Collection: Numen / For Use

Numen/For Use is a design collective working in the fields of scenography, industrial and spatial design and conceptual art. The group first formed in 1998 as a collaborative effort of industrial designers Sven Jonke, Christoph Katzler and Nikola Radeljković under the banner For Use. In 1999, they established Numen as a collective identity covering all projects actualized outside the sphere of industrial design. From 2004 onwards, after setting up a large-scale site-specific project for the production of “Inferno” in the National Centre for Drama in Madrid, Numen/For Use became intensely involved with scenography. Further realizations in theatres across Europe followed. Since 2008, the collective has turned its focus towards configuring objects and concepts without a predefined function, an activity resulting in more hybrid and experimental works such as the Numen-Light series and Tape Installation. Parallel to these publicly exposed ventures, the group has won several international awards for their accomplishments in the field of industrial and set design.