BOBBINE BERDEN

VISUAL.NARRATOR|DESIGNER|COMMUNICATOR

CONTACTBOBBINE.BERDEN@GMAIL.COM
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About

Bobbine Berden is a visual narrative designer, interested in the relationship between consumers and clothing. She playfully translates her research into autonomous installations made of sustainable textiles, and launched her label REAL FAKE in 2022. Bobbine aims to illustrate the world from various perspectives. In addition to studying the relationship between consumer and garment, she also pays attention to the concept of re-evaluation. In 2019 she launched Strolling in Grandmothers Clothing (Flaneren in Oma's Kleren) with Evi Guldemeester. They challenge to design in new ways; where time, quality, pureness and (emotional) sustainability are at the core.


REAL FAKE is a playful plant label created by Bobbine Berden. Textiles, such as clothing and home textiles, are transformed into colorful leaves that she incorporates into plastic plant frames. The handmade plants take an ironic look at the artificial plastic plants that mimic natural processes.


Strolling in Grandmother’s Clothing is a collaboration between visual narrative designer Bobbine Berden and journalist Evi Guldemeester. They connect young and old in a playful way by refurbishing the clothes of the elderly, so that young generations can proudly stroll in them again. All elderly people or their relatives have been interviewed, so that every piece of clothing/object carries the story of the original owner with it. Strolling in Grandmother’s Clothing stands for nostalgia, revaluation and sustainability.



Experience

2023
OBJECT Rotterdam 2023
Contribution, installation Echt Nep X Flaneren in Oma’s Kleren
Exhibition

2022
Marres Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur
Fashionclash Festival 2022
Contribution, installation Echt Nep X Flaneren in Oma’s Kleren
Exhibition

2022
Dutch Design Week
Fashion Tech Farm
Contribution, installation Echt Nep X Flaneren in Oma’s Kleren
Exhibition

2022
Sustainability festival Nijmegen
Gallery NEUS
Contribution, installation Flaneren in Oma’s Kleren
Exhibition

2022
Art Week Rotterdam
Object
Contribution, installation Flaneren in Oma’s Kleren
Exhibition

2022
TextielMuseum
Contribution, installation Redress the Body
Exhibition

2021
CLASH HOUSE - Fashion Clash
Contribution, installation Flaneren in Oma’s Kleren
Exhibition

2019
Warehouse: A Magazine Reader 02
Contribution, critical/creative writing, image
Printed publication

2019
Elisa van Joolen
PORTAL 004 | Exercise and coloring book
Printed publication

2019
ArtEZ the Centre of Expertise Future Makers
What If Material Could Talk?
Contribution, installation
Scary Sales - how much are you worth?
Printed publication/ 3D installation / audio

2019
Jan van Eyck x RCDF
Conversation Redress a Fashion Disaster
Contribution, speaker

2018
MOAM x Paradiso Amsterdam
Contribution, installation The day after
Exhibition

2018
The Pink Church
Contribution, speaker about What is Fashion?
Public talk

2018
FORZA FASHION HOUSE
Contribution, fashion talent take over
Design tour

2018
Fashionclash Festival
Contribution, installation Afwezige Aanwezigheid
Exhibition

2018
Art Week Rotterdam
Object
Contribution, installation Afwezige Aanwezigheid
Exhibition