Piet Paris, artistic director of the first three editions of Arnhem Mode Biennale, selected the theme SHAPE as well as the designers portraying a renewed attention for shape in their work. He explained his choices in the exhibition’s guide book, of which fragments are quoted below. This is edition 2009 in a nutshell.

Pavilion: Tradition & Geometry

Pavilion: Amazement & Proportion

Pavilion: Concept & Appearance

Pavilion: Concept & Laboratory

Pavilion: Amazement & Material

Pavilion: Tradition & View

The pavilion route, crossing the city’s market square on 5 meter high stilts, ended inside the Eusebius church. Here, the wooden houses had a different function. Tens of designers — new talents and internationally reknowned names like Lanvin and Stephen Jones alike — used them as a background to their vision on the theme shape. The resulting myriad of new shapes is shown here.

For the Arnhem Mode Biennale magazine SHAPE, Freudenthal / Verhagen created a series of photos in which the shape functioned as the narrator. Transforming from the second to the third dimension.

Explore Boudicca’s intricate visual research into the extraordinary shapes that filled their pavilion.

A review on the shape shifting influence of Arnhem Mode Biennale’s main exhibition