FRANS COLLECTION

The design research focuses on developing, explaining and questioning design strategies from the overlapping field between design and architecture; a field that is made present by further examining connections and constructions. The objects are made of folded sheet metal compartments that are connected in a traditional way. The collection is characterized by pure, clear materials where the obvious and traditional connections play an essential role. The designs were formed by using repetitions, inversions and bends that are neither hidden nor obscured.

Arthur Vandergucht is a young Belgian designer and craftsman, specialized in tig welding. He graduated from Luca School of Arts, Ghent with a BA in Interior Design in the year 2020. Here he discovered his passion for craftwork, his love for building structures and the processes of constructing, shaping, developing, and forming a particular object. He sought – and is still seeking – to push the boundaries for an efficient balance between architecture and building structures.