THOMAS VAILLY
EXHIBITIONS
2017–2018 | Fundamentals
2016–2016 | Next Up
2015–2015 | Dutch Design Week
2014–2015 | Open World
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Objects
-Expo Fundamentals
“Fascinated by the process behind materials, Thomas his work explores the themes of consumption, commodification and industrial production, perverting the material perfection of slick industrial design.”
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Colour of the day
-Expo Next Up
Inspired by a trip through Iceland, Laura Lynn Jansen and Thomas Vailly created a series of lights with shifting colour panels. The ever-changing colour palette imitates the colourful reflection of light in the natural crystals in Iceland.
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Reconfiguration of a tree
-Expo Next Up
The rise of synthetic resin has caused traditional wood resin to fall into abeyance. Thomas Vailly has literally dissected the Pinus Pinaster – a tree with a characteristic black resin – in wood and black resin. In collaboration with other designers, a contemporary product collection has been established from these resources.
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CaCO3 Stoneware
-Expo Open World
Inspired by geological processes of stalactites’ growth, these stone objects are grown around structures, drop by drop. The fragile skeleton, a 3D printed structure, is left to petrify for weeks in specially chosen thermo-mineral springs. The natural geological processes reinforces the structure; new functional fossils start to form within weeks.