During Dutch Design Week, Aectual launches a collection of room dividers and office partition screens designed by House of DUS & Roos Meeder and Michiel Wijnen. The exhibition, located at Strijp R, is open from October 16 – 24 daily, from 10:00 – 18:00 hrs. On Sunday, October 24th, we welcome you for a celebratory closing event, where also the winner of the ‘Aectual Screen Design competition 2021’ will be announced.
The room dividers and screens can be used in a variety of settings, from private homes and offices to restaurants and hotels. They are available standard in a choice of 17 different colors, and available in any RAL, NCS, or Pantone color at an additional cost. All room dividers and screens are part of Aectual’s ‘Circular Service,’ which means that the customers receive a cash-back deposit when the products are returned for recycling after use. The room divider and screen material is then shredded and directly reprinted into new products.
Screen Crochet by House of DUS
House of DUS, the architecture firm whose founders also laid the foundation for design-to-manufacture platform Aectual, developed several partition designs that all create a graphical spatial effect. By playing with recurring oval and square shapes that become larger and smaller and close and open, more privacy or transparency can be created: “We wanted to create screens that allow the client to make their own unique version, whilst simultaneously unmistakably keep the strength of the intrinsic design”. In the ‘Chrochet Screen’ the designers pushed the novel craft of 3D printing even further, with a screen that appears to be chroceted, and that is both flexible and soft as well as strong. “We love it that the screens can be used both as art piece as well as functional object. At my home it hangs on the wall, but just as well at the office it brings a specific softness as a room divider” says Martine de Wit of House of DUS.
Window Screen Nazka at DDW, by Roos Meeder & Michiel Wijnen
Interior designers Roos Meeder and Michiel Wijnen approached Aectual as they wanted to create an extra layer between the restaurant and kitchen of the interior of restaurant Nazka. The graphic algorithm by Aectual provided a solution. “The idea that we could create a large screen, as a seamless whole specifically made to fit the space, with an ever-changing pattern, and in a unique color, was very appealing to us.” Said Roos Meeder and Michiel Wijnen. The screen design, freely inspired by pre-Colombian patterns, has a dynamic rectangular grid and alternating diagonal panes. The result was so attractive that the screens now have become part of Aectual’s collection. “We like it that the screens, which are so intrinsically characteristic for Nazka, also stand very well on their own, and serve beautifully as a room divider or brise soleils, for example”.
To emphasise the versatility of Aectuals screens, designers, and enthusiasts amateurs from all over the world are invited to design their own screen and take part in Aectuals 2021 Screen Design Competition. An internationally acclaimed jury including designer Tom Dixon, Thonik co-founder Nikki Gonnissen, Elle-Decoration Editor-in-Chief Eveline Reich, Michele di Pasca Maglione of Zaha Hadid Architects, and Martine de Wit of House of DUS / Aectual, will announce the winner during a celebratory event on October 24. The winner will receive an award and the winning design produced. Click here for more information about the competition.
The room dividers and screens will be presented for the first time at Dutch Design Week in a showroom setting in collaboration with NEL, the new sustainable sofa brand by Jorrit Tol. Aectual and NEL share many sustainable values and their products combine well in a variety of settings.
Opening hours:
Sat 16 Oct – Sun 24 Oct 10:00 - 18:00
Festive award ceremony, drinks & bites:
Sunday 24 October 15:30
Location:
Strijp-R, Halvemaanstraat 20, Eindhoven
Free admission
Starting October 28th, all products will be available via Aectuals webshop and B2B product overview page
