Jasmijn Pronk

I walk into a room and see a piano standing against a bare wall. Around it is a collection of objects: a table covered with drawing and painting materials, and a cabinet filled with old children's books. When I take my place at the piano and strike the first notes, the space around me begins to fade. The white wall transforms into a backdrop of colors, emotions, and thoughts as my hands move across the keys and the music fills the room. For a moment, the expectations and routines of everyday life disappear. Only when the final note fades away does the room return to my awareness, and everything around me seems more vivid than before. 

This moment illustrates how music can alter our perception and serves as the starting point for my graduation project. The project consists of a table, a chair, and a lamp integrated into a wall, together forming a living space. These elements do not function as isolated objects; rather, they exist as parts of a larger composition whose meaning emerges through their relationships with one another. 
 

My authorship begins with an understanding of music as a form of spatial composition. It is not primarily concerned with what music is in theory, but with what it evokes when we listen to it. From this perspective, I approach the spaces around us differently. While many spaces are defined by fixed structures that provide clarity and support, I see the possibility of creating environments that remain dynamic and do not immediately reveal their function. In translating music into spatial design, my furniture becomes a moment of interruption. A place that invites pause, attention, and a different way of perceiving. 

Within the design, the space between the objects plays a central role. I work from the idea that meaning does not reside in individual elements but emerges through the relationships between them. Just as a musical composition is shaped by the connections between notes, my design develops through the interaction between the table, chair, lamp, and wall. 
The project focuses on experience over time. Rather than presenting itself as a fully legible whole, the space unfolds gradually through movement and discovery. This becomes visible through the repositioning of furniture and the coming together of observed fragments. Through this process, the user constructs an understanding of the space piece by piece. 
As a result, this project is not simply a collection of furniture pieces, but a living environment that functions as a spatial composition, one that seeks to make the deeper, elusive qualities of music tangible.