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[[File:WLANL - Pachango - Boijmans van Beuningen - Garderobe (Studio Wieki Somers).jpg|thumb|350px300px|The ''Merry-go-round Coat Rack'' in the cloakroom at [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]]]]
'''Wieki Somers''' ([[Sprang-Capelle]], 1976) is a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] designer. She works together with [[Dylan van den Berg]] under the name Studio Wieki Somers. Somers is considered part of the second generation of Dutch designers who have gained international acclaim. Unlike the first generation of Dutch designers, who have focused mainly on conceptual, functional designs, this second generation also recognizes the importance of aesthetics.<ref name="vivid">[http://www.vividvormgeving.nl/page/somers.htm VIVID: Wieki Somers]</ref>
'''Wieki Somers''' (born 1976 in [[Sprang-Capelle]]) is a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] designer. She works together with [[Dylan van den Berg]] under the name Studio Wieki Somers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Studio Wieki Somers |url=http://www.2016arita.com/interviews/interview-studio-wieki-somers |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=2016/ Arita |language=en}}</ref> Somers is considered part of the second generation of Dutch designers who have gained international acclaim. Unlike the first generation of Dutch designers, who have focused mainly on conceptual, functional designs, this second generation also recognizes the importance of aesthetics.<ref name="vivid">[http://www.vividvormgeving.nl/page/somers.htm VIVID: Wieki Somers]</ref> Her work consists of using everyday items newly realized with the incorporation of foreign material, form, technology, or function, and poetry. Somers strives to create pieces to trigger the user's imagination and heighten awareness.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Thinking Hands, Speaking Things|last=Sanders|first=Beverly|journal=American Craft (1979-1990)|publisher=American Craft|year=2009|issn=0194-8008|pages=20}}</ref> Her personal outlook on life is reflected in her approach to design. “I like realizing the potential of everyday things by revealing their hidden beauty.” <ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Stealing Beauty|last=Rawsthorn; Blommers; Schumm|first=Alice; Anuschka; Niels|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|year=2008|issn=0362-4331|location=New York, N.Y.|pages=B132}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rawsthorn |first=Alice |date=2008-09-26 |title=Stealing Beauty |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/style/tmagazine/28sommers.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 
In October 2009, Studio Wieki Somers won the Golden Eye (the award for best Dutch design) at the [[Dutch Design Awards]] with the ''Merry-go-round Coat Rack'', designed for the [[cloakroom]] of [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]] in [[Rotterdam]]. By pulling ropes, coats are raised onto the [[carousel]]-like construction, making them appear to be floating in space.<ref>[http://www.dutchdesignawards.nl/nl/nieuws/actueel/Studio+Wieki+Somers+winnaar+Golden+Eye+2009.html?id=1174 "Studio Wieki Somers winnaar Golden Eye 2009", Dutch Design Awards]</ref> The coat rack was also nominated in 2009 at the [[Design Museum|London Design Museum]]'s [[Design Museum's Designer of the Year|Designs of the Year]] awards.<ref>[http://www.designsoftheyear.com/2008/12/18/weiki-somers-cloakroom-boijmans-museum-rotterdam/ Brit Insurance Designs of the Year]</ref>
 
While some work is outsourced, designing and prototyping in her workshop allows Somers to iterate and apply research for herself. Many of her works, early and now, incorporate the work of specialized artisans, such as her ''Bathboat''. ''Bellflower Lamp'', a woven carbon-and-glass fiber fabric woven using a process developed for the aerospace industry, in the shape of a flower.<ref name=":0" /> Other well-known designs by Somers include the ''High Tea Pot'', shaped like a pig's skull and accompanied by a fur cosy; the ''Bathboat'', a bathtub shaped like a rowing boat; and the ''Bellflower'', a two-metre-tall lamp woven out of a single piece of fabric using an experimental weaving technique. She has also turned her attention to the world of textiles, designing the patterns of luxury carpets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nodusrug.it/en/designers/wieki-somers/|title=Wieki Somers' carpets for Nodus collections.|date=30 October 2022}}</ref> In 2007, Somers was commissioned by the [[Gemeentemuseum Den Haag]] in [[The Hague]] to design a [[tulip vase]], ''DepartedFaded gloryGlory''.<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.tubelightgemeentemuseum.nl/Articlesnl/viewcollectie/804/Wieki_Somersfaded-glory|title=10918x1y129838|date=15 "WiekiNovember Somers", Tubelight]2016}}</ref>
 
