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Meet Madeleine Scholtes, a young Dutch designer based in the Netherlands. In 2020, Madeleine graduated as a furniture designer from Hout-en-Meubileringscollege in Amsterdam. After graduating, she moved to Eindhoven to further develop within the walls of Design Academy Eindhoven.

Madeleine finds inspiration in her direct surroundings using sustainability as the leading thead through her unique designs. 

Since 2023, she works from her studio at Spoor-K. Feel free to reach out for a visit.


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A reseach and megatrend forcast study about how marriage will change in the future.



2021 Reset Traditions

We are all familiar with the concept of marriage, a way to unite two people. As I get older I question, is marriage still  modern, or is it out of date? Traditions such as 'getting his last name' never sat right with me. In my experience, the media  portrays marriage and having a wedding as the goal of a woman's life.

Where did it all start? It is widely agreed that the origin of marriage dates well before recorded history, but the earliest  recorded evidence dates from about 2350 B.C. in the Far East. Ever since the first occurrence, marriage has evolved, and  every culture/ religion has its own traditions.

Promising your partner to love them forever sounds romantic, but the original goal of marriage had nothing to do with love.  The primary reasons were economic interests and alliances. And sadly in some cultures it still is. Marriage was a way to bind  women to men, and guarantee that children were truly his biological. Through marriage, a woman became a man's  property.

We use marriage as a way to unite people, but something's changing. In the past 20 years, the amount of marriages has  decreased. But registered partnership and cohabitation contracts are increasing. According to a survey, 40% of over 2,500  people asked said that marriage was a thing of the past and does not work in our society anymore. When the same survey  was conducted thirty years ago, only 11% thought that marriage was old-fashioned.

What happens when marriage is not the way to unite anymore. What other ways will evolve? Marriage has always been  structured by society, and as societys structure, values, and goals change over time the idea of marriage will change along  with them.