Brochure Dutch Design Ambassadors @ BIO50

Dutch Design Ambassadors @ BIO50
Residence of the Netherlands Ambassador, Ljubljana
Exhibition: 17.9.2014 – 12.10.2014
Dear visitor,
With the exhibition “Dutch Design Ambassadors @ Bio 50” the residence
of the Netherlands Ambassador, an outstanding example of contemporary
architecture in the City of Ljubljana, opens its door to the general public for
the first time from 17 September to 12 October 2014.
The Design Biennale in Slovenia is the oldest design biennale in Europe, and
has a rich tradition of industrial design. At present, the BIO 50 biennale
focuses more on dialogue; therefore it works in a general and international
perspective. It aims to open up Slovenia to a multiplicity of ideas from
the field of design in a broad sense. It is again organized by the Museum
of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana (MAO). There is a relatively large
involvement of several well-known Dutch designers in various fields who
are joining the BIO 50 biennale. It is curated by Jan Boelen of Z33 Hasselt,
Belgium, who among others is lecturing at the well-known Dutch Design
Academy in Eindhoven. The Netherlands Creative Industry Promotion Fund
financially supports the Biennale. The Biennale (www.bio.si) provides for
a perfect platform for a Slovene, but also for an international audience
interested in learning more about Dutch design.
A focus on Dutch design was set up that coincides with this year’s BIO 50
program. Therefore architect and designer Rianne Makkink of Studio Makkink
& Bey from the Netherlands and MAO were asked to organize a temporary
exhibition of interior design in the residence of the Netherlands Ambassador.
It provides a good setting for an interesting selection of contemporary Dutch
design items. This exhibition has been made possible through the support
of different design brands of the Netherlands as Prooff, Thomas Ecyk, Arco,
Weltevree and Moooi importer Strle in Ljubljana, independent designers: Raw
Color, studio MKGK, Jelle Mastenbroek, Ari Versluis & Ellie Uyttenbroek, Jan
Rothuizen, Geog Bohle and Collection Zetel foundation.
The Ambient (www.furniture-fair.si) furniture fair later this month, also in
Ljubljana, provides a perfect platform for an audience with a more commercial
interest.
The residence of the Netherlands Ambassador was built in 2002-2003 by a
team of Slovene architects (Matija Bevk, Vasa Perović, Blaž Kandus), of which
Vasa Perović studied at the Berlage Institute in the Netherlands.
As I would like to make Dutch design more accessible to a wider audience,
you are most welcome to visit.
For a list of events and guided tours of the exhibition in the residence, please
check the Netherlands’ embassy website: http://slovenia.nlembassy.org
Pieter Langenberg
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
DESIGNERS
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Designer: Studio Makkink & Bey
Product: Work Sofa, 2008
Publisher: Prooff
The idea for PROOFF #002 WorkSofa
grew out of our commitment to
stimulate ‘genuine’ communication.
We believe that by sitting naturally we
can influence people’s approach to one
another. The idea of modularity and
flexibility became the primary focus
in creating PROOFF #002 Work Sofa,
designed by Studio Makkink & Bey
(NL), defining them as the essential
ingredients when it comes to honouring
the needs of users.
Designer: Studio Makkink & Bey
Product: EARChair, 2003
Publisher: Prooff
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PROOFF #001 EarChair in a
configuration of 4. PROOFF #001
EarChair is the iconic first product in
the PROOFF collection and groundbreaking in its purpose of creating a
private and sound-insulating space
for people in busy areas and open
plan offices. The specific design in
combination with the acoustic qualities
guarantee a noticeable privacy. This
configuration immediately shows the
effect when creating a room within a
room with a couple of EarChairs.
Designer: Studio Makkink & Bey
Product: Hotel Dupanloup, chair,
2014
Manufactured by: Studio Makkink
& Bey
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L’Hôtel Dupanloup, a newly opened
research centre of the University of
Orléans. The history of the Université
d’Orléans and its hometown becomes
animated in a new interior by Studio
Makkink & Bey, which is furnished with
specially designed Dupanloup chairs and
tables.
