Fransje Gimbrere

10/10/2026

Ghost Creatures are back in the studio 🤍

Just a few weeks ago they inhabited the MOB-complex forest of Draaimolen festival, lighting the path between Moon stage and Aura.

The 14 sculptures are hand-woven from glass fibre, upside down, with gravity as the only guide. Making each of them a unique individual within the family.

They’re back in the studio and resting up for their potential new outing 🪩

DRAAIMOLEN
📷 Studio Photography Patty van den Elshout

07/10/2026

Dutch Design Week 2026, 17–25 October. 💫

This year you can find my work at three locations in Eindhoven, each showing a different side of my practice.

• Forward Furniture, Building TX (Strijp-T)
Pieces from my cornerstone collection: Standing Textile(s), the 3D-woven collection where my practice began. Curated by Liv Vaisberg.

• Kazerne DesignLab
Standing Textile(s) – Mono Matter. A new chapter in which I rethink the woven structures in a single biobased material, looking for a compostable alternative to fibre and resin. On view until April 2027.

• Sectie-C, The Pool
“A Home of Many Addresses” - Sectie-C turns fifteen, and current and former residents each reimagined the letterbox. My contribution: a monumental time capsule in 3D-woven glass fibre.

Open daily from 11:00–18:00.

👋🏼 I’m moving between the locations during the week. Send me a message if you’d like to meet.

Forward Furniture Kazerne Design Lab Sectie-C Dutch Design Week | DDW Liv Vaisberg 


08/09/2026

It went by so fast..! ✨

Ghost Creatures inhabited the forest of the MOB Complex at Draaimolen last weekend. 14 hand-woven glass fibre sculptures rising from the moss like mycelium coming above ground. 🌲🌳🕸️

The concept was simple: creatures that belong to the forest, coming out curiously, to welcome the festival visitors to their home.
By day, quiet in between the trees, lit up by the occasional sunrays reaching through the canopy. By night, unmistakably visible, there to guide the visitors from Moon Stage to Aura. 🌚🌝

A presence, whether you notice them or not — something to wonder and pause at, in the middle of everything.

(Last slide) It meant a lot to receive this DM from a visitor sharing their experience: “What a beautiful and calming work at Draaimolen. Every time I passed by, a small moment of rest. Thank you!” ✨

A huge thank you to the entire team and volunteers of DRAAIMOLEN for inviting me, making this possible and for taking such good care of the installation and everyone who came to see it. 🤍🙏🏻🖤

📍 Draaimolen Festival, Tilburg, 2026


25/06/2026

✨ SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY ✨

We have an opening for an enthusiastic and hands-on intern to join our studio team at Sectie-C, Eindhoven, for July and August! 🚀

About the Role:
💫 You will dive straight into a key 3D Weaving project, contributing to its development.
💫 You’ll gain behind-the-scenes insights into how a busy design studio is structured, managing both long-term concepts and short-term projects.
💫 Alongside this, you’ll provide vital support for the studio’s internal and external communications.

Who We’re Looking For:
✅You are an independent, pro-active problem solver who is not afraid to get their hands dirty.
✅ Understanding of weaving structures/bindings is a strong plus.
✅ Proficiency with creative software (Adobe Suite, and 3D software) is highly preferred.
✅ Excellent communication skills, verbal and in writing.
✅ Fluent in English or Dutch is required (both is a bonus).

What We Offer:
🔆 A creative and inspiring workplace at Sectie-C.
🔆 A hands-on, educational experience in 3D weaving.
🔆 Guidance and coaching in a personal project/portfolio
🔆 A compensation for your contributions
🔆 Flexible dates and hours (part-time is an option).

How to Apply:
Send your Portfolio + Motivation letter (including your availability for the July-August period) to
📧 [email protected]

The ideal candidate starts in the first weeks of July, so don’t wait to apply!

29/05/2026

*What actually nourishes a human being?*

An underlying question that much of my work quietly revolves around.

While designing installations, researching materiality, working with textile crafts, embodiment, sensory experience, and emotional resonance in space, I noticed how deeply aesthetics shape the way we experience ourselves, our bodies, our homes, our relationships, and even our nervous systems.

This line of thinking has slowly evolved into a larger research territory for me:
The relationship between aesthetics, embodiment, emotional well-being, culture, and contemporary systems of optimization.

I’ve started writing more publicly about these ideas on Substack.

This first essay (link below) explores the overarching umbrella of emotional undernourishment in contemporary visual culture: from homogenized interiors and optimization aesthetics to embodiment, self-regulation, and the growing disconnect between visual refinement and lived human experience.

Not as a critique, but as part of a broader inquiry, and hopefully more essays to come, into what meaningful living and creating might look like in an emotionally depleted culture.

I'm curious to hear what resonates with you!

On aesthetics, optimization, embodiment, and emotional undernourishment in contemporary culture.

13/04/2026

Repost • – Mens

23/02/2026

2/2 The last week of my solo exhibition at salon noir has arrived ✨

I’m greatfull to have been able to show an overview of my work, from graduation untill now.

Salon noir shows a selection of the black and white works from my collections: Standing Textile(s), Luxury Fences, Cirrus, Crafted Coumns, ST(s) - Tar and ST(s) Acoustic, showcasing a stimulating range of materials and tactilities in monochrome. 🖤🤍

Thank you to all who paid a vist and showed interest in my work!
If you haven’t visited yet, you got a few more days to visit, 28 February will be the last chance.

Works are available via 👉🏼 .noir.art

23/02/2026

1/2 The last week of my solo exhibition at salon noir has arrived ✨

I’m greatfull to have been able to show an overview of my work, from graduation untill now.

Salon noir shows a selection of the black and white works from my collections: Standing Textile(s), Luxury Fences, Cirrus, Crafted Coumns, ST(s) - Tar and ST(s) Acoustic, showcasing a stimulating range of materials and tactilities in monochrome. 🖤🤍

Thank you to all who paid a vist and showed interest in my work!
If you haven’t visited yet, you got a few more days to visit, 28 February will be the last chance.

Works are available via 👉🏼 .noir.art