PREORDER: Warwick Freeman: Hook Hand Heart Star

Pre-order to receive one of the first copies of Warwick Freeman: Hook Hand Heart Star when they arrive to Objectspace – the current delivery estimate is early June 2025.

Warwick Freeman’s emblematic jewellery pursues meaning. Across five decades the New Zealand jeweller has built a lexicon of signs: from the cultural symbolism of the hook and the star to the heart redrawn in the volcanic scoria of Rangitoto island. Throughout his career Freeman has never tired of exploring what it means to make jewellery in Aotearoa New Zealand.

This siginificant monograph features texts (English / German) by Geoff Chapple, Karl Chitham, Warwick Freeman, Petra Hölscher, Bronwyn Lloyd, Angelika Nollert and Kim Paton and is richly illustrated with new work imagery directed by Victoria McAdam and photographed by Sam Hartnett. Illustrations include several striking fold-out spreads showcasing Freeman's iconic suites of emblems, described as Sentences. Published by arnoldsche Art Publishers and designed by Inhouse.

Published on the occassion of:

Warwick Freeman: Hook Hand Heart Star
15 March – 15 June 2025
Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich

Curated by:
Dr. Petra Hölscher, Senior Curator, Die Neue Sammlung
Kim Paton, Director, Objectspace
Dr Bronwyn Lloyd, Curator, Objectspace

After concluding at Die Neue Summlung, the exhibition will travel to Aotearoa to open at Objectspace in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in November 2025 before touring to The Dowse Art Museum in Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt in July 2026.

Acknowledgements:

Hook Hand Heart Star is presented in partnership between Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum in Munich, Germany, and Objectspace in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The exhibition and book have been produced with the generous support of:

Creative New Zealand
Blumhardt Foundation
The Stout Trust
Museumsstiftung zur Förderung der Staatlichen Bayerischen Museen – Estate of Christof and Ursula Engelhorn
Objectspace Project Supporters