EVEY KWONG is a designer and researcher working at the intersection of craft, critical research and environmental thinking. Rooted in place and practice, her work uses craft as a tool to connect humans, other-than-human beings, and the environments they cohabit. By revealing cultural histories and processes of making, she emphasizes the value of local traditions and the potential of (trans)cultural exchange to address climate change, social polarization, and the growing divide between humans and the natural world, intensified by technology. Her practice often asks whether tacit knowledge can help relate to the “other”, bridge rural–urban divides, and generate alternative narratives for a better future. Defined by a participatory and interdisciplinary approach, her work spans design research, exhibition-making, hands-on workshops, writing, and design commissions, with a focus on fostering dialogue across diverse fields and communities.
Over the years, she has collaborated with cultural and scientific entities such as The Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« [DE], Museum of Decorative Arts Dresden [DE], Schloss Hollenegg for Design [AT], Museum of European Cultures [DE], HOW&WOW BASK IT! [organised by Crafts Council Nederland for the Dutch Design Week].
She holds lectures and hands-on workshops at international art and design schools regularly.
2025
July 8–20
Swamp Things! The Liveliness of Peatland Plants
＿matter Festival
Part of the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« at Humboldt University of Berlin, the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Bio-economy, and Weißensee Academy of Art and Design Berlin.
May 3–June 1
Knit & Weave
Schloss Hollenegg for Design, Austria
Curated by Johanna Pichlbauer
Apr 27–Mar 1, 2026
Im Besengebiet – Eine Hommage an den Handbesen
Schweizer Strohmuseum, Switzerland
Curated by Flavia Brändle and Margrit Linder
2024
connectedness: An Incomplete Observation on Borneo
‘Special Appearance Region: Borneo’ for Indonesian Contemporary Art & Design [ICAD], 14th Edition: UNEXPECTED, Jakarta.
“Chita’ Anyaman. Braiding Tales” for Plant Fever. Towards a Phyto-centred Design.
A group exhibition, Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden, Germany.
“Stork Fiction” for Madrugada exhibition
A group exhibition, 2nd edition of the Lisbon International Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery
2023
Room for Change
A group exhibition of Design Campus by d-o-t-s, Vienna Design Week
Pleasure Garden
A group exhibition of ‘Curating Change’ by d-o-t-s, Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden
Almanac – Designers’ Perspective on the Resources of the Charentes Region
A group exhibition at Fondation d'entreprise Martell Fondation
Situated Practices. Utilities and craft perspectives.
A dual exhibition in Loulé, Portugal, organized by Origem Comum and Loulé Criativo. Funded by the European Union and implemented by the Goethe Institute.
Basketclub – a celebration of future crafts
A group exhibition, Alcova, Salone del Mobile
2022
Twisting & Twining – Pushing Rattan to the Limit
A group exhibition for the World Design Capital Valencia
U-JOINTS: Knots & Knits
A group exhibition, Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale, Finland
All Hands On: Basketry
A group exhibition, Museum Europäischer Kulturen [MEK], Berlin
Slanted and Enchanted
A group exhibition, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto Design Week
2021
HOW&WOW BASK IT!
A group-exhibition by Crafts Council Nederland, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
2025
Nov. 21–22
»Clean air smells funny«
Live workshop, supervised by Lisa Ertel and Jannis Zell for the Product and Communication Design Dept., Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design.
Oct. 27–28, Nov. 3
Coiling to Tooling
Live workshop, part of the Semester Course »Hybrid Craft. Basketry between the Analog and the Digital«.
Supervised by Nayeli Vega Vargas, Maja Avnat and Yolanda Leask for the Textile and Material Design Dept., Weißensee Academy of Art and Design Berlin. Funded by the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«.
July 21–25
Creative Weaving: Plaiting and Coiling
Live workshop, Textile Zentrum Haslach, Austria
June 16–19
Beyond Baskets
Lecture and workshop as part of the design research project “Textile practices at the interfaces of product, interior and fashion design” by Prof. Ursula Zillig and Prof. Alexander Sahoo, Hochschule für Künste Bremen
2024
Beyond Baskets
Live workshop, Faculty of Design, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
2023
Connecting Twines
Live workshop, ‘Design for Change’ Retreat, New Order of Fashion [NOoF], Eindhoven NL.
