TOOLS FOR PROGRESS is a laboratory for art and design based in Rotterdam (NL). Inspired by architectural elements and natural landscapes, we make objects and scénographies.
Founded by architect & researcher Cédric Van Parys(BE) and graphic designer Lu Liang(CN), TOOLS FOR PROGRESS is about the exchange of western and eastern philosophy and we make this tangible through the inner force of the solid, the minimal and the brutal. Combining (industrial) production techniques with craftsmanship, we re-appropriate architectural proportions and natural elements into concepts and meticulously accurate sculptures and assemblages—often blurring the boundary between object, display and landscape.