Curriculum Jurgen Bey (Soest, 1965):

Our consciousness is probably one of the most beautiful things we know. From the start of humankind men is trying to understand the world around us. Searching for reasons how to act we are trying to theorise things. Our very well developed brains make that just taking care for the essentials like eating and breeding isn’t fulfilling anymore. The question was born and with the questions the answers had to come. The answers became stories, many stories that told us how to act and how to look and what to see. At the time that Plato lived the swing movement of a pendulum was explained as the struggle of a fish. The stone oscillating above the ground, wanted to get back to the ground. If it stopped swinging it was because it was tired. You could almost get angry why we kept on searching for other explanations. The images of the men-made world were found by the photographer Kjell Sandved in nature. He found them on the wings of butterflies. He made them visible by filters and photography. In this case it was the alphabet, but now you know that you can find everybody and every event in past and future as an image with a rough resolution. The world at random for the good spectator. The world around us can make us enthusiastic; the art is to see that.

Town-planning, architecture and landscape architecture are indissolubly connected to products and can be in symbiosis. The lamp has influenced architecture and the built home the products for the interior. The skyscraper could never exist without an elevator.

Studio JURGENBEY designs for public spaces, interiors and applied art. Analysing the contents, searching for the relation of the things and it’s users, design supporting a story and the things having an interaction with it’s users are starting points for the projects.

As a designer I feel like an explorer travelling the world out of curiosity, or being send with a mission, investigating, asking questions and making connections. To come back with stories. Stories told with design because that is my language.

EXPERIENCES
1998 / present Studio JURGENBEY
1990 / 1998 Konings + Bey (K+B)
1984 / 1989 The Design Academy, Eindhoven, department Environment

TEACHING
Guest teacher Icelandic Arts Academy, Reykjavik Island
Guest teacher Technical University, Delft
Interim Head The Design Academy, Eindhoven / department Man and Living
Teacher The Design Academy, Eindhoven / department Masters Industrial Design
Teacher The Design Academy, Eindhoven / department Man and Interactivity
Teacher The Design Academy, Eindhoven / department Atelier
Guest teacher Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht / department 3D

Projects JURGENBEY

2004
Simply Droog 10+1, (commissioned by Droog Design)
Design for an exhibition “10+1 year Droog Design”, Munchen

Lusthof Utrecht (commissioned by Kunstuitleen Utrecht)
Design of a sculpture garden

Villa Hunting, Eindhoven (commissioned by family Hunting)
Interior design of Villa Hunting

Textile museum, Tilburg
Table damask

&-route , i.c.w. Rianne Makkink (commissioned by STER)
Master plan for a tourist route in province Gelderland,

Standing Lightshade-shade (commissioned by Moooi)

Belastingkantoor Bank

St.Petersburg chair (commissioned by Droog Design)
A polyester chair designed for coffeehouse in St. Petersburg.

Vissershop (commissioned by municipal Zaanstad)
Applied project of street furniture for municipal Zaanstad

ROC Apeldoorn (commissioned by Kunst en Bedrijf)
Interior art project for an entrée of a school.

Simply Droog 10+1, (commissioned by Droog Design)
Design for an exhibition “10+1 year Droog Design”, Munchen

2003

Jean Paul Gaultier, Paris, (commissioned by Jean-Paul Gaultier )
Design for the décor of the Haute the Couture fashion show of Jean-Paul Gaultier in Paris

Children’s play tree trunk bench, (commissioned by Elementary school “De Sterrekijker”, Dordrecht)
Applied art project of a playground bench

Felt tree trunk bench, (commissioned by Dutch Tax office )
Applied art project of a waiting bench

BLOB art pavilion, (commissioned by SKOR and Technical University Eindhoven )
Small art pavilion based on BLOB architecture

Makkum, (commissioned by “Koninklijke Tichelaar”, Makkum )
Ceramic tea and coffee set

Company restaurant, (commissioned by “Interpolis”, Tilburg)
Interior design and development of new furniture for a company restaurant.

2002

Cityscape, (commissioned by Droog Design)
Nine meter long city bench for Tokyo, Japan

Meeting room, (commissioned by “Interpolis”, Tilburg)
Interior design and development of new furniture for a meeting room.

