Design Commissions
Roosje Klap was the graphic designer of Plumbing the System, in the Dutch Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, which took place from 20 May to 26 November 2023 in Venice.
Responding to the Biennale theme Laboratory of the Future, the Dutch Pavilion served as a testing ground for possibilities of a future-oriented, regenerative economy and circular design, but with a twist. The aim was to demonstrate how alternative systems can contribute to a more sustainable future on a macro scale. Jongert's attempt to make a real change on a microscale - at the Rietveld Pavilion itself - was to offer insight into the opportunities and obstacles to doing so.
Roosje Klap studied graphic design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. With her studio ARK (Atelier Roosje Klap), she explores the experimental boundaries of custom fit design by working intensively with other artists, curators, architects, designers and writers. ARK's research-based interdisciplinary approach reflects a generation of designers combining their own autonomous practice with commissioned work. As a teacher and coach specialising in graphic design, media art and digital humanities, Klap led and developed teaching programmes and workshops for art schools and universities around the world - to guide and inspire creators, and strengthen honest relationships in their environments. In 2022, ARK won the Golden Calf for Best Digital Cultural Production at the Netherlands Film Festival.