NEXT! Young European Design brings together emerging designers from across Europe as part of The Imperfect Future – WOOD: Design between Symbiosis and Standardisation.
Date: 21.05.2026, 18:30
Location: Aedes, Christinenstr. 18–19, 10119 Berlin
Register: /e/the-imperfect-future-wood-design-between-symbiosis-and-standardisation-tickets-1985839401106?aff=oddtdtcreator
In collaboration with
@aedesberlin and EUNIC member institutes.
Curated and moderated by
@simbinko .
• Jakob Niemann (Austria) works at the intersection of craftsmanship, engineering and sustainable design, focusing on wood as a living material. Through experimental making and self-developed techniques, his practice explores how natural growth, resourcefulness and material intelligence can inform contemporary design.
@jakob_niemann
• House of Pärnamets (Estonia) explores sustainable small-scale production through traditional green woodworking. Rooted in material knowledge and craft heritage, the studio creates seating and objects shaped by resourceful techniques while sharing these practices through workshops and collective learning.
@house_of_parnamets
• Henri Judin (Finland) develops thoughtful and durable design solutions shaped by material responsibility, functionality and refined form. Through Design Studio Judin, his work bridges Finnish design traditions, international collaboration and sustainable approaches to contemporary furniture and interiors.
@hnrjdn
• Lucy O’Sullivan (Ireland) works with storm-fallen timber and underused materials, exploring regenerative and place-based design. Her practice embraces irregularity, material memory and environmental change, proposing a slower and more attentive relationship to making.
@lucyosullivan.ie
• Cathy Wolter (Luxembourg) designs furniture and objects through close attention to materials, reduction and repairability. Rooted in experimentation, her work explores how durability and thoughtful construction can shape sustainable product systems for everyday life.
@cathywolter
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