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Nob Ruijgrok
Nob Ruijgrok passed away on 13 June 2022. I studied with Nob at the Academie voor Industriële Vormgeving (later Design Academy) in Eindhoven and during the holidays we earned money renovating and painting houses. We discovered that… »
Salone del Mobile 2022: once again, our best show to date!
Old wine in new bottles It actually fits in perfectly with what I say so often; it’s such a shame to always focus on making new things, which is what makes the old, old. And… »
Storioni visiting Piet Hein Eek
On Friday 3 June, the musical Storioni Festival returns to Piet Hein Eek! Last year we already welcomed them in our workshop. This year we will kick off with a surprise concert with personal favorites... »
Cooking, like we make furniture
I’ve always thought that it must be great for a chef to work here. Not because of our gastronomic reputation, although our former chef Martien cooked wonderful food over the past years, but because, in... »
We have some DAKBAR news!
During the Dutch Design Week in October 2021 we already organized a lot of parties in the former elevator room of the building. There used to be an elevator engine as big as a Fiat... »
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... »
Tour
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.