ECHO

ECHO is a group exhibition bringing together 14 designers around a shared material origin. For this edition during GLUE Utrecht, aluminium, sourced from local industry partner Nedal Aluminium, forms the starting point.

At the core of the exhibition lies the idea of the material echo: how a material continues to exist, transform and resonate beyond its initial use. Rather than starting from a blank slate, each designer works with what is already there, responding to the same aluminium source and allowing its past, properties and limitations to inform new outcomes.

Within this shared starting point, a diverse collection of objects and spatial works emerges. Each piece carries an echo of the material’s origin, while simultaneously becoming something new. The works resonate with one another, not as copies, but as variations shaped by different perspectives, processes and interpretations.

ECHO is driven by the dialogue between designers and material. Together, the works form a collective narrative about reuse, transformation and the enduring presence of material over time. Each object is not the beginning of a material, but a continuation, an echo.

Designers (A–Z)
Eenvoud Ontwerp, Ewol Guitars, Frank Penders, Frederik Wasseur, Jan Willem van Elten, Marc Th. van der Voorn, Offsite, Ritsert Mans, Studio Beeks, Studio Jeroen van Veluw, Studio Kars en Boom, Studio Metaform, Studio Wantia, ZOWA

Art by
Billie-Jo

Sound by
Pattern Soundsystem

Initiated & curated by
Maaike Rabbinge

Exhibition design by
Studio Jeroen van Veluw

With support from

Stimuleringsfonds

Nedal Aluminium

Linolie & Pigment