To spatial designer and creative director Vanessa Heepen, design is inherently discursive. It is a tool for fostering dialogue between disciplines, geographies, materials, eras, and ideas. Acting on the instinct that it was time to dial up the conversation in Berlin’s design scene, in early summer 2023 Heepen launched the first edition of FORMA, a nomadic gallery presenting an eclectic assemblage of contemporary art and design objects alongside select 20th-century pieces. To bridge the gap as the city eagerly awaits the gallery’s 2024 edition, Ignant Founder and photographer Clemens Poloczek invited her to co-curate an exclusive editorial, catalyzing new chemistry between unexpectedly complementary works