Tafelgoed, tafelbeter

Tilbourg ( NL ) >24 .05.2025 -10. 01.2027

Setting the table sustainably

Diaper damask - a simple form of damask - was one of the inspirations to develop a new, everyday tableware for our own label. For the design, we invited Eindhoven-based Envisions. But we gave them and ourselves an additional challenge: Make a product as sustainable as possible. In this expo, we show this extensive design process.

n the past, fabrics were not designed with sustainability in mind as we increasingly do now. Yet textiles from back then can be insightful for sustainable ambitions today. To develop new sustainable tableware for the label by TextielMuseum, the designers of Envisions drew inspiration from historical diaper damask from the TextielMuseum's collection.

The exhibition shows the tableware of the past that inspires today's designers, how a sustainable design comes about and the considerations involved. The central question is: what can we learn from the textiles of the past, and how can we set the table even better?

Text - und Bildquelle : Museumswebsite ( Foto :© Patty van den Elsout)

textiel Museum Textil Lab
Goirkestraat 96
5046 GN Tilburg
Niederlande

weitere Infos: textielmuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/setting-the-table-sustainably