Lookbook: Mae Engelgeer Through the Lens

To gain insight into Mae Engelgeer’s intu­itive process is to see her in the rich con­text of 21^st cen­tu­ry Dutch design, and her rev­er­ence for the craft and arti­sans asso­ci­at­ed with each mate­r­i­al inter­ac­tion. From her fear­less exper­i­ments in real time weav­ing at the Tex­tielLab in Tilburg to her immer­sion in indige­nous process­es for Kyoto kimono silk and Nepalese rugs, Engel­geer opens her­self and, in turn, us to new design outcomes. 

Syn­the­siz­ing his­tor­i­cal and con­tem­po­rary influ­ences – often archi­tec­tur­al in ori­gin – of her own cul­ture with those of her trav­els abroad, Engel­geer repeat­ed­ly hits the right note. Her exquis­ite sense of col­or, and com­bi­na­tion of form and mate­r­i­al, catch our atten­tion for their fresh­ness, yet are ground­ed in bal­anced composition. 

Join Wolf-Gor­don CCO Mary­beth Shaw and Mae Engel­geer for a con­ver­sa­tion on IG Live Thurs­day, Sep­tem­ber 10^th at 12 pm EDT.