Presentation

Showroom 

On Saturday 15 December we will be organising a presentation of our new collection in our own premises for the first time. We showed the new collection to our dealers several weeks ago. To mark this occasion we turned the whole showroom upside down. Our new products are available for the first three months with an introduction discount of 10%.

The reason for doing all this is that we have noticed in the past that a large portion of the products we develop actually never reach the consumer, but remain in the proverbial attic. We have cleared out and dusted ‘the attic’ and we think the products look beautiful!

All this developing but not selling during the past one and a half decades has resulted in bulging storage racks, and we have decided to offer some of these products with discount! These products are available while stocks last.

Of course you can pop in anytime, but on Saturday 15 December we will be ‘at home’ and happy to welcome you!

The Sheet Cabinet

The Meter Cabinet, for which production has been suspended, despite reasonable sales, has gained a successor with this cabinet. Just as with the meter cabinet, the sheet cabinet is based on the use of the whole sheet as it comes from the factory. At the time, the meter cabinet was very difficult to produce. Every little scratch meant rejection, whereby half the cabinets became second choice. The cabinet now has a much more pragmatic design and is much more efficient to produce. The first cabinet from a whole series of different models now stands in our showroom. We still have a lot of additional ideas, such as drawers behind the doors or fronts, hanging sections, solid tops, versions sprayed with colours and much more.

The basis for the design, a ‘cross-section’, presented itself quite suddenly. Everything became crystal clear: complete sheets, insight into the construction and standard techniques. It is actually the most ordinary cabinet imaginable, but then opened up and without all the hassle of trying to hide everything. 

Of course, the production and realisation of such an idea demands a certain amount of expertise and understanding. With the development and completion of this product, Marco has set a new standard that we are all proud of!      

The sheet-material chandeliers

The idea to make a chandelier had been brewing for a while. As a chandelier consists of many smaller components, I thought we would be able to make these components from residual materials, and so reduce waste. After making the first series (from whole sheets) I have realised that my original idea to make the lamp from residual products is not possible; the milling is too complicated for this. But we have created a beautiful product. In fact, the whole construction is like an antique chandelier, the arms are ‘hung’ in circular disks, but in this case everything is made of wood instead of glass.

The sheet-material kitchen

The first kitchen we made was an attempt to do nothing special, and particularly not with the fronts, which are generally used to try to make an impression. The kitchen is a luxury object and should feel as such. For us, the kitchen was primarily a functional object and can only become more beautiful if the design is in keeping with this. At the time, the interior of the kitchen was made from stainless-steel, with the idea of using this precious material on the inside where you need it, and not on the outside where it is only decorative. Since then we have sold the occasional kitchen, but especially – or particularly – due to the possibility of varying the fronts. The kitchen with unfinished oak fronts is popular.

Now, following on from the crisis furniture, we have devised a kitchen with great attention to detail. The stainless-steel edging with which all the fronts are finished requires very accurate dimensional stability. But the apparent simplicity is deceiving. The edging and other uses of stainless-steel (including the runners) benefits the total sustainability of the kitchen. There is an example in the showroom, but the possibilities go further than the presentation piece.

The waste oak salon block

These blocks have arisen from the need to change the waste systems within the company. The concept is identical to that of the waste salon blocks. The dimensions and finishes differ from those of the waste salon blocks made from scrap wood. The new blocks are rough on the side (stacked), but the top is smooth and waxed, much more modest than the waste block made from scrap wood.

The Waste floor

Our wish to make a floor from waste material is actually nothing more than increasing the surface area of one of our normal waste products. Using the same methods would make this unaffordable, so we had to find a way of making the floor in sections (tiles) in our workshop. We have devised a system whereby the tiles are slotted together erratically so that the joints are not visible! We have made test pieces from scrap wood and sheet material painted white, but oak could also be one of the possibilities. The result is a kind of random parquet.

The plates for Royal Delft

Several months ago I was approached by employees of the Gouden Woonboek, a kind of adult glossy, but actually quite fun and with a surprising number of editorial and informative topics. They asked whether I would like to design a product together with Royal Delft for the new edition – literally on a silver platter. It is an incredibly inspiring factory to work with and a well-made magazine with quality content to present it in. Now we just had a short time in which to devise a producible product.

The existing products are characterised by a high degree of qualified labour. The products are beautiful, wonderfully decorated and precious. A table laid with such products is excessive. The solution seemed simple: a set of plates, and all different. The simplest plate is decorated on the front only with the mark that is hand-painted. This mark is centuries-old and the only remaining element that is actually hand-painted.

We have made two kinds of plates, the Delfts blue series and the Polychrome series. Large, simple plates have now also been added. These are also wonderfully beautiful.

The waste salon block steel

In this series we occasionally make a different product (until now we have made three steel waste tables). The products are particularly difficult to make, because every dimensional anomaly can cause problems when placing the blocks, and such irregularities are not uncommon. These products are currently the most labour-intensive that we make and are never completely perfect. The appearance of the surfaces, dimensions and proportions that are created resemble a painting.

The waste house

When Nic had to choose an internship assignment, he resolutely opted to actually make a waste house, a dead simple archetypal little house. In order to define the right dimensions and details, numerous tests and models were made, resulting in a really great little house. We have no idea what we’re going to do with the house, but it is in the good company of the tree house that has been given legs. Maybe we should make a waste tower one day, then we’ll have a whole hamlet of waste steel.

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