Jos Klarenbeek

Dutch designer-researcher based in Amsterdam with backgrounds in mathematics (University of Amsterdam) and design (Design Academy Eindhoven). He teaches at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK), specialising in technical weaving and its coding.

His practice converts complex subject matter — data, science, field research — into narrative installations and tactile materials. He treats data as raw material: the input for an algorithm, from which the work unfolds. Notable projects include Kadans 2.0 (weaving software translating ocean satellite data into patterns) and Echo (carpets for Kvadrat based on mathematical number sequences).

This will be his first visit to Japan and his first serious engagement with porcelain. He arrives as a researcher entering new territory — with mathematical rigour and genuine openness.