Janne Claes (°1993, Belgium) Living in Antwerp.

Studied and finalised her bachelor in Fine Arts in the department Textile Design in 2016 at KASK in Ghent (BE) and obtained her master in Fine Arts in the department Multimedia design in 2017 at KASK in Ghent (BE).

During her studies she participated twice in an Erasmus. She implemented this in 2015 at Kunst- og designhøgskolen i Bergen (NO) and in 2016 at La Cambre in Brussels (BE).

In 2024 she decided to start studying again for a MBA, Master in Management and organisation.

She believes it is important to bridge creative and solution-oriented thinking with the ability to conduct quantitative and policy-based analyses, enabling the right decisions to be made within an organization and fostering new, alternative solutions.

Her work experience is in Visual Design, Textile design and Art Direction for different Belgium companies. She aims to dedicate her time to researching innovative textile solutions while continuing her own research under the title of  "de (on)eindigheid van het (on)gecontroleerde". 

COMMERCIAL WORK 

- Consultancy for Vallverdù (2023-present)

Consulting Sophie Van Noten on textile developments and general implementation of insight from the textile industry.

Creative direction in visual communication

https://vallverduatelier.com/

- Art Direction for Wim Pues

Creating a digital as physical visualisation of the vision of Wim Pues. 

- Art Direction for Rhyeman together with Jeroen Vranken.

Creating a new brand identity for a new division of Philip Pfeyfer by styling and photography. 

Rhyeman specialising in historical and contemporary design furniture. Sourcing and unveiling new information in the research of important design collections came to be a passion leading to creating international attention for the intriguing designs by for instance BBPR, Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier and Jose Zanine Caldas. This passion further unfolded led to his own specific, custom designs and creations allowing projects to be completed in a perfect balance or juxtaposition.

- Creative brand Developer for BAKERMAT.antwerp (2022-2024)

Worked on the creative strategy for Bakermat, including research into new developments in textiles, supplier documentation, and methodology. Additionally, I contributed to Bakermat's brand identity, creating a clear visual brand book that guides the company’s communication:

Bakermat is the symbiosis between a fabric store, virtual fabric library and materials agency; a place where innovation, digitization and artistic creation meet. A journey where traceability and transparency are key incentives to improve the status quo in fashion. We are proud ambassadors of the products we sell, working closely with artisans, sustainable pioneers and textile innovators.

www.Bakermat.net

Link to methodolgy written by myself: https://www.bakermat.net/faq/

- Visual Researcher for Francq Colors (2019- 2023): Development of new trend books and creating custom made reports for brands in Interior and Fashion. Research in trends of colours, materials, products, food, beauty. 

http://www.francqcolors.be/

- Textile Designer for Lava Textiles (2021): Working on clients request for new samples for matresses with the technique of circular knitting. 

https://www.lavatextiles.com/

- Textile / Visual Designer for JoV convert (2020): Start of new Rug collection. 

http://jov-design.com/

- Designer for Marie Jo Lingerie(2018-2020): As designer at Marie Jo, I work on new innovative collections for the brand Marie Jo, this I do by researching the newest trend, technique and models. I aim to define Marie Jo in a contemporary consumption society.

https://be-nl.mariejo.com/

- Product Development, Claes-sierbeton (2018): This is a family business running for almost 60 years. In this company I research and develop new concrete street funiture which can be used in public and private space. MODU-SYSTEM is the latest realisation which I developed. 

https://www.claessierbeton.be/sierbeton/modulair-straatmeubilair.htm

EDUCATION

- (Master) Business Organisation and Management 2024-present, University of Antwerp

- Master Multimedia Design 2016-2017, Royal Academy for Fine Arts Ghent (KASK)

-Master Textile Design 2015-2016

  First semester Erasmus Belgica,  La Cambre Bruxelles

  Second semester Royal Academy for Fine Arts Ghent (KASK)

-Third bachelor Textile Design 2014-2015

  First semester Royal Academy for Fine Arts Ghent (KASK)

  Second semester Erasmus, Academy for Design and Arts, KHIB Bergen/ Norway

-Textile Design first and second bachelor 2012-2014 at Royal Academy for Fine Arts Ghent (KASK)

-Bellas Artes, Universidad de Panama, INAC Instituto National de Cultural 2011-2012

ARTISTIC RESUME

My work reaches in the fields of design and installation. Elements such as temporality, uncontrollability, matter and form are important aspects.

The work "De (on)eindigheid van het (on)gecontroleerde" ("The (in)finity of the (un) controlled")  is a study on the relationship between objects and their meaning juxtaposed of each other and the viewer. By abstracting the expected function of an object and by rearranging these “ideas of functionality”, a new idiom is created, wherein an endlessness in composition and a constant ability to change this is the central course. An interaction is created between the 2-and 3 dimensional media (video, sculpture, installation), where materiality and situation bound presentations are the most important aspects.