
Lenny Stöpp
Born: 1994
Hometown: Rotterdam
Based in: Rotterdam
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Born: 1994
Hometown: Rotterdam
Based in: Rotterdam
Order in the chaos. An anchor point in the flood of products. Serenity and security in a time of endless possibilities.
It’s the little things that we often overlook. But those that are most familiar to us.
Personally, I am a worrier, often absent and I doubt the most. Not on purpose, but I pick things up quickly, and can’t ignore them. As if no detail goes unnoticed, and I’m always busy processing and placing them. But this is also an essential part of my designs.
While I fantasize about finding order in the messy aspects of my life. I notice the beauty of it, and it forms new dialogues.
The crookedly stacked piles of household waste that make an abstract version of the Rotterdam street view. The tactility of non-noble materials, and the diluted love-relationship between people and products. Awaken a desire in me. What I want to see in a product is that it is “made”! I want to see the traces of the maker. I don’t care about impersonal products, flawlessly produced by machines. I am looking for the quality of the experience and the product. It is the signature of patience and playful precision that characterizes my work.
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What inspires you?
Production processes and raw materials fascinate me the most. They are often a starting point for my design process. Also, the little things I encounter in my daily routine inspire my work. When I have a walk in my garden and see how everything lives, grows and is not effected by our designed lives.
Describe your creative process.
Patience and playful precision with a raw and refined execution.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
Fascination, Expermention, Unconventional, Raw, Refined.
What is the most important tool when creating your work?
My running moulds.
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Patience and persistence.
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October 04, 2023
Education
Rotterdam, University of Applied Sciences, Arts & Crafts, Product
Netherlands, 2020
Boxtel, Sintlucas, Spatial presentation and communication design
Netherlands, 2018
Exhibitions
Paris, A1043, Primavera1043
France, 2021
Rotterdam, OBJECT
Netherlands, 2021
Rotterdam, Arts & Crafts Graduation show
Netherlands, 2021