A roundup of our latest exhibition
Origin Stories
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The Shaping Colors series by Germans Ermičs', on display at Origin Stories
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Butterfly Vase (left) and Splash Vase by Utopia & Utility
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Anastasiya Koshcheeva's Taburet Stools and Germans Ermičs' Shaping Color Console
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Anastasiya Koshcheeva's Taburet Stools and Germans Ermičs' Shaping Color Table
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Hongjie Yang's Metallic Transformation: Twig & Log
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Arnout Meijer's Every Torus Light and Every Cone Light
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Arnout Meijer's Every Torus Light (detail)
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The Origin Stories exhibition
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Tina Roeder's White Billion Chairs series pays tribute to the ubiquitous monobloc chair, featuring variations individually perforated by hand with up to ten thousand holes and then sanded.
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Tina Roeder's White Billion Chairs
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Pepe Heykoop's Thonet Pair (center), from the Skin Collection, features modified, secondhand pieces encased in upcycled leather scraps.
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The Origin Stories exhibition
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Panna Lamps by Joa Herrenknecht
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Three-Piece Garniture Set with Tray by Ward Merrill Hooper and Tina Roeder
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Tide Vases and Cups, Pool Plates, and Drawn by Nature Textiles by Anna Badur
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Suberin Collection by Philipp Weber atop Drawn by Nature Textile by Anna Badur
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High Tea Pot from Studio Wieki Somers
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Black Blossoms Vase and White Blossoms Vase by Studio Wieki Somers
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Crystallised Mirror and Crystal Insects by Isaac Monté
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Hidden Beauty - Inner Skin collection from Studio Gutedort
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Handwritten notes, material samples, and photos from Studio Gutedort
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Windworks Stool by Merel Karhof
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Waterschatten Bowls by Nienke Hoogvliet and From Below by Philipp Weber
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Wrap Spruce Table Lamp and Wrap Beech Table Lamp by Johannes Hemann
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ZandGlas by Atelier NL
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Tuesa Vessels by Anastasiya Koshcheeva
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Spool Table and Stool plus Splash and Butterfly Vases by Utopia & Utility
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Spool Table and Stool by Utopia & Utility
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Visitors peruse the exhibition.
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Designer Aya Zehavi takes in the exhibition.
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The opening night event featured a panel discussion amongst (from left) Maurizio Montalti, Johannes Hemann, Anna Badur, and Lucas Verweij, moderated by Claudia Banz
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Paper & Tea provided delicious teas with German- and Dutch- connections to further elevate the event.
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Moderator Claudia Banz emcees the Origin Stories opening
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Keynote speaker Thomas Widdershoven at the Origin Stories opening event
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Moderator Claudia Banz chats with keynote speaker Thomas Widdershoven at the Origin Stories opening event
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This past week in Berlin, Pamono debuted Origin Stories: Every Inspiration Has Its Roots, a pop-up exhibition and event spotlighting standout contemporary designs from the Netherlands and Germany. We were thrilled to team up with the Dutch Embassy here in Berlin and our friends at aptm to celebrate some of today’s most exciting designers—both established and emerging names—including Studio Wieki Somers, Pepe Heykoop, Arnout Meijer, Anna Badur, Johannes Hemann, Utopia & Utility, and Studio Gutedort, among others—and to do our part to bring Berlin’s fabulous design community together once again. And the designs were so beautiful, we just had to share!
Curated by Pamono editors Anna Carnick and Wava Carpenter, the pieces on display offered a window onto the influence that designers’ unique locations and environments have on the work they produce. In addition to their objects, the designers provided photographs, sketches, handwritten notes, and more, creating an added layer of storytelling to the show. The settings that inspired the pieces were as varied as the designs themselves, ranging from meditative moments spent alone in nature (as in Johannes Hemann's wood-adoring Wrap Lamps or Germans Ermičs' colored-sky-inspired glass work) to energetic, lighting-like flashes felt in the thick of major metropolises (as in Tina Roeder's fabuluosly Art Deco, skyscraper-like Garniture Set)—and everywhere in between. Throughout, however, the designs were unified by one very clear and unchanging thread: the fundamentally human inclination to absorb our individual surroundings and to share our experiences with the wider world. These designers tell their stories using form and craft, and, as was visible here, often the most personal tales are the most universally resonant.
