Lighting Works, LW-B004-1-3 by Natural Material Studio. Contribution to The Mindcraft Project 2023. Photo Credit: Anders Sune Berg.

From The Mindcraft Project 2023. Video Credit: Benjamin Lund.

Human Nature by Natural Material Studio. Presented at Copenhagen Contemporary during 3 Days of Design 2023. Photo credit: Natural Material Studio.

Process work for Lighting Works, LW-B004-1-3. Contribution to The Mindcraft Project 2023. Photo Credit: Benjamin Lund.

Brick Textiles by Natural Material Studio and Zuzanna Skurka. Presentation at Alcova during Milan Design Week 2023. Photo credit: Natural Material Studio.

Gift Pouches by Natural Material Studio. A collaboration with Calvin Klein Nordics. Photo credit: Peter Vinther.

Bonnie Hvillum. Founder and creative director of Natural Material Studio. Photo Credit: Benjamin Lund.

Natural Material Studio — Design Studio

“From a position where we develop and create new, natural materials, we are determined to understand how we can design in collaboration with nature and the natural occurrences that happen within these organic processes. We are seeking to find the balancing point between human and natures own agency.”

About:

From her studio and workshop within the small heritage village of Tømmerup to the south of Copenhagen, creative director Bonnie Hvillum has transformed years of immersive material and interaction research into Natural Material Studio. Leading a small and dedicated team, the output of Natural Material Studio aims to expand the collective understanding of material conceptions through artistic design and spatial installations. Collaborations and commissions allow the studio to work cross-disciplinary and systemically, turning research orientated processes into works and exhibitions that explore phenomenological and speculative themes in relation to materials, cultural norms, nature and potential futures. Their work revolves around the principles of circular design – reuse, recycle, renew and rethink. Through a material-led approach centred around the properties and qualities of often discarded or under-utilised natural resources, Natural Material Studio explore material limitations and opportunities in order to create novel design solutions that contain a highly artistic voice.

Part of Mindcraft:

2023

Website:

naturalmaterialstudio.com

Instagram:

@natural.material.studio

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