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04-03-2020 We organised several diners in the workshop with Sergio Herman for the first time during the Dutch Design Week in 2018. These were, just like the last edition, unforgettable. This post is also available... »
A coffee table book that you can also read
16-08-2018 Children can sometimes be a difficult delivery (often after an easy pregnancy). Making books is simply just difficult, the process of making them is heavy and the delivery is even heavier. Luckily, if you... »
Farewell. Coffin for Dick
13-04-2018 Saturday morning, 3 March, at around 10am, Cok called me. Cok is Dick’s other half and together they have the Frozen Fountain, a rather avant garde interior store in Amsterdam. They were the first... »
The IKEA story
24-10-2017 Meeting with Karin Years ago, during the Salone del Mobile in Milan, I met Karin Gustavsson at Rossana Orlandi where we always present our work. It was an unusual meeting because it was full... »
Friendship. Two nameless works
22-07-2017 Friendship is what comes to mind when I think of Marc Mulders. Marc lives and works in our neighbourhood, in the middle of nature, between the woods and flower meadows. He is often at... »
Daniel Ruanova – Translocating Borders – 23th of April – 2nd of July
17-03-2017 When I paid a flying visit to the University of Architecture in Monterrey, Mexico for a lecture over a year ago, an artwork by the Mexican artist Daniel Ruanova stood outside the entrance to... »
The first IKEA products are in the shops!
17-03-2017 It goes without saying that there is a great deal to write about when it comes to the collaboration with IKEA. Why did I actually choose to do this at the time? The question... »
An exciting week: Japan, China and Vietnam
08-12-2016 Over ten years ago, when we decided that we also wanted to sell out products on the international market, the very first dealer did not come from Germany, France, England or Belgium but from... »
A design for Veronese at Merci Paris
03-12-2016 Veronese is a company that has been making chandeliers and fixtures from Murano glass for almost a hundred years. The son of the family business was brooding for years over a plan to breathe... »
