"A significant event when Cats was 12 years old set her on a lifelong path. "I visited the graduation show of Design Academy Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week when I was in primary school," she says. "I still remember the feeling I got when I walked into the exhibition, in awe of all the amazing projects and designs.""
"By carrying a notebook with her, Cats can take her time and record her thoughts. She puts the initial concepts down on paper, writing or sketching, and then reflects upon the elements later. It is a process that helps her in the initial stages of her work when everything is still new and fragile. For Cats, transformation is poetic, and she savors each phase as a project comes together."
Jule Cats grew up with an early interest in art that led her to product design studies at the Willem de Kooning Academy and to open her eponymous Rotterdam studio in 2016. She makes bespoke interior objects such as vases and paperweights. Her work engages the concept of time, memory, and present perception through materials like water-based resin and mineral powder that form shifting folds and creases. Her process involves carrying a notebook, sketching and writing initial concepts, prototyping small models, and savoring the transformation as ideas click into tangible forms. Natural elements like stones and skies inspire her.
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