Milan 2016: in response to the vast amount of finished products on show at Milan design week, a group of graduates from Design Academy Eindhoven decided to exhibit only materials (+ slideshow).

The group of nine students, who all graduated from the Dutch university last year, came together to showcase the unseen steps of the research process ? resulting in a colourful material-focussed exhibition called Envisions.
Iwan Pol
"I call it an archive of ideas," Iwan Pol, one of the exhibiting designers, told Dezeen. "We want to show people what happens before something becomes an end product, which is what you see a lot here in Milan."
Simone Post
Designs on show at the exhibition include an experiment with concrete by Pol, a series of woven wood pieces by Simone Post, and a collection of 3D-printed "futuristic objects" by Bastiaan de Nennie. Bastiaan de Nennie
Pol, along with fellow students Simone Post and Sanne Schuurman, began the nine-person Envisions collective in hopes of creating a more open dialogue between designers, clients and manufacturers.
Sanne Schuurman
At their monthly meet-ups, each designer lays out their work in the middle of the room. The group then have open discussions about each piece and how it could develop.

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