50 Twines Experiment
Live workshop, organised in the frame of Greenlab: Laboratory for Sustainable Design Strategies, Weißensee Academy of Art and Design Berlin.
Collective Fibres
Live workshop, co-organised by Malaysia Design Archive and Rimba Ilmu, University of Malaya, supported by The Habitat Foundation.
2022
Sweeping with Tradition
Live workshop, Museum Europäischer Kulturen [MEK], Berlin
Dis/Entangled
Live workshop, Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts. Organised by Crafts Council Nederland and Zuyd Hogeschool.
2021
Crafting Futures
Online workshop in collaboration with Foresta Academy
Interwovenness
Online workshop, Die Junge Akademie, Berlin
2020
In Silence We Create – A Sculptural Making Workshop
Online workshop in collaboration with Malaysia Design Archive
Collective Fibres
Live workshop, in collaboration with Malaysia Design Archive and Rimba Ilmu, University of Malaya
2019
Gefundenes Flechten
Live workshop, Werkstube Gerswalde
2023
Curating Change
A curation and research Summer School by d-o-t-s, The School of Phyto-centered Design, Design Campus Dresden.
Rooted Craft: Portugal
A research residency on rural crafts in Loulé, Portugal. Organized by Origem Comum, supported by Loulé Criativo and funded by European Union under the program of Culture Moves Europe.
2022
Countercurrent
A research and production residency conceived by d-o-t-s, produced by French Ministry of Culture, in the framework of the Mondes Nouveaux program. Venue: Domaine de Boisbuchet
Lecture Series »Matters of Activity«: Material Agency and Interdisciplinary Knowledge, Nov 2025
Berlin
Swamp_matters! with Swantje Furtak, Daniel Hengst and Evey Kwong. July 2025
in conjunction with »Swamp Things! The Liveliness of Peatland Plants« for _matter festival
BHROX bauhaus reuse, Berlin
»Weitergeben«, Mar 2025
for the Faculty of Design, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin
‘Evey Kwong [futurprimitiv]: Beyond Baskets’, Dec 2024
Faculty of Design, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
‘Learn, Practice, Teach’, July 2023
‘Design for Change’ Retreat, New Order of Fashion [NOoF]
‘Learn, Practice, Teach’, June 2023
‘Situated Practices’, Loulé in Portugal. Organized by Origem Comum and Loulé Criativo
‘BASK IT! talks’: A Future of Basketry, May 2021
Crafts Council Nederland for ‘BASK IT! talks’: a series of talks all about basketry
Borneo Bengkel, May 2021
Re-contextualizing and re-imagining cultural heritage for new audiences
Breakfast Dialogues with Tattfoo Tan, May 2020
Essay, ‘Caring for Plant-Based Material Culture: A Conservation Handbook’, to be published by Routledge in 2026
Essay, ‘Im Besengebiet / Field of Brooms’, June 2025
Essay, ‘In the beginning was the loop. The anthropology of basketry in Borneo.’, U-JOINTS — A taxonomy of connections, 2022
Article, ‘Lun Dayeh Baskets in Borneo’, Basketmakers’ Association Newsletter, May Edition 2021
2024
‘Stork Fiction’, an official selection of the RAKSA Ciné-Danse Festival.
‘Stork Fiction’, an the official selection of the 3rd edition of the Manifest Dance-Film Festival and is screened at Alliance Française de Pondicherry.
‘Stork Fiction’, an official selection of the Festival Videodanza de Puerto Rico.
‘Stork Fiction’, an official selection of the 11th edition of the ScreenDance Festival and is screened in Stockholm’s Dansmuseet.
2023
‘Culture Moves Europe’ by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and implemented by Goethe Institute.
‘Collective Fibres’ workshop, funded by The Habitat Foundation, Malaysia
2023
‘ALL HANDS ON: Basketry’ – Artisans in Residence for the Museum European Cultures [MEK]
2021
Museum of European Cultures [MEK] Collection, Berlin State Museums
• Habkern and Urner whisk broom. Material purple-moor grass. Switzerland.
• Whisk broom. Material esparto. Origin of technique from Albacete and Murcia.
