IAFD x Forbo: new applications for Linoleum
For this collaboration between IA & FD and Forbo, the company's linoleum archive served as a source of inspiration for our third-year students from the bachelor department of Interior
About the project
The students worked on two consecutive assignments. The first one reflecting and interpreting history (Linochambres) and the second one looking towards the future (Ex-tract-trude-pose). The variety of experiments that were materialized through products and artworks was presented in the school during the Open Day of the KABK in The Hague in January 2019.
Linochambres
Students researched the social aspects and the specific characteristics of the material, the design properties of linoleum as a building material, and speculated its future potential. Seven 1: 1 scale linoleum 'Period Rooms' were realized during the first assignment.
Ex-tract-trude-pose: breathe in, this is the beginning of a linoleum invasion
These rooms served as an inspiration for the development of individual projects in the second part.
photos: Vladimir Vidanovski
photos: Hans Poel
Participating students
Jinzi Liu
Mila Baumann
Julia Holmgren
Jihoon Baek
Joyce Bakker
Laura Bosch
Esme Kim
Vlada Naletkina
Clémentine Boucher
Daria Kozhina
Maximillian von Igel
Naira Nigrelli
Cristina Palicari
Agathe de Klerk
Kalina Lambreva
Marie Komatsu
Menthe de Kloe
Youri Thibault
Miriam Asghdom
Lilla Eordogh
Mindy Li
Yen Le
Thijs de Weerd
Violet Luu
Shun Yoon
Ngoc Le
Lisa Hens
Mentors
Samira Boon
Lada Hršak
Maarten Kolk
Ronald van Tienhoven
Externals
Marijke Griffioen (Forbo)
Anne Wagemakers (Forbo)
Photography
Vladimir Vidanovski (photo’s student’s individual work)
Hans Poel (photo’s Linochambres)
About Forbo
Forbo Linoleum is a Dutch linoleum firm and recently known for its engagement with top designers and material experiments.