Designer: Studio Makkink & Bey
Product: Education Trestles and
Easels, 2012
Manufactured by: Studio Makkink
& Bey
In addition to a previous interior
design for the Boijmans van Beuningen
museum, we have designed Education
Trestles. They were shortlisted
for the Frame Moooi Award 2012.
Larger tabletops can be joined with
small study tables and drawing
tables to make a table with a desired
composition.
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Designer: Maarten Kolk &
Guus Kusters
Product: Cloud boxes (prototype)
Tall 2013
Publisher: Proofflab
The CloudBoxes by Maarten Kolk &
Guus Kusters is a series of storage
boxes, made of semi-transparent latex
and inspired by clouds and damping
sound like adding a curtain to a space.
Next to their acoustic quality, they also
damp visual noise. The small, medium
and large units are made to store office
clutter.
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Designer: Maarten Kolk &
Guus Kusters
Product: Cloud boxes (prototype)
Medium 2013
Publisher: Proofflab
The CloudBoxes by Maarten Kolk &
Guus Kusters is a series of storage
boxes, made of semi-transparent latex
and inspired by clouds and damping
sound like adding a curtain to a space.
Next to their acoustic quality, they also
damp visual noise. The small, medium
and large units are made to store office
clutter.
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DESIGNERS
Designer: Maarten Kolk &
Guus Kusters
Product: Heron
Manufactured by: Maarten Kolk &
Guus Kusters
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in the exhibithion in black
A stuffed bird with the plumage is
replaced by an abstract interpretation
in textiles. Standing on a massif
wooden base.
Designer: Maarten Kolk &
Guus Kusters
Product: Woodcock newspaper
Manufactured by: Maarten Kolk &
Guus Kusters
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in the exhibithion in color
A stuffed bird with the plumage is
replaced by an abstract interpretation
in textiles. Standing on a massif
wooden base.
Designer: Jelle Mastenbroek
Product: Money socks
Manufactured by:
Jelle Mastenbroek
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Bringing money to the banks is not
as safe as we thought before. My
grandmother had a solution for this;
a sock under the mattress. This piggy
bank makes saving nice and secure
again. Every time money is being
thrown in, you hear a short tune, after
which it is collected in the good old
sock.
Designer: Maarten Kolk &
Guus Kusters in collaboration with
Raw Color
Product: Temporary Trees,
acrylaat print, 2011
Manufactured by: Raw Color
For Raw Color and studio Maarten Kolk
& Guus Kusters trees are anything but
static. They ever changing life forms
that determine how we experience
light, shade, wind and changes of the
seasons. This observation, is translated
to “illusions” of trees in different everyday materials, that represent the life,
dynamics and transformation of trees.
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Designer: Maarten Kolk &
Guus Kusters in collaboration with
Raw Color
Product: Temporary Trees,
acrylaat print, 2011
Manufactured by: Raw Color
For Raw Color and studio Maarten Kolk
& Guus Kusters trees are anything but
static. They ever changing life forms
that determine how we experience
light, shade, wind and changes of the
seasons. This observation, is translated
to “illusions” of trees in different everyday materials, that represent the life,
dynamics and transformation of trees.
11
Designer: Ari Versluis &
Ellie Uyttenbroek
Product: Exactitudes,
Loaned by: Studio Makkink & Bey
Photographer Ari Versluis and profiler
Ellie Uyttenbroek have worked
together since October 1994. Inspired
by a shared interest in the striking
dress codes of various social groups,
they have systematically documented
numerous identities over the last 19
years. Rotterdam’s heterogeneous,
multicultural street scene remains
a major source of inspiration for Ari
Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek.
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DESIGNERS
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Designer: Rogier Martens
Product: Wheelbench
Manufactured by: Weltevree
Rogier Martens about the Wheelbench:
“ Moving a bench with two people has
always been a chore... This is a bench
you van easily monoevre into position.
The eye-catching wheel is an invitation
to find the best spot. An invitation tot
be active, to create you world the way
you want it, time and time again.”
