Dutch graphic design group Thonik opened its Shanghai debut exhibition at the Shanghai Art Museum last week, bringing here four series of eye-catching and ironic design works. The show will run till June 9.
Upon entering the exhibition hall, visitors are greeted by a splash of the colors of 16 carpets on the ground. The carpet patterns are deceptively simple but at the same time creative and bright in colors.
At the entrance is a black-and-white carpet with the word "alle" ("all" in Dutch) forming the pattern. Visitors can walk on the carpets with shoe covers.
"We invite everyone to enjoy artistic freedom when they enter this hall," says Thomas Widdershoven, one of the founders of the Thonik Design Studio. "The carpet installation creates an interesting combination with the luxurious exhibition hall."
According to Widder-shoven, the group uses typical Chinese techniques in making carpets to show what happens when contemporary and traditional methods are mixed.
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