- Derrick Crichlow (he/him) is a research driven designer. His work involves re-imagining the manifestation of queerness and black diasporic identity present within spaces in Rotterdam, Curaçao and beyond. By utilising research through reading, conversation and writing he makes tangible aspects of the queerness of blackness. By desiring a space where both communities can exist simultaneously he uses design (installation and object) to engage in a process of worlding an alternate reality.
Maud Pelmelay
- 2023 - 2025: Design Academy Eindhoven, MA Contextual Design, Cum Laude.
- 2017 - 2022: Willem De Kooning Academy, BA Spatial Design, Cum Laude.
Exhibitions:
- 2025: Graduation show Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven), Donning a Fa(ça)de: The Kapsalon* Barber Chair.
- 2024: Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven), DON’T MOVE THE FOUNTAIN.
- 2024: Vienna Design Week (Vienna), DON’T MOVE THE FOUNTAIN.
- 2023: Nos x Nos at Bar Bario (Amsterdam) I Wish I Spoke Papiamentu But I Don’t.
- 2023: Rhytmic Visions at POING Club (Rotterdam), I Wish I Spoke Papiamentu But I Don’t.
- 2023: Making (in) the Unforeseen (Rotterdam), I Wish I Spoke Papiamentu But I Don’t.
- 2022: Graduation Show WdKa(Rotterdam), I Wish I Spoke Papiamentu But I Don’t.
Writing:
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2025: Master thesis “Donning A Fa(ça)de”, Design Academy Eindhoven.
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2024: Exhibition text in collaboration with Pia Gräwe, DON’T MOVE THE FOUNTAIN.
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2024: Essay “Babe... It’s Time To Get A Haircut” for digital zine “Exit Night, Enter Light”, The Couch Het Hem.
Talks:
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2024 cccriojo* 02 in collaboration with Faustin, Operator Radio.
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2023 Rhytmic Visions in collaboration with Faustin, Poing Radio.
Awards:
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2025 Nominee Gijs Bakker Award.
- 2022 Second prize WdKA Research Award.