Share Fence by NEXT Architects
NEXT Architects
Share Fence, 2001
Imagine the fence between you and your neighbour now turned into a social contact. The Share Fence doesn’t just divide yards; it invites you to borrow, swap, chat and connect. Designed by NEXT Architects, this clever boundary tool features built-in garden-tool exchange slots, making communal living just a little more literal.
With this piece, the line between “mine” and “yours” becomes playful rather than permanent. It’s not just wood or pickets, it’s an invitation to share a shovel, trade a hoe, and perhaps share a moment. In typical Droog fashion, the ordinary fence becomes a social experiment in disguise.
Me, Myself & You explored the delicate, intimate, and often unpredictable ways design shapes our social world. Fences that invite neighbours to play and benches that determine how close we sit — each object examines the fine balance between connection and distance. With human relationships at its core, the project invited us to smile, hesitate, and perhaps take a seat where we normally wouldn’t.
More than an exploration of materials or form, it focused on behaviour, identity, and the subtle spaces between people in the 21st century. First presented in Milan in 2001 and later in Utrecht, the exhibition transformed everyday encounters into playful experiments in social design.
