A surfer in a wetsuit carrying a softtop board along a coastal road, with industry on the horizon.

Kiem
is a design and research studio for circular and ecological impact.

Tides, Merlijn Lewerissa, 2024. View project

Two industrial designers in Rotterdam and Brussels. We study the systems behind everyday things and turn what we find into products, spaces and research.

About Kiem Studio

Projects

The Reharvest exhibition at the Emergence Delft EXPO, with the greenhouse module glowing under purple grow light in front of the harbour.
ReharvestAn exhibition about what a greenhouse grows besides the crop.
A surfer in a wetsuit carrying a softtop board along a coastal road, with industry on the horizon.
TidesA repair system that keeps surf school boards in use.
The team assembling the hardwood frame of the pavilion in a clearing on Lunkulu Island.
Material MattersWorkshops in Uganda and a pavilion of hardwood and fishing net.
A woman testing the Kangaroo Chair in its lying position on a hospital ward in Kampala.
Kangaroo ChairA hospital chair for skin-to-skin care of preterm babies.
The Readme chair on a bookshelf, beside a stack of design magazines.
ReadmeA chair made from discarded library books.
The YIIYA title over two men unloading goods from a truck in Kampala.
YIIYAA documentary film about product design in Uganda.

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