Publication, Basketclub, 2023
Article, ‘Textil’, Kunst kommt von Können, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Nr. 14, 2022
Article, ‘Biegen und Flechten’, Werde Magazin, Winter Edition 2020, DE / EN
EVEY KWONG is a designer and researcher working at the intersection of raft, critical research and environmental thinking. Rooted in place and practice, her work uses craft as a tool to connect humans, other-than-human beings, and the environments they cohabit. By revealing cultural histories and processes of making, she emphasizes the value of local traditions and the potential of (trans)cultural exchange to address climate change, social polarization, and the growing divide between humans and the natural world, intensified by technology. Her practice often asks whether tacit knowledge can help relate to the “other”, bridge rural–urban divides, and generate alternative narratives for a better future. Defined by a participatory and interdisciplinary approach, her work spans design research, exhibition-making, hands-on workshops, writing, and design commissions, with a focus on fostering dialogue across diverse fields and communities.
Over the years, she has collaborated with cultural and scientific entities such as The Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« [DE], Museum of Decorative Arts Dresden [DE], Schloss Hollenegg for Design [AT], Museum of European Cultures [DE], HOW&WOW BASK IT! [organised by Crafts Council Nederland for the Dutch Design Week].
She holds lectures and hands-on workshops at international art and design schools regularly.
2025
July 8–20
Swamp Things! The Liveliness of Peatland Plants
＿matter Festival
Part of the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« at Humboldt University of Berlin, the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Bio-economy, and Weißensee Academy of Art and Design Berlin.
May 3–June 1
Knit & Weave
Schloss Hollenegg for Design, Austria
Curated by Johanna Pichlbauer
Apr 27–Mar 1, 2026
Im Besengebiet – Eine Hommage an den Handbesen
Schweizer Strohmuseum, Switzerland
Curated by Flavia Brändle and Margrit Linder
2024
connectedness: An Incomplete Observation on Borneo
‘Special Appearance Region: Borneo’ for Indonesian Contemporary Art & Design [ICAD], 14th Edition: UNEXPECTED, Jakarta.
“Chita’ Anyaman. Braiding Tales” for Plant Fever. Towards a Phyto-centred Design.
A group exhibition, Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden, Germany.
“Stork Fiction” for Madrugada exhibition
A group exhibition, 2nd edition of the Lisbon International Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery
2023
Room for Change
A group exhibition of Design Campus by d-o-t-s, Vienna Design Week
Pleasure Garden
A group exhibition of ‘Curating Change’ by d-o-t-s, Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden.
Almanac – Designers’ Perspective on the Resources of the Charentes Region
A group exhibition, Fondation d'entreprise Martell Fondation
Situated Practices. Utilities and craft perspectives.
A dual exhibition in Loulé, Portugal, organized by Origem Comum and Loulé Criativo. Funded by the European Union and implemented by the Goethe Institute.
Basketclub – a celebration of future crafts.
A group exhibition, Alcova, Salone del Mobile.
2022
Twisting & Twining – Pushing Rattan to the Limit
A group exhibition, World Design Capital Valencia
U-JOINTS: Knots & Knits
A group exhibition, Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale, Finland
All Hands On: Basketry
A group exhibition, Museum Europäischer Kulturen [MEK], Berlin
Slanted and Enchanted
A group exhibition, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto Design Week
2021
HOW&WOW BASK IT!
A group exhibition by Crafts Council Nederland, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
2025
Nov. 20–21
»Clean air smells funny«
Live workshop, supervised by Lisa Ertel and Jannis Zell for the Product and Communication Design Dept., Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design.
Oct. 27–28, Nov. 3
Coiling to Tooling
Live workshop, part of the Semester Course »Hybrid Craft. Basketry between the Analog and the Digital«.
Supervised by Nayeli Vega Vargas, Maja Avnat and Yolanda Leask for the Textile and Material Design Dept., Weißensee Academy of Art and Design Berlin. Funded by the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«.
July 21–25
Creative Weaving: Plaiting and Coiling
Live workshop, Textile Zentrum Haslach, Austria
June 16–19
Beyond Baskets
Lecture and workshop as part of the design research project “Textile practices at the interfaces of product, interior and fashion design” by Prof. Ursula Zillig and Prof. Alexander Sahoo, Hochschule für Künste Bremen
2024
Beyond Baskets
Live workshop, Faculty of Design, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
2023
Connecting Twines
Live workshop, ‘Design for Change’ Retreat, New Order of Fashion [NOoF], Eindhoven NL.
