Jesse Hendriks

Jesse Hendriks (1985) lives in The Netherlands and started working as a freelance designer - with an interest in textile - right after she graduated at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam (BA Graphic Design).

She is available for commissions and image-making-related assignments when she is not knitting, sitting behind the sewing machine or updating her blog.

Say hello at jeshendriks(a)gmail.com or call 0(031)6 410 712 37.

WATERBOOK

Infographics based on the high level of water consumption in the Netherlands. As expected these numbers where explained in cubical meters and I found myself having trouble visualizing this. I translated all the amounts to plastic cups, to make these amounts less unimaginable.

Booklet, 420mm × 297mm

UP/LOW

Afra Klinkenberg and I worked together on the identity of the big market in Rotterdam. We assigned a different logo and pattern to each stall. Seen from above, all these slightly different patterns blend together and look like a whole. The people walking around on the market can easily disquisitions the different stalls.

Newspaper, 594mm × 420mm, silkscreened
Flyers, 150mm × 350mm, printed
Scarves, ± 300mm × 140mm, knitted

WALKING UNICORN

I was invited by an Amsterdam based creative workspace called Lev Kaupas to exhibit on the opening of their new building. At that time I was experiencing with lynching mechanical toys, and giving them a new hand knitted skins. The unicorn was walking around in the gallery space, and made lots of friends.

Unicorn, 350mm × 150mm

ANTI ESTHETICS

My thesis about anti-aesthetic, and the way it is applied in the graphic design field. More often, designers stay away from the 'rules' that make design attractive, with the intention to make design 'ugly' on purpose (think of using clipart, or stretched typography etc). Can Graphic Design be ugly and still function the right way? I found the discussions around this phenomenon interesting. When is something ugly, and when do these 'ugly' designs become something beautiful on their own.

Booklet, 420mm × 297mm

DIAMOND COINS

I spent some weeks gluing diamonds on my money. I bought a lot of stuff with these upgraded coins, and however none of the cashiers that helped me believed that the coins had increased in value, they are circulating trough Europe. If someone reading this has one of these coins in their pockets I would love to hear from you.

WELCOME HOME

After moving from Tilburg to The Hague, I had trouble feeling home in The Hague. It felt like being on a long city trip all the time. During a few months, I asked 180 civilians of The Hague for their memories / stories about the city, and bundled all these stories categorized by location and name in a book. I used the index of the book, and the locations of all the memories to create a map. I had a tapestry made of that map, which is now hanging in my house, reminding me of the stories all the time. Of course these memories where not my own, but somehow they where certainly making me feeling more home during, and after this project.

Tapestry, 2400mm × 1800mm
Booklet, 148mm × 105mm

EDIBLE BOOK

- EUROPEAN DESIGN AWARD 2012 -

This book, made for the De Kwartiermakers, is worlds first completely edible book. Printed with edible ink on edible paper, tied with edible tyloseglue. Their are also chocolate surprises hidden in stamped compartments. The book is very fragile because of its biological materials and therefore not very handy for children. The edible bookmark contains the necessary ingredients list with the corresponding E-numbers.

I created this book in collaboration with Vos & Mel, during my internship at their Rotterdam based graphic design studio I don/t buy it.

Booklet, 148mm × 105mm
Chocolate, 20mm × 20 mm
Bookmark, 148mm × 40mm

CONFUSION

This is one of the first objects I've knitted, and made me discovering my love for the materials and concentration for knitting.

Knitted peace, 500mm × 400mm

SILVER AND GOLDEN TOTE BAGS

This handmade tote bags with silver and golden elements are made of unbleached cotton and silver and golden leather.

Tote bag, 350mm × 400mm

Buy this silver totebag for € 25,-

Buy this golden totebag for € 25,-

GLOVES

Some of my knitted gloves to survive the winter in 2010.

Gloves black/brown/red, size medium
Gloves blue/grey/brown, size large
Gloves red/black, size medium

ABSENT

Stained glass made for a group exhibition at Kunstinzigt with Marilou Klapwijk, Jelle Kos, Jordy van den Nieuwendijk and Kazuma Eekman. The five pieces of stained glass represent crystals. Attracted by their shininess, I collected lots of these when I was little. My mother has been glazier, and inspired me to work with stained glass. Thanks to my mother I managed to realize these windows.

Amethyst, 800mm × 600mm
Ruby, 500mm × 450mm
Pyrite, 600mm × 700mm
Celestite, 500mm × 550mm
Emerald, 800mm × 500mm

Booklet, 150mm × 100mm

TOTEBAG

Simple denim totebag with leather compartments.

Totebag, denim and leather

Buy this totebag for € 25,-

BLEND

Some photo's I made together with Jordy van den Nieuwendijk for Blend magazine (May 2011). All the photo's are made with by a disposable camera, as part of a project by The Hague based studio Vruchtvlees.

Magazine, 420mm × 297mm

GLITTER SWEATER

Handknitted sweater with sparkling wool.

Size: Small/medium

90 % Mohair
10 % synthetisch

Buy this glitter sweater for € 70,-

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

This is the complete typographic version of the screenplay from the movie; 2001: A Space Odyssey from the director Stanly Kubrick.

The book is made together with Silke Kuilman. The first layer of the text is the total script. The second layer is a silk screen printed summary of the script. There are two ways of reading the story.

Booklet, 420mm × 297mm

BEACHBAG

Beachbags with some sexy triangle patterns inside.

Size: Medium

100% Cotton

Buy this beachbag for € 50,-

LITLLE BEACHBAG

Beachbags with a sexy memphis pattern inside.

500mm × 400mm × 400mm
100% Cotton and peaces of leather.

Buy this beachbag for € 40,-

FONTANEL

For the group exhibition at Ship of Fools titled 'B&W are not colors', over 100 designers where invited by Fontanel to make a two colored poster without using Black or White. All the posters could be bought – and where printed – directly (cash & carry).

Poster, 1189mm × 841mm

SWEATER A LA BAUHAUS

Black handknitted sweater with different shapes.

Size s/m

Handknitted sweater

60% wool, 10% cotton, 30% Viscose

Sold

HP/DE TIJD

Posters made for the Dutch magazine HP/ De tijd. Together with some other alumni I was asked to design some shadow posters for the elections in 2012. I have chosen for The Party of the Animals. This has resulted in two different series of posters. The first one is about the living space of that animals in the bio-industry. I tried to make clear how much space chickens, pigs and calves have. Illustrations made by Jordy van den Nieuwendijk. The second series are animal noises, they never get the chance to say something. Thats why I spoken for the animals.

WEST

I was asked by George Popov to make an illutration for the magazine Strohhalm No3 with the theme 'west'. My work focusses on the richness of the west.

BRING IT ON

I made this woven tapestry for the current exhibition at Ship of Fools galley in The Hague, The Netherlands.