Co Projects is an investigation of relationships and connectionsbetween objects, the materials they are made of and the narratives of people and places woveninto them.

Lookingat the objects around us with curiosity, we question their function and reimagine their form. Attempting to solve the small irritations we encounter in everyday situations, we breakordinary objects down into component parts, not for the sake of it but to make our interactions with them easier or more joyful, whilst also creating surprising and playfulformal configurations.

Conscious of the responsibility that comes with putting new objects into an already oversaturatedworld, we are dedicated to using materials that are already in circulationand have had former lives. Meaningful or banal, every existing material or object has a history. Researching their provenance allows us to recontextualise materials and give them new purpose, while also telling storiesof the people and processes that brought them into existence.

Founded by Nina Jua Klein, Co Projects is a culmination of her interest in making, research and design as a means to communicate narratives.

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Places

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London Reclaimed Brick Merchants
Uxbridge, London

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Wakehurst, Sussex

Material

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Mixed stock at London Reclaimed Brick Merchants

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Red London Brick

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Dust from brick cutting

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Red london brick from a demolished building in Wimbledon

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Yellow stock brick from a demolished building in Peckham, selected for our Yellow Brick set.

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British Ash

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Waste from charcoal production

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Processing charcoal particles for use as an aggregate

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PVC pipe connector

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Rik Van Veen, Pool Noodle Light, crafted for Basket Club
(Brief 23), Image: @naomimodde

Process

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Breaking down London stock brick

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Testing particle size for aggregate

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Charcoal production in Wakehurst, Sussex

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Loading the kiln in preparation for charcoal production

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Full kiln ready for firing

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Charcoal dust being mixed with resin

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Charcoal particles are revealed when sanding the cast resin

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Aluminium tube finishing by Gary Middleton, Ilford

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Letter from Nina Jua Klein to Marianne Karmon, aged almost 3

Research

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London Clay extraction,
Image: Philip Parker

[05]

Brick loading
Image: Philip Parker

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Making Charcoal in Woods of Sussex near Millsboro
Image: Delaware Public Archives photograph/George and Irene Caley postcard collection

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Source

[24]

Two copies of Ways of Seeing by John Berger, one slightly older than the other

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Jelly Mould, ca.1920, Artist/maker unknown, England (made)
Image: V&A

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Subconscious of a Monument, Cornelia Parker, 2003
Image: Cornelia Parker

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Constructivist swing, Isabel + Helen, Chelsea College of Art

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Andreas Gursky, 99 cent, 1999
Image: Andreas Gursky

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Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Book Corridors), Tate Britain