Djim Berger

Born in 1980 in the Netherlands, and a graduate in 2009 of the famous Design Academy Eindhoven, Djim Berger is a true porcelain alchemist. “The goal of my work is to open the spectrum of porcelain. I experience it, make it take risks, I combine it to find new forms, colors or techniques.”

The ‘LIGHTWEIGHT PORCELAIN’ collection highlights the artist’s will to test porcelain and bring it to new and unchartered territories, in search of a material that is visually and sensually renewed. Comparable to a beehive or an intriguing mineral like pumice stone, ‘LIGHTWEIGHT PORCELAIN’ is available in 3 models and 30 colors, each in a limited edition. Work by the artist is included in the permanent collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

Stools, benches, children’s stools, all of which can be side tables: Djim Berger literally reinvents the material to offer a version that is lighter and extremely resistant. This technical performance is obtained by mixing 1/3 of porcelain and 2/3 of polystyrene pearls, an exploit that professionals thought impossible to achieve, because of the high quantity of added polystyrene. Once the piece is in the oven, the fire burns the polystyrene and reveals the new porcelain.

‘LIGHTWEIGHT PORCELAIN’ has been exhibited worldwide since 2010, notably in the ‘Post Fossil’ exhibition curated by Li Edelkoort in Holon Design Museum, Israel, and in the 2121 Design Sight Museum, Tokyo.