50 Twines Experiment
Live workshop, organised in the frame of Greenlab: Laboratory for Sustainable Design Strategies, Weißensee Academy of Art and Design Berlin.
Collective Fibres
Live workshop, co-organised by Malaysia Design Archive and Rimba Ilmu, University of Malaya, supported by The Habitat Foundation.
2022
Sweeping with Tradition
Live workshop, Museum Europäischer Kulturen [MEK], Berlin
Dis/Entangled
Live workshop, Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts. Organised by Crafts Council Nederland and Zuyd Hogeschool
2021
Crafting Futures
Online workshop in collaboration with Foresta Academy
Interwovenness
Online workshop, Die Junge Akademie, Berlin
2020
In Silence We Create – A Sculptural Making Workshop
Live workshop in collaboration with Malaysia Design Archive
Collective Fibres
Live workshop in collaboration with Malaysia Design Archive and Rimba Ilmu, University of Malaya
2019
Begin teaching – Gefundenes Flechten
Live workshop, Werkstube Gerswalde
2023
Aug 17–25
Curating Change
A curation and research Summer School by d-o-t-s, The School of Phyto-centered Design, Design Campus Dresden.
May 25–June 17
Rooted Craft: Portugal
A research residency on rural crafts in Loulé, Portugal. Organized by Origem Comum, supported by Loulé Criativo and funded by European Union under the program of Culture Moves Europe.
2022
Sept 5-18
Countercurrent
A research and production residency conceived by d-o-t-s, produced by French Ministry of Culture, in the framework of the Mondes Nouveaux program. Venue: Domaine de Boisbuchet
Swamp_matters! with Swantje Furtak, Daniel Hengst and Evey Kwong. July 2025
in conjunction with »Swamp Things! The Liveliness of Peatland Plants« for _matter festival
BHROX bauhaus reuse, Berlin
»Weitergeben«, Mar 2025
for the Faculty of Design, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin
‘Evey Kwong [futurprimitiv]: Beyond Baskets’, Dec 2024
Faculty of Design, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
‘Learn, Practice, Teach’, July 2023
‘Design for Change’ Retreat, New Order of Fashion [NOoF]
‘Learn, Practice, Teach’, June 2023
‘Situated Practices’, Loulé in Portugal. Organized by Origem Comum and Loulé Criativo
‘BASK IT! talks’: A Future of Basketry, May 2021
Crafts Council Nederland for ‘BASK IT! talks’: a series of talks all about basketry
Borneo Bengkel, May 2021
Re-contextualizing and re-imagining cultural heritage for new audiences
Breakfast Dialogues with Tattfoo Tan, May 2020
Essay, ‘Caring for Plant-Based Material Culture: A Conservation Handbook’, to be published by Routledge in 2026
Essay, ‘Im Besengebiet / Field of Brooms’, June 2025
Essay, ‘In the beginning was the loop. The anthropology of basketry in Borneo.’, U-JOINTS — A taxonomy of connections, 2022
Article, ‘Lun Dayeh Baskets in Borneo’, Basketmakers’ Association Newsletter, May Edition 2021
2020–2021
Guest research fellow at Forces in Translation: Basketry, Maths and Anthropology
2024
‘Stork Fiction’, an official selection of the RAKSA Ciné-Danse Festival.
‘Stork Fiction’, an the official selection of the 3rd edition of the Manifest Dance-Film Festival and is screened at Alliance Française de Pondicherry.
‘Stork Fiction’, an official selection of the Festival Videodanza de Puerto Rico.
‘Stork Fiction’, an official selection of the 11th edition of the ScreenDance Festival and is screened in Stockholm’s Dansmuseet.
2023
‘Culture Moves Europe’ by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and implemented by Goethe Institute.
‘Collective Fibres’ workshop, funded by The Habitat Foundation, Malaysia
2023
‘ALL HANDS ON: Basketry’ – Artisans in Residence for the Museum European Cultures [MEK]
2021
Museum of European Cultures [MEK] Collection, Berlin State Museums
• Habkern and Urner whisk broom. Material purple-moor grass. Switzerland.
• Whisk broom. Material esparto. Origin of technique from Albacete and Murcia.