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NEST

A nomadic installation descends upon the Design Museum. A textile womb, a tactile safe space, a NEST. Security and protection are at the heart of this NEST, which aims to disseminate sustainability, not only physically, but also in a social sense. Under the coordination of Marie Mees and Caroline Voet, textile students and alumni of Luca | School of Arts, KU Leuven – the Faculty of Architecture and iDROPS have created an installation to support the psychosocial well-being of young adults suffering from cancer or chronic diseases. Immerse yourself in the NEST and experience how creativity can stimulate and bring about social change. 

NEST is based on 2SPACES, a project from iDROPS and Arteconomy in which patients and artists join forces to try to find an artistic interpretation of emotions and how to express them. NEST provides a location in which people can meet in a safe and secure environment. Testimonies, conversations, workshops, lectures, creations, films, meditation and sleep: anyone can use the space in their own individual way.

NEST explores the boundaries between textile and architecture. It follows a grid, a framework in which connections are created in which temporary occupants play a part by rolling, folding and feeling textiles. Textiles envelop, provide space but also demarcate at the same time. Larger than a bed, but smaller than a house. Together or alone. 

NEST will be located at the Design Museum Gent during the Design Fest Gent. The minimalistic structure of wooden frames will be used for panel discussions on neurodiversity and patient empowerment – or as a chat and listening room. This is how NEST aims to support and foster young people who are ill.