Wieki Somers

design - experimental - public space

Studio Wieki Somers was established in 2003 by Wieki Somers and Dylan van den Berg, who both studied at Design Academy Eindhoven in the late 1990s. The studio focuses on providing an enlightened reading of the everyday environment.

The studio's oeuvre distinguishes itself by a sensitivity to materials, technological ingenuity and fantasy. The studio works for a great variety of international clients, such as, Alexander McQueen, Arita, Hermès, Valerie Objects, Moroso, Kvadrat and Galerie Kreo.

It has received numerous awards and its works are part of major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Center Pompidou in Paris, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

  • Portfolio
  • Activities
  • Contact

    • teaching and workshops at ecal and DAE

    Other

    • Location: ecal, Lausanne
    • Teaching at MA and MA, ECAL (Lausanne) and DAE (Eindhoven)

    Lecture Vitra Design Museum (Objects of Desire. Surrealism and Design, 1924-2020)

    Reading

    • 30-09-2019 t/m 29-09-2019

    One Square meter berber

    Project

    • 01-02-2020 t/m 14-02-2020
    • Location: Palais Bahia, Marrarecho
    • 'ONE SQUARE METER BERBER' is a social project initiated by Mina Abouzahra in which she brings established Dutch designers together with Moroccan artisans. The project was established with the aim of making the Berber carpet industry fairer, raising awareness about the plight of women weavers in Morocco and combating the imminent disappearance of the heritage.
    • www.onesquaremeterberber.com

    Solo exhibition Out of the Ordinary at mudac Lausanne

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 25-10-2017 t/m 11-02-2018
    • Location: mudac, Lausanne

    Solo exhibition Shields at Cooper Hewitt New York and Salone del Mobile, Milan

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 05-09-2017 t/m 31-10-2017
    • In collaboration with: Kvadrat
    • Location: Cooper Hewitt, New York

    lecture Out of the Ordinary

    Reading

    • 02-11-2015
    • Location: SAIC, School of the Art Institute Chicago, Chicago

    Solo exhibition Out of the Ordinary (Uncommon Ordinary) at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 03-10-2014 t/m 11-01-2015
    • Location:, Rotterdam

    Mitate, solo exhibition Galerie Kreo Paris

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 20-06-2013
    • Location: Galerie Kreo, Paris

    Residency Tokyo

    Residencies / exchange

    • 01-02-2012
    • Location: Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo
    • 4 months

    Solo exhibition Frozen in Time

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 30-01-2010 t/m 20-03-2010
    • Location: Galerie Kreo, Paris

    Solo exhibition Thinking Hands, Speaking Things

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 13-12-2008 t/m 15-02-2009
    • Location: Design Museum Den Bosch, Den Bosch

    Residency, Entity Identity, Beijing, China

    Residencies / exchange

    • 01-06-2007 t/m 31-07-2007
    • In collaboration with: Veerle Wenes, Valerie Traan, Antwerp
    • Location: , Beijing
    • Project/design: 'Chinese Stools – Made in China, Copied by the Dutch'

    Solo exhibition My First Show

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 14-11-2005 t/m 28-01-2006
    • Location: Gallery Vivid, Rotterdam

    Solo exhibition and film Surrounded by Objects

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 03-12-2007 t/m 09-12-2007
    • Location: Design Miami, Miami

    Lecture / group exhibition NLA: Netherlands to Los Angeles, ACME

    Exhibition / presentation

    • Location: ACME, Los Angeles

    Solo exhibition Being in Your Own Bubble

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 01-10-2005
    • Location: National Glass Museum, Leerdam

    Residency European Ceramic Workcentre

    Residencies / exchange

    • 01-08-2002 t/m 31-12-2002
    • Location: EKWC, Den Bosch

    Acknowledgments

      Scholarship

    • Between 2001 and 2022; received various grants from Mondriaan Fund and Creative Industries Fund NL

    • 2022
      Scholarship

    • Hollyhock stipend

    • 2005
      Scholarship

    • Municipality of Rotterdam

    • 2014
      Scholarship

    • Heart Fund Foundation

    • 2014
      Scholarship

      Pricing

    • Winner Dutch Design Awards / Golden Eye

    • 2009
      Collection

    • The Art Institute of Chicago

    • Chicago
      Collection

    • Die Neue Sammlung - The International Design Museum Munich

    • , Munich
      Collection

    • Stedelijk Museum

    • , Amsterdam
      Collection

    • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

    • , Rotterdam
      Collection

    • MoMA

    • , New York
      Collection

    • Indianapolis Museum of Art

    • , Indianapolis
      Collection

    • The Museum of Fine Arts

    • Houston
      Collection

    • Victoria and Albert Museum

    • , London
      Collection

    • Georges Pompidou Center

    • , Paris
      Collection

    • Vitra Design Museum

    • , Weil am Rein
      Collection

    • Central Museum

    • , Utrecht
      Collection

    • Stedelijk Museum

    • , Den Bosch
      Collection

    • The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics

    • , Leeuwarden
      Collection

    • Textile Museum

    • , Tilburg
      Collection

    • Fund National d'Art Contemporain

    • , France
      Collection

    • Droog Design

    • , Amsterdam
      Collection

    • Royal Museum of Mariemont

    • , Morlanwelz
      Collection

    • Le Musee de la Chasse et de la Nature

    • , Paris
      Collection

    • Thierry Barbier-Mueller Collection

    • , Geneva
      Collection

    • Gallery Kreo

    • , Paris
      Collection

    • ,
      Publication

    • Out of the Ordinary

    • 2014
    • book
    • JRP Ringier - Studio Wieki Somers, Louise Schouwenberg, Pierre Doze, Anniina Koivu, Annemartine van Kesteren