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A piece in the Financial Times

Recently I spoke to Adriaan on the phone. We talked about how things are going. Sales and production (the most important part of the company) seem to be under control. Now that we have put... »

A campaign that asks you to read and eat and drink!

Somehow, the ball keeps rolling in front of my feet. This has resulted in the widest variety of experiences in the recent crazy years. Since the war, I’ve been a bit down because I just... »

Live in Paris!

With the current developments in mind, we carry on and will be presenting our very first pop-up production store at Merci, during Maison & Objet from 24 to 27 March. Especially for this event we... »

Yesterday I showed the workshop, warehouses, shop, showroom and hotel to some friends. They arrived a little later than expected. After the tour, I made dinner for them. We walked through the building at a fast... »

Pop up production at Merci in Paris postponed

The good news is that we really have sold a lot this year and that, for the first time in years, productivity has gone up instead of down. I had almost started doubting Darwin and thought that humanity was killing itself with all its excesses. But things are looking up in our factory. I now think it was mainly down to me, that things weren’t going so well.