At WONDER, Vaklab Bokrijk presents the three finalists of the BKRK-AWARD #HOUT. This ninth edition of the BKRK award puts the focus on wood. With this track, Bokrijk shows and lauds the enterprising creative person who develops a product from his expertise that lifts craftsmanship to a higher level.
From 67 entries, a professional jury has already selected 10 cases based on predefined criteria: design, economic potential, sustainability and innovation, storytelling and, of course, craftsmanship and technology:
- Fauve Boone: PRKT - Dismountable table from leftover material
- Giel Dedeurwaarder & Brent Neve: NOEST - Drawing attention to the surroundings with thoughtful designs
- Gitte Van Reusel: PLAN-K - Two elements that belong together, finally together
- Guillaume Pille: CARTESIAN TABLE - Coffee table made of 1976 Cartesian buttons
- Isabelle Verbruggen: DESIGN RESEARCH HOUTMASSIVE BUILDING - Design research into the freedoms of wood massif construction
- Miguel Vanwetter: B1.2 METER - Getting a new piece of furniture out of one beam
- Orville: WOOD CRULPERS FORMS - Transforming residual streams of sawdust and wood shavings into high-quality utensils
- Sara Fraussen: HOUD(T) - Erf(play)good for young and old
- Thomas Rogiest: STEEN STAPEL - Stacked stones as a table