Ode to Afaina de JongOde to Afaina de Jong
Afaina De Jong, photo: Laila Cohen Studio
Design Afaina de Jong exhibition Etel Adnan. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (photo: Luuk Kramer).
Interpretation of a design by Afaina de Jong by Studio L A in the exhibition design VvA. Amsterdam Museum/Gert Jan van Rooij
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Ode from Studio L A to Afaina de Jong
As I sat at my desk I took a good look around. thick hardcovers about male architects filled the bookshelves, but where are all the women? - Laurence Ostyn, Women in Architecture
Not only within the art world but also within architecture, there is a great lack of documentation and opportunities for women designers. The thematic exhibition spaces we designed are each an ode to a female designer/architect who is or has been significant for the city of Amsterdam. For each theme and space, we chose a form of spatial intervention appropriate to the theme of the room.
Afaina de Jong
Afaina de Jong (b. 1977) is a Dutch architect, researcher and founder of AFARAI, a self-proclaimed “feminist practice that promotes change in social and spatial issues and provides space for difference.”