A full list of participating designers is below. Thanks again to all who made this very special project possible and to all the wonderful design lovers who came out to celebrate inspiring design with us!
Designers representing the Netherlands included: Atelier NL / Germans Ermičs / Pepe Heykoop/ Nienke Hoogvliet / Merel Karhof / Arnout Meijer / Isaac Monté / Studio Wieki Somers / Hongjie Yang
Designers representing Germany included: Anna Badur / Johannes Hemann / Joa Herrenknecht / Anastasiya Koshcheeva / Tina Roeder / Studio Gutedort / Utopia & Utility / Philipp Weber
Special thanks to our opening night speakers, including Thomas Widdershoven, Claudia Banz, Anna Badur, Johannes Hemann, Maurizio Montalti, and Lucas Verweij, and to our sponsors, P&T-Paper and Tea and Magic Movers.
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Photos by
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Ramtin Zanjani
Beyond his role as Pamono’s Head of Photography, Ramtin has honed his keen eye through years of product shoots, art direction, advertising, and documentary work. He doesn’t like to talk about it, but he has some searing photographs available at SaatchiArt.com.
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Big Oval Antique ORA Table Mirror by Joa Herrenknecht
Grey Brass Small India Stacking Vessel by Utopia & Utility
Small Round Antiqued ORA Table Mirror by Joa Herrenknecht
Blue Hour Throw by Merel Karhof and Yasmijn Karhof for the Textile Museum Tilburg
Pink Branch Bowl by Utopia & Utility
SV11 Green and Copper Stacking Vessel by Utopia & Utility
Wrap Beech Pendant Light from Johannes Hemann
Wrap Linden Pendant Light from Johannes Hemann
Small Round Silver ORA Table Mirror by Joa Herrenknecht
Visual Anaesthesia / Naked Couch by Tina Roeder, 2004
Black Blossoms Vase by Studio Wieki Somers, 2005
White Blossoms Vase Without Holes from Studio Wieki Somers, 2005
Blue Sunday Tide Mugs - Green Edition by Anna Badur, Set of 4
Skin Dressing Doll with Lamp by Pepe Heykoop
Skin Leaning Wall Lamp by Pepe Heykoop
Grey Hide Blanket by Nienke Hoogvliet for TextielMuseum Tilburg
Wrap Beech Brass Table Light from Johannes Hemann
Pressed Wood Black Side Table from Johannes Hemann
Belgian A Strange Symphony on Colours Vase by Philipp Weber for Christophe Genard, 2016
Tuesa No. 1 Plain Edition by Anastasiya Koshcheeva
Tuesa No. 2 by Anastasiya Koshcheeva
Tuesa No. 1 by Anastasiya Koshcheeva
Svetoch Pendant Light by Anastasiya Koshcheeva
Blue Sunday / Pool / Plate by Anna Badur, Set of 4
Light Pink Mattress Stone Bottle from Studio Wieki Somers, 2002
Neodium Pumpkin Jar by Utopia & Utility
Tide Mugs from the Blue Sunday Series by Anna Badur, Set of 4
Rose Pumpkin Jar by Utopia & Utility
Drop Plate from the Blue Sunday Series by Anna Badur, Set of 4
Pink Hide Blanket by Nienke Hoogvliet for TextielMuseum Tilburg
Glass Light M104 by Utopia & Utility
Whatever the Weather #01 Pillow by Anna Badur
Green Glass Light M104 from Utopia & Utility
Red No 04 Cardboard Tape Box by Wieki Somers
Red No 03 Assembled Stool by Studio Wieki Somers
Red 3-Legged No 2 Tripod Stool by Studio Wieki Somers
Shade Volume Col 1 Medium Lamp by Merel Karhof & Marc Trotereau for ShadeVolume, 2016
Menorah by Pepe Heykoop
Bits of Wood Table by Pepe Heykoop
Soft Oak Chair by Pepe Heykoop
Green No 03 Assembled Stool by Studio Wieki Somers
Elevated Green No 1 Extended Stool by Wieki Somers
Green 3-Legged No 2 Tripod Stool by Wieki Somers
Shade Volume Dia 3 Floor Lamp by Merel Karhof & Marc Trotereau for ShadeVolume, 2016
Shade Volume Dia 1 Floor Lamp by Merel Karhof & Marc Trotereau, 2016
Green No 4 Cardboard Tape Box by Wieki Somers