OBJECT Rotterdam 2023

In February 2023, Szkło was exhibited at OBJECT Rotterdam held in the HAKA building. OBJECT is cutting edge between design, crafts, fashion, architecture and art.

fot. Jan Willem Kaldenbach

Every year OBJECT occupies an iconic building in or around Rotterdam. HAKA building, designed by architects Mertens and Koeman and built in the New Objectivity style, was the first in the Netherlands to have its concrete frame and external walls poured using a concrete pump. Since 2002, it has been recognized as a national monument and industrial heritage site.

The set design was a combination of blocks and reclaimed stones, concrete, and ceramics. It was inspired by the character of the place, and the materials used directly referenced the Szkło-making process. In the creation of Szkło forms, unlike typical production methods, Glass is blown between organic materials rather than pre-designed molds. This technique gives sculptures their irregular shapes and structures. The set design narrated the process and philosophy of the brand.

Director and owner of OBJECT is Anne van der Zwaag, also the founder of BIG ART. Anne works as a curator, writer and consultant in the creative as well as the commercial industries. She curated large interdisciplinary exhibitions such as PASTOE (Kunsthal), WIT (Nederlands Fotomuseum), BAL! (Paleis Soestdijk), Must See (Zuiderzeemuseum) and wrote several publications on design, art, fashion, architecture and colour. Anne is active in many boards, jury’s and advise committees and is a guest tutor at art and design schools in the Netherlands and abroad. She acquired OBJECT in 2012. The fair is organised yearly by her dedicated team of art professionals and design lovers.