Pure sand bench, (commissioned by the city Hoek van Holland)
Bulldozer that makes benches on the beach

Tearoom “Parlour”, (commissioned by Sacred River, London)
Interior design for a tearoom

‘Lightshade-shades’, (collection Moooi, Amsterdam)

LinnenkasTHUIS , (commissioned by Eigen Huis)
Gardenhouse

Nieuwe Schans, (commissioned by the municipal Reiderland)
Research of new use of the rural area

India Kwartet, (commissioned by Planet.nl)
Happy family game

2001

Mobiel Dromen, (commissioned by Auping Foundation)
Hybrid of garment and space

Park bench (commissioned by Amersfoort)
Machines that maintain the park make products

Window shop for Levi’s Red 2001, (commissioned by Droog Design)

Interior for city hall Utrecht, (commissioned by Central museum, Utrecht)
Interior design and development of furniture for a wedding room in the city hall

Kokon-family bench, (commissioned by New Metropolis, Amsterdam

Millennium fountain, (commissioned by the city Spijkenisse)
Applied art project with fountains

Blind walk, i.c.w. Hella Jongerius, (commissioned by “Het Schild”, Wolfheze)
A walk for blind people routed by products

2000

Shop window for Levi’s Red 2000, (commissioned by Droog Design)

Kokon wall panels, ‘Centraal Museum’, (commissioned by Centraal museum, Utrecht)

3000 meters rope, i.c.w. Hella Jongerius, (commissioned by ‘De Mozaîk’, Leerdam)
Applied art project for playground at an elementary school.

Do-add, (commissioned by Droog Design, Amsterdam)
Series of chairs

Healing,
Chair, table and cupboard developed from handy caped furniture.

1999

Ceramic garden, (commissioned by museum ‘Princessenhof’, Leeuwarden )
Garden design for the museum that can be used for exhibition space.

Times capsule, (commissioned by Droog Design)
Competition for a time capsule for “ The New York Times magazine “

Oranienbaum, (commissioned by Droog Design)
Garden benches made of garden waste for the castle ‘Oraniénbaum’, Germany

Broken family,
Silver-plated tea-set

Lightshade-shades, (collection Droog Design)
Lamps

Kokon-familie, (collection Droog Design)

Tree trunk bench, (collection Droog Design)

Gardening bench, (collection Droog Design)

Projects Konings en Bey (1990-1998)

1998

Sundial 52º 09’N - 05º 22’E, Station square Amersfoort (commissioned by the city Amersfoort)
Applied art project

Exhibition Design price, Rotterdam 1997, 1996, (commissioned by Rotterdamse Kunststichting)
Exhibition design of the Dutch design contest at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam.

Mededelingenbord Sigma College, Sigma College, (commissioned by Sigma college, Maastricht)
Applied art project, information board for a high school.

Informatiepunt Barsingerhorn, (commissioned by “ Noord-Holland”)
Landscape design and furniture to inform people about the protected landscape

Exhibition Droog Design, (commissioned by Droog Design)
Exhibition design of the collection Droog Design at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam.

Exhibition Het Droste effect, (commissioned by Frans Hals Museum)
Design of the exhibition with the theme Droste-effect

Advertisement board Dordrecht, (commissioned by the city Dordrecht)
Contest for an applied art project, nominated

Dutch pavilion World Expo 93, Taejon, South Korea, (commissioned by the Dutch government)
Exhibition design about the Netherlands.

Exhibition HEMA clock design contest, (commissioned by Hema)
Exhibition design at the Centraal Museum, Utrecht

Paper bookcase , (collection Droog Design)

Exhibitions

2005

Grazie dei Fior, Haunting Dogs full of Grace, Fuori Salone / Sala Prove, Milan (13/04/05 – 17/04/05)
Object of Conversation, Le Bon Marche, Paris (24/03/05 – 30/04/05)
d’Immateriels Lendemains, Musee Royal de Mariemont (19/03/05 – 18/09/05)Blob, Technical University, Eindhoven (18/02/05 – 18/03/05)
Nest, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (18/02/05 – 15/05/05)
Last Exit to the Netherlands, Gallery Silvera, Paris (12/01/05 – 25/01/05)

2004

Simply Droog, Gemeente museum, Den Haag (18/12/04 – 13/02/05)
Hartstocht, CBK Dordrecht (06/11/04 – 29/01/05)
The foreign affairs of Dutch Design, Glaspaleis, Heerlen (08/10/04 – 03/11/04)
Via Milano, Woonbeurs 2004, RAI, Amsterdam (27/09/04 – 03/10/04)
Bright Minds, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (25/09/04 – 05/12/04)
Trafic d’influences : Art & Design (Collection Frac Nord – Pas de Calais), Tri Postal, Lille (04/09/04 – 28/11/04)
Open Borders, Design etc, Tri Postal, Lille (04/09/04 – 28/11/04)
The foreign affairs of Dutch Design, London Design Week, Studio 95, London (23/08/04 – 26/08/04)
Vanishing Point 2, KlausEngelhorn 22, Viena (14/05/04 – 30/06/04)
Cubes of good ideas, Forum, Barcelona (09/05/04 – 26/09/04)
Radical Design, Le Bon Marche Rive Gauche, Paris (28/04/04 – 12/06/04)
Interpolis Ontvangstkamer, VIVID, Rotterdam (25/04/04 – 13/06/04)
Lekker Decadent / Deliciously Decadent, Princessehof, Leeuwarden (21/04/04 – 24/10/04)
Go Slow, Droog Design, La Galleria Postart (14/04/04 – 18/04/04)
Vanishing Point 1, KlausEngelhorn22, Spazio Erasmus, Milan (14/04/04 – 19/04/04)
Simply Droog, Haus der Kunst, Munchen (18/03/04 – 23/05/04)
Bright Minds, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (01/02/04 – 01/03/04)
Scenario 2020, Exposorium VU, Amsterdam (27/01/04 – 08/03/04)
Natur ganz Kunst, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (15/01/04 – 16/01/05)
Toekenning 018: Twaalfdelig en meer, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam (12/01/04 – 13/02/04)

