Everything began with a conversation with two icons of “product” experience: legendary perfumer Frédéric Malle and epochal British designer Tom Dixon
“We have been gifted with this volume that is pronouncedly American
and creatives across every industry and demographic are embracing their role in reimagining products
Seán O’Hagan
it signifies accomplishment
Gluckauf - Bertien van Manen archiving Everything began with a conversationBertien van Manen grew up in Heerlen, the centre of the eastern part of the former Dutch coal mining region, where her father worked as an engineer for the State Mines. This publication brings together photographs Bertien van Manen made in different mining towns: Wakefield and New Sharlston, Yorkshire (UK, 1970s), Most (CZ, 1980s), the Appalachian Mountains (US, 1980 1990s), and Apanas, Siberia (RU, 1990s).