Anne de Klein

As a child, I didn't have a lot. I didn't have a dollhouse with matching furniture. What I did have was a cardboard box and a wild imagination. I made my own dollhouses and handmade Barbie clothes from old socks. Bags from old pants, and a homemade Megamind-style outfit. As a child, I lived in my own little world, a fantasy where anything was possible. Over the years, I've come to cherish that fantasy more and more.

I've discovered that you don't need much to use your imagination, so you can add a lot yourself. That's why my work looks more abstract than you might expect. Besides all the sightlines and views, it's also about what you don't see. When you see less, you can imagine more.

As adults, we seem to be losing this imagination more and more. It would be a shame if we relegated fantasy to a place only for children, because it's so important to us. Fantasy provides new insights, inspiration, and ideas. She lets you escape from your daily routine for a moment. She offers space to think beyond what's familiar to us.

As a designer, I want people to see their surroundings differently by stimulating their imagination. I do this through a model. It's all about how you, as a viewer, experience and perceive the objects in the space. Through walls that block your view, leaving you to hear only the squeak of a swing. Like a kind of shell around a core. Through occasional openings through which you see part of a swing. Through something small that piques your interest. Through a gate that gives you access to objects you couldn't see before.

It is about a transition from your everyday life to a world where your imagination is stimulated by the play objects in reality.