2003

Bright Minds, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon (01/09/03 – 01/10/03)|
Mobiel Dromen, Milan (10/04/03 – 14/04/03)
Many Passages to India, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam (05/03/03 – 29/03/03)
Strangely Familiar Exhibition, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (08/07/03 –
Reality Machines, Nederlands Architectuur Instituut, Rotterdam (06/02/03 – 21/04/03)
Interior award 2003, Lensvelt / de Architect, Meeting room Interpolis

2002

Trans_positions, Regional d’Art Contemporain, Nord-Pas de Calais (14/12/02 – 08/03/03)
Global Design, Nederlands Architectuur Instituut, Rotterdam (27/10/02 – 24/12/02)
Mobiel Dromen, Interieurbeurs, Kortrijk (18/10/02 – 27/10/02)
Linnenkasthuis, De Woonbeurs, Amsterdam (01/10/02 – 06/10/02)
No Copy At Home, Kunstpaviljoen, Nieuw-Roden (31/08/02 – 29/12/02)
On the waterfront, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (13/07/02 – 15/09/02)
(Niet) Van Hout, SBK-Kunstcentrum, Haarlem (06/07/02 – 24/08/02)
Via Milano 02, Baby, Rotterdam (19/06/02 – 30/06/02)
Skin, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York (07/05/02 – 15/09/02)
Kunststo(f)f, Broel Museum, Kortrijk (27/04/02 – 31/08/02)
Milan in a Van, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (21/04/02 – 30/06/02)
Apartmentzero, Washington, USA (12/04/02 – 12/05/02)
Expositie, Galerie RAM, Rotterdam (17/03/02 – 28/04/02)
Expositie, Art/huis, Nieuw-Roden (16/03/02 – 14/07/02)
Cache-Cache Camouflage, Musee de Design et d’Arts (05/02/02 –19/05/02)
Home Made Holland, Craft Council Gallery, London (31/01/02 – 24/03/02)
Comfort Zone, the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, USA (25/01/02 – 21/04/02)

2001

Bezeten Van Stoelen, Stedelijk Museum, Roermond (24/11/01 – 03/03/02)
Home Made, Leeuwarden (24/11/01 – 23/12/01)
Carrefour de la creation, Centre Pompidou, Paris (17/10/01 – 05/01/02)
Villa Droog, Droog design a la Villa Noailles (15/07/01 – 09/09/01)
Mobile Home, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
Designprice Rotterdam 2001, Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
My Home my Castel, Slot Zeist (27/01/01 – 25/03/01)

2000

Institute of Contemporary Art, Jurgen Bey + Hella Jongerius , Philadelphia, USA (02/12/00 – 09/02/01)
Design World 2000, Taideteollisuusmuseo / Museum of Arts and Design, Helsinki (03/02/00 – 30/04/00)
010101. Art in Technological Times, San Francisco/Milan (01/03/01 – 01/04/01)
Do-create, AA school of architecture, London
Kunsthal, Rotterdam (Droog design)
The Israel museum, Jerusalem (Droog design)
The Lighthouse, Glasgow (Droog design)

1999

Times capsule exhibition, The American Museum of Natural History, New York
A Grand Design, The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Essentials de Luxe, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal
Vivid, Rotterdam
Couleur Locale,Oranienbaum, Germany
‘Moss‘, opening new store, New York

1998 Konings en Bey

‘Haltbar bis ...., immer schneller’, Krems Austria
Standpunten, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst, Amsterdam
Designprijs Rotterdam, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
Droog Design, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Thresholds: Design from The Netherlands, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Mentalitäten, Niederländisches Design, Design Centre, Stuttgart
Made in Holland-Design aus den Niederlanden, Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Köln
Nieuwe Aankopen, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Frans Hals Prijs voor tentoonstellingsvormgeving, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
Things look that way now, (un)LIMITED editions, Paradiso, Amsterdam
Designprijs Rotterdam, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
De Kracht van Heden, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst, Amsterdam