dutch design week, 17-25 oktober 2026 eindhoven

To Carry with You

How can You be carried by places?

Hosted by Jonas Schwalenberg

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This project is part of
Mehrbettzimmer Eindhoven

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Accessibility

Dogs are allowed
Free wifi available
Toilets available
Fully wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair friendly toilet available

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As part of my bachelor thesis, I asked myself: how can the emotional feelings of a place be transported into a piece of jewelry? The series resembles important places in nature, such as the beach, or the forest, which provide a calming and comforting feeling to many people.

Key question

As part of my bachelor thesis, I asked myself: how can the emotional feelings of a place be
transported into a piece of jewelry?

Personal background

Whenever I arrive at a new place, I choose a spot close to nature that empowers me. Having these spots creates a feeling of comfort and safety in an otherwise often overwhelming environment.
Therefore, these places resemble my personal safe spaces and are charged with the emotions I experienced during those times.

Technical solution

Using the techniques of stenciling, hand carving and embossing, I transformed these places into my own interpretations of them. By constantly reacting to the material, as well as listing to my intuition, the character of the places evolved and became something new.
Therefore, the brooches serve as an invitation not only to see the places described, but also to imagine your own strengthening places within them.

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Brooch "Drifting", copper, pear tree.
Brooch "Drifting", copper, pear tree.
Jonas Schwalenberg
Brooch "Drifting", silver, oxidized fine silver.
Brooch "Drifting", silver, oxidized fine silver.
Jonas Schwalenberg
Brooch "Floating", walnut, fine silver
Brooch "Floating", walnut, fine silver
Jonas Schwalenberg
Group picture series "To Carry with You"
Group picture series "To Carry with You"
Jonas Schwalenberg

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As part of my bachelor thesis, I asked myself: how can I transport the emotional feelings of a place into a piece of jewelry? The brooches of the series "To Carry with You" deal with the topic of personal important places in nature.

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