Design & Research
A cow stomach becomes a handbag. Wastewater residues become glass. Goose feathers become letters. Clothing forms a political party.
Designer and researcher Billie van Katwijk creates projects that begin with a shift in perspective. Working with overlooked materials, stories and landscapes, she develops objects and encounters that reveal the hidden relationships connecting humans, other species and the environments they share.
Balancing curiosity and care, humour and seriousness, her work invites audiences to imagine alternative relationships with the materials, systems and landscapes they are part of.