Back to the Flax |

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Design Collective

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The Netherlands

Back to the Flax is a design collective of ten students from Design Academy Eindhoven that is part of Kazerne Young. On a 1,000 m² site in Gijzenrooi, the group – Primo Arets, Corentin Berthomé, Karin Borovcová, Guilain Delanoue, Mika Fuchs, Filip Kubiny, Fabio Lucietto, Monique Simon, Elisabeth Teje Duis, Linde van Vlijmen, Lucas van Vuuren – manually cultivated, harvested, and processed flax. They employed both traditional and experimental methods. Through workshops and other forms of active participation, the collective seeks to bring people closer to local agriculture and crafts. This is the fourth update of the project, which the Kazerne Foundation has been following since 2024.

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A break in the field

Exhibition

2025 Basic Instinct: Making-With

Images

Ruud Balk

Video

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Wooncollectief Gijzenrooi

With a field full of flax but no local infrastructure to process it, the collective Back to the Flax explored new ways to use, recycle and share this sustainable material. To achieve this, they adapted traditional techniques in an innovative way for a contemporary context. The installation displays flax in various stages of processing: midway, unfinished and not yet fixed - drawing attention to the flax supply chain that has disappeared in the Netherlands. It invites a pause in the race of technological progress: to slow down, reconnect with old crafts and reflect on how materials and communities can grow together.

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Back to the Flax

Flax, crafts and cooperation reveal missing links