The Rotterdam-based design centre VIVID showed an exhibition of her work from November 2005 to January 2006.<ref name="vivid" /> FromAlso Decembertaking 2008place toin February 2008Rotterdam, the [[Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch]]Boijmans inVan [[DenBeuningen Bosch]]featured presented"Out of the exhibitionOrdinary" ''in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boijmans.nl/en/exhibitions/studio-wieki-somers-out-of-the-ordinary|title=Studio Wieki Somers :- thinkingOut of the Ordinary}}</ref> It was later shown in handsLausanne, speakingSwitzerland things''at [[Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts|MUDAC]] from October 2017 to February 2018.<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://wwwmudac.smch/en/exhibitions/carte-s.nlblanche-a-wieki-somers/|title Stedelijk= MuseumOut ’s‑Hertogenbosch]of the Ordinary. Carte blanche au Studio Wieki Somers - mudac – mudac}}</ref> And in January–March 2010, Galerie Kreokreo in [[Paris]] presented ''Wieki Somers: Frozen in Time'', an exhibition of objects designed by Somers that were inspired by photographs of an ice-storm in the northeastern Netherlands on March 2, 1987.<ref>[http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/8668/wieki-somers-frozen-in-time.html "wieki somers: 'frozen in time", designboom]</ref> In 2013, Galerie kreo showed the "Mitate" collection by the designer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2013/06/11/mitate-lamps-by-studio-wieki-somers-at-galerie-kreo/|title=Mitate lamps by Studio Wieki Somers at Galerie Kreo|date=2013-06-11|work=Dezeen|access-date=2018-11-14|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Somers work was also showcased in an exhibit curated by Droog Design, a Dutch design group, to create From Lille With Love. The exhibit, within the European Capital of Culture, was an artificial garden featuring a tree house where visitors can look out over the space. Droog tasked designers to build on the heritage of the site to design glass, ceramics, and textiles.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=European capitals of culture turning to Design|journal=Design Week (Online Edition)|publisher=Centaur Communications Ltd.|date=Sep 16, 2004|issn=0950-3676|page=7}}</ref>
Somers graduated from the [[Design Academy Eindhoven]] in 2000 and then founded Studio Wieki Somers with fellow student Dylan van den Berg. In addition to her design work, she also teaches at Design Academy Eindhoven.<ref>[http://www.wiekisomers.com/ Wieki Somers's Web site]</ref>
 
Somers graduated from the [[Design Academy Eindhoven]] in 2000 - a generation after [[Hella Jongerius]], Jurgen Bey, and [[Marcel Wanders]].
 
In addition to her previous design study, she has taught at Design Academy Eindhoven.<ref>[http://www.wiekisomers.com/ Wieki Somers's Web site]</ref> Somers was honored by the Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch with a survey of her projects, from December 13, 2008, to February 15, 2009.<ref name=":0" /> Somers is the new addition of 30 artists represented by Didier Krzentowski, an acclaimed accumulator of art and gallery owner in Paris, France.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The Collector's Collector|last=Todd; Corbusier; Le Gill|first=Stephen Newson; Marc; David|journal=The Australian Financial Review|publisher=Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited|year=2013|issn=0404-2018|location=Melbourne|pages=44}}</ref> Her work is collected by museums including the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York, the [[Centre Pompidou]] in Paris, [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]] in Rotterdam and the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pamono.com/designers/studio-wieki-somers|title = Studio Wieki Somers}}</ref>
 
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* [http://www.arttube.nl/en/video/Boijmans/Somers_Coatrack Video about Wieki Somers' Merry-go-round Coat Rack for Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]
 
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| NAME = Somers, Wieki
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch designer
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1976
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Sprang-Capelle]], [[North Brabant]], [[Netherlands]]
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