecture office. While COLLECTIVE remains dedicated to the realization of Architecture, we also engage in areas beyond the traditional […]
Artist, Kuala Lumpur Born in 1971, Yee I-Lann lives and works in Kota Kinabalu. Her art practice is to speculate on issues of culture, power, and the role of historical memory, in our social experience. Exploring such layers of meaning necessitates an extensive and multi-layered visual vocabulary drawn from research, historical references, popular culture, archives, and everyday objects. Yee graduated in 1993 from the University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia, with a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) with a […]
Founder and Coordinator, Textile Linker, Hanoi After completing her undergraduate studies in International Economics in Hanoi, Nguyen Huyen worked for a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in 2010 in the mountainous northern Vietnamese province of Dien Bien, where she discovered a love for ethnic textiles through efforts in supporting local artisans to improve their livelihood. This experience led to her decision to undertake her Master’s Degree in Social Entrepreneurship in 2012 in Liege, Belgium. With a wholehearted commitment to contributing in her […]
Brand Director, HOSOO, Kyoto Hosoo Masataka is the innovative brand director of HOSOO, a traditional kimono textile maker based in Kyoto, Japan. Hosoo aims to bring Nishijin-ori weaving techniques and textiles to the forefront of the design and fashion scenes worldwide. Popularised by the nobles of the Imperial Court of Kyoto and the samurai warrior class, Nishijin is a special yarn dyeing and weaving technique developed more than 1,200 years ago; it is mainly used for garments, such as kimonos. […]
Dean of Hybrid Design Studies, Parsons School of Design, New York Lidewij Edelkoort is arguably the world’s most famous fashion and consumer trend forecaster. Her company, Trend Union, creates trend forecasts and colours that are used by designers, business strategists, and market leaders at international consumer brands and weaving mills. Her clients cover a diverse range of consumer goods and services, from lifestyle and interiors, to textiles, food, and fashion. Edelkoort is also a publisher, humanitarian, educator and exhibition curator. […]
Co-founder and Member of Advisory Board, MUJI and Director, Towada Art Centre, Towada Born in Tokyo, Koike Kazuko graduated from the School of Literature of Waseda University. She began her writing career in the 1960s as a copywriter and fashion editor. In 1975, she coordinated the Inventive Clothes – 1909-1939 exhibition at the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art. Koike founded Japan’s first alternative art space, the SAGACHO Exhibit Space, and served as its curator from 1983-2000. Since 2011, she […]
Curator and Industrial Heritage Coordinator, Textile Museum of Sweden, Borås Johanna Engman is a curator and industrial heritage coordinator at the Textile Museum of Sweden in Borås, a town that has been defined by textiles and textile industry. In 2016, she curated the museum’s award-winning permanent exhibition Textile Power, which presented an overview of the textile industry on both local and global levels through drawing parallels between developments in Borås – from industrialisation to decline and subsequent regeneration – and […]
Head of Creative Projects and Senior Designer, Vlisco, Helmond Gabriela Sánchez y Sánchez de la Barquera (GSYSB) is a Mexican-Dutch designer. She was born and raised in Mexico City, and is a graduate of The Design Academy, Eindhoven. GSYSB works as a Senior Print Designer at Vlisco in The Netherlands, creating storytelling projects through textiles and drawings. Since 2017, she has been Head of Creative Projects at Vlisco, and also leads Vlisco&co. Vlisco&co is a collaborative initiative between the Vlisco […]
Errol van de Werdt was until recently director of the TextielMuseum & TextielLab and the Mommerskwartier Foundation in Tilburg, the Netherlands. He is working internationally as an independent curator, critic and consultant. He was educated in museology (BA) (Leiden), art history and archeology (drs. MA) (Amsterdam) and People Management (BA) (Zwolle). Currently he is attending the Dutch Academy for Diplomatic Practice in International Relations at the Clingendael Institute in The Hague. Errol van de Werdt is interested in crossovers between […]
Executive Director and Curator, Para Site, Hong Kong Born in 1982 in Romania, Cosmin Costinas has been the Executive Director and Curator of Para Site, Hong Kong since 2011. He was Guest Curator at the Dakar Biennale 2018, La Biennale de l’Art africain contemporain, DAK’ART (2018), Curator of the Dhaka Art Summit 18’ (2018), Co-curator of the 10th Shanghai Biennale (2014), Curator of BAK-basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht (2008-2011), Co-curator of the 1st Ural Industrial Biennial, Ekaterinburg (2010), and Editor […]