ThusThat is a research-led design practice working with uncommon materials in an effort to explore the hidden narratives behind industrial production and consumption.
The studio bridges science, industry, and design, partnering with academic institutions, industrial collaborators, global brands, and architectural firms to investigate alternative material futures and reimagine industrial practices. Through our work, we strives to reshape established paradigms of production and inspire reflection on waste, sustainability, and the potential of overlooked resources.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Design Museum Gent, Belgium
London Design Museum
FRAC Dunkerque
AWARDS
Dezeen Awards Bentley Lighthouse Award, shortlisted, 2024
Dezeen’s ‘Emerging Studio of the Year’ shortlist, and ‘Sustainable Design of the Year’ longlist 2021
Fast.Co Innovation by Design Award, 2019
Wallpaper* ‘Design of the Year’ for material use, 2021
PAST CLIENTS
Aughinish Alumina, Ireland
Rio Tinto, Canada
Foundation USM, Switzerland
Monica Vinader, United Kingdom
Studio Olafur Eliasson, Germany
Norsk Hydro, Germany
Arubis, Belgium
KU Leuven, Belgium
SELECTED PRESS
Dezeen
DesignBoom
Wallpaper*
DesignWanted
StylePark
Polis
Gooood
Dwell
Lampoon Magazine
AD Russia
Fast.Co
FRAME
Curbed
DeArchitect
Crafts Magazine
PAST EXHIBITS
July 2024
Ornamenta 2024, Pforzheim
Feb 2024
Design Sediments, HuidenClub, Rotterdam
Jan 2024
One Side Sawn, solo, ToolsGalerie, Paris
Aug 2023
The Farm Shop, Fels Gallery, London
July 2023
Cheongju Craft Biennale, South Korea
May 2023
Villa Alba Museum, Melbourne Design Week, Australia
Feb 2023
Postcards of Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dec 2022
Bratislava Design Week, Slovakia
Nov 2022
The Planetarian, Beijing Design Week, China
SEPT 2022
The Futurists, Mint Gallery, London
MAY 23 2020 - JAN 2022
Critical Zones – Observatories for Earthly Politics, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
APR-NOV 2021
Colors, etc., Lille Tripostale, Lille
OCT 2021
Dutch Design Week, Sectie-C, Eindhoven
SEPT 2021
Against the Grain, Copeland Gallery, London
FEB 2021
Materia Gris – New Materials for the Post-Fossil Era, CentroCentro, Madrid
SEPT 2020
HIDW – Design’s Construct of Pluriversality, Xiong'an, China
MAR 2020
Kleureyck – Van Eyck's Colours in Design, Design Museum Gent
MAR 2020
Collaboration for Olafur Eliasson’s material lab at “Sometimes the River is the Bridge”, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
FEB 2020
Design Transfigured/Waste Reimagined, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
NOV 2019
This Is Copper, Solo Exhibition, Metallo, Belgium
OCT 2019
Design Transfigured/Waste Reimagined, Georgetown University
OCT 2019
Veemgebouw, Dutch Design Week
SEPT 2019
DesignFresh & MaterialDriven, London Design Festival
JUN 2019
The Model Room, Anagra, Tokyo
APR 2019
Slag Valorization Symposium, Mechelen
MAY 2019
Designing Perspectives, Venice Biennale
TALKS & LECTURES
Feb 2025
Surface Design Show, London, UK
Sept 2024
Patterns of Cairo, Egypt
Aug 2024
Bauhaus Lab Symposium 2024, Dessau, Germany
Oct 2022 - Feb 2023
Guest Professorship, HfG Karlsruhe, Seminar on material design
Oct 2022
World Craft Council, Crafting a Greener Path for Europe
Sept 2022
Le Signe Centre Nationale du Graphisme, Chaumont, France
Sept 2022
Farb Design Forum, Berlin
Aug 2022
Goethe Institute, Jordan
Mar 2022
Dutch Invirtuals Academy
Jan 2022
HfG Karlsruhe University of Arts & Design workshop, Karlsruhe
Dec 2021
KABK / Royal Academy of Art, the Hague
Dec 2021
VAC Zattere / Non-Extractive Architecture, Venice
Jun 2021
Sandberg Institute / Rietveld Academy, Disarming Design, Amsterdam
May 2021
HfG Karlsruhe University of Arts & Design, Karlsruhe
Mar 2021
Harvard University, Ceramics Program
Mar 2021
University of Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Mar 2021
Dutch Invirtuals Academy
Mar 2021
Virginia Tech University, School of Architecture + Design, workshop and seminar
Oct 2020
Crafts Magazine For London Craft Week
Feb 2020
Arizona State University, Center for Philosophical Technologies
Feb 2020
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts
Oct 2020
C2 Montreal, Keynote Speaker