Past Exchange Students
2022
FALL Semester:
Ms. Janneke de Lange
(Design Academy Eindhoven / THE NETHERLANDS)
「Glaze, a composition of rocks」
Her childhood fascination with the precious minerals, rocks and stones around her led her to focus on the composition of ceramics, especially glaze. As materials for the glazes, she used various stones found lying in the Kurokami Mountains, which succeeded to fire Japan’s first porcelain. In the process, recalling how the ancients had succeeded in firing ceramics by themselves through their knowledge, experience, and trial and error, she fetched the stones, transported them, crushed them, and made the glaze by her hand.
Mr. Nathan Charles, Jean-Louis Raccah
(Design Academy Eindhoven / THE NETHERLANDS)
「potters and potters」
He focused on the "throwing wheel technique", which he first encountered in meditative YouTube demonstrations, and created a collection of vases and other objects based on its simple principle, a playful take on craft intertwined with the visual references, trends, and distorted social predicaments of our global contemporary He explored a variety of expressions. Entering into Japanese ceramic culture, he questioned the relationship between decoration and use, surface and form (structure), and expressed them in his work.
2019
FALL Semester:
Mr. Moonseop Seo
(Design Academy Eindhoven / THE NETHERLANDS)
「間」
He was inspired by the existence that breathes between things, the moss and weeds, the water that gathers, the air that passes through, and the energy felt through the "gaps（＝間）" that he saw in the scenery of Arita town.
As an expression of this "gaps", one simple ring and plate units are glued together with a transparent glaze. The presence of the "gaps" emerges when the light overflows there. By combining these units, he has developed a series that has applications.
Ms. Marieke Maria Johanna van Schijndel
(Design Academy Eindhoven / THE NETHERLANDS)
「A sense of the season」
In many traditional Japanese patterns, there are various motifs and phenomena representing the unique climate of Japan.
From among them, she studied patterns with atmsphares and expressions that contained humidity and water, such as rain, clouds, fog, and haze, interpreted and understood them in her own way, and expressed them in her work.
2018
SPRING Semester:
Ms. Shaakira Jassat
(Design Academy Eindhoven / THE NETHERLANDS)
「Local is Lekker」
She found some similal points by each local food culture from her personal background. In the end, to encourage people (especially foreigners to Japan) to embrace the local food culture, she produced the plate focused on 'Moritsuke' the Japanese food culture.
Ms. Lotte Johanna Hedwig Schlor
(Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle / GERMANY)
「Fitted Space」
She is surprised Japanese products which are designed thoughtfullness in Japanese society for example multifunction, compact, small spaces, convinient, and so on. She produced the big and small 'DONBURI's with lid can nestable and save the space on the cupboard.
Ms. Lene Zech
(Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle / GERMANY)
「mornings in japan」
She is interested in philosophy and spirit of 'Cyanoyu', and also found out well-conceived products in Japan. Baced on those points of view, she prodused the tea set for European culture in the present.
2017
FALL Semester:
Ms. Laura Johanna König
(Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle / GERMANY)
「STEAM.」
She produced functional and thoughtful design steamer that will match the Japanese meal, and that can be cooked and provided as it is.
SPRING Semester:
Mr. Rino Claessens
(Design Academy Eindhoven / THE NETHERLANDS)
「Floating Tableware」
He produced the series of "Floating Tabeware" which was inspired by the special foot of Japanese tableware 'Kodai'. When he saw the 'Kodai' in the meal in Japanese food culture, he looked it floating on the table.
Ms. Céline Lallau
(Design Academy Eindhoven / THE NETHERLANDS)
「White River」
She produced the porcelain sculpture which is extruded the traditional Japanese pattern 'snow frake' from the broken porcelan pieces from the river in Arita.