Led by Kevin Rouff and Paco Boeckelmann, ThusThat is a design practice with a focus on materials and different making processes.
As graduates of the Royal College of Art (MA) and Imperial College London (MSc), our work with overlooked materials involves moving between scientific research, industrial practices, and making. We hope that this approach results in a body of design work that is intellectually engaging, aesthetically rich, and ultimately communicates to a wider audiences.
CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITS
MAY 23 2020 - ongoing 2021
Critical Zones – Observatories for Earthly Politics, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
PAST EXHIBITS
APR-NOV 2021
Colors, etc., Lille Tripostale, Lille
OCT 2021
Dutch Design Week, Sectie-C, Eindhoven
SEPT 2021
Against the Grain, opeland 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 2020
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts
Feb 2020
Arizona State University, Center for Philosophical Technologies
Oct 2020
Crafts Magazine For London Craft Week
Oct 2020
C2 Montreal, Keynote Speaker
March 2021
Virginia Tech University, School of Architecture + Design
March 2021
Dutch Invirtuals Academy
March 2021
University of Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering
March 2021
Harvard University, Ceramics Program
May 2021
HfG Karlsruhe University of Arts & Design
June 2021
Sandberg Institute / Rietveld Academy, Disarming Design, Amsterdam
Dec 2021
VAC Zattere / Non-Extractive Architecture, Venice
Dec 2021
KABK / Royal Academy of Art, the Hague
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Design Museum Gent, Belgium
London Design Museum
London Design Museum
AWARDS
Fast.Co Innovation by Design Award, 2019
Wallpaper* ‘Design of the Year’ for material use, 2021
Dezeen’s ‘Emerging Studio of the Year’ shortlist, and ‘Sustainable Design of the Year’ longlist 2021
Wallpaper* ‘Design of the Year’ for material use, 2021
Dezeen’s ‘Emerging Studio of the Year’ shortlist, and ‘Sustainable Design of the Year’ longlist 2021