PLATFORM FOR
BIO BASED STUDIES

The Material Way is a new collaborative platform for material-based studies focused on supporting curious creators who strive to craft a more holistic, local, and nature-minded future. This initiative was founded by Curator Rita Trindade (Through Objects) and Creative Director Bonnie Hvillum (Natural Material Studio) and it emerges as a natural extension of their previous collaboration on providing online courses on local biomaterials.

TWO INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

With the intention of evolving a network that brings makers, and designers together, The Material way will gather established artists and researchers as guest lecturers in two independent international programs: Local Bio-based Materials program and Natural Materials in Ceramics program. These online courses have a duration of 6 intensive months (January to July 2024) with theme-based weekly sessions. The culmination of these courses will be a group exhibition taking place in Denmark.

FOUNDERS

BONNIE HVILLUM
Founder of Natural Material Studio, a Danish cross-disciplinary design company that drives toward expanding our collective understanding and relation to materials. The studio works from a renewable and circular point of view, with both science, biology, technology, design and art as the building blocks to create the new normal for sustainable living.
RITA TRINDADE
Rita Trindade is a Portuguese creative who merges her passion for human-crafted objects with her professional background in design and communication. In 2017, she founded Through Objects with the intention of sharing compelling narratives within contemporary objects.

GUEST LECTURERS

BONNIE HVILLUM

BIO BASED ART & DESIGN

KIM LENSCHOW

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

BENEDETTA POMPILI

DESIGN AND MATERIAL RESEARCH

FERNANDO LAPOSSE

DESIGN WITH NATURAL MATERIALS

AGNE KUCERENKAITE

DESIGN / MATERIAL RESEARCH

SARMITE POLAKOVA

 BIO DESIGN AND RESEARCH

CHRISSIE MUHR

RESEARCH AND CURATION

TIM INGOLD

ANTHROPOLOGY
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