The objects plays with the balance between hiding and revealing by placing the tile laths on the outside of the object in a play of lines that became gradually visible in the production process, both for the designer and the audience. By presenting the object in the public space, the spectator is invited to reflect…

The work titled Reconciliation presents a new development in the long line of woodworks Jungblut has produced between 2011 and 2015, which can be typified as an exploration of the boundaries between the practical functions of furniture, and the pure aesthetic forms of the autonomous art object. With this newest piece, the designer clearly embarks…

EXPLORING THE THIN LINE BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE FORM DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THE FUNCTION ANYMORE? There is no context that can define a clear border between art and design. There are certainly many area’s of intersection. Methodology and techniques don’t establish limits of one or the other. More than the…

Alluding to a leaf, a raindrop, a seed, a willow or a mother with child, the piece titled La Renaissance by Max Jungblut represents both a culmination of the working process and philosophy of the artist, as well as a radical departure and new beginning. For the past ten years, the artistic process in which…

The work The Seedling presents another step in the development of Max Jungblut into an autonomous practice with figurative forms. This time represented by a seed, nature is not only used as a subject, but also plays a leading role in the design and work process, in which the artist aims to rework industrialised wood…