Designer: Dick van Hoff
Product: Outdooroven
Manufactured by: Weltevree
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With the Outdooroven, Weltevree
makes cooking an outdoor activity. We
want to prolong the outdoor season
and be able to enjoy out-of-door
eating and living all year round. The
additional Cookbook shows you the
possibilities, joy and quality of outdoor
cooking with the Outdooroven.
Designer: Dirk van der Kooij
Product: Chubby Chair
Manufactured by: Dirk van der
Kooij
Loaned by: Collection Zetel
foundation
15
An industrial robot reproduces each
chair piece by piece, from thick molten
lines of recycled synthetic material
mixed with bright pigments
Designer: Richard Hutten
Product: Berlage chair
Manufactured by: Gispen
Loaned by: Collection Zetel
foundation
The dining room chair with a wooden
frame and a hand strung seat was
originally designed for the Grand Café
of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag.
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Designer: Scholten & Baijings
Product: 6901
Manufactured by: Dutch
Gelderland groep
Loaned by: Collection Zetel
foundation
A dining chair part of the 6900 Sofa
family in cubic forms so typical for this
designers couple.
Fully upholstered on castors.
17
Designer: Ineke Hans
Product: 380 Chair
Manufactured by: Ahrend
Loaned by: Collection Zetel
foundation
The two injection moulded elements
in black and white gives the chair its
character.
Transport space en material loss is
reduced to the minimum.
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DESIGNERS
Designer: Tiddo de Ruiter
Product: Stretchchair
Manufactured by: Tiddo de Ruiter
Loaned by: Collection Zetel
foundation
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in the exhibithion in blue
Two wooden frames, two spanners and
two peaces of canvas makes a very
light weight stackable chair.
Designer: Khodi Feiz, bekleding
Hella Jongerius
Product: Gap
Manufactured by: Artifort
Loaned by: Collection Zetel
foundation
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A comfortable chair with a smile (as
seen from the back)
Designer: Frank Havermans
Product: Kapkar / GHS-M15,
2009 (Prototype)
Manufactured by: Frank Havermans
Loaned by: Collection Zetel
foundation
21
The chair in plywood evolved out of
an earlier installations by the artist
and was designed for the project
“Architecture by designers”
Designer: Bertjan Pot
Product: Buzz
Manufactured by: Arco
Loaned by: Collection Zetel
foundation
The extremely light stackable chair has
a 3D-formed, wafer-thin veneer seat
that is supported by the aluminium
tubular frame.
22
Designer: Bertjan Pot
Product: Slim Table
Manufactured by: Arco
Private collection: Vasa Perović
23
Designer: Georg Bohle
Product: Utopia
Private collection: Studio Makkink
& Bey
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DESIGNERS
Designer: Jan Rothuizen
Product: Mentrum
Private collection: Studio Makkink
& Bey
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Designer: Studio Job
Product: porcelain
Manufactured by: Koninklijke
Tichelaar Makkum
Publisher: Thomas Eyck
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Designer: Aldo Bakker
Product: The Glass collection
Manufactured by: Petran
Publisher: Thomas Eyck
Designer: Aldo Bakker
Product: The Glass collection
Manufactured by: Petran
Publisher: Thomas Eyck
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Designer: Aldo Bakker
Product: Porcelain 2008
Manufactured by: Frans Ottink
Publisher: Thomas Eyck
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Designer: Atelier NL
Product: Earthenware Clay
Service
Manufactured by: Koninklijke
Tichelaar Makkum
Publisher: Thomas Eyck
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DESIGNERS
Designer: Scholten & Baijings
Product: woven willow
Manufactured by: Bernard Heesen
Publisher: Thomas Eyck
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Designer: Irma Boom
Product: Paper
Manufactured by: Francesco
Bandarin, Assistant Director for
Culture Unesco
Publisher: Thomas Eyck
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Designer: Christien Meindertsma
Product: Flax project
Publisher: Thomas Eyck
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Designer: Christien Meindertsma
Product: Flax Ottoman
Publisher: Thomas Eyck
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Designer: Nika Zupanc
Product: 5’o Clock chair
Brand: Moooi
Imported by: Strlesvetila
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Designer: Nika Zupanc
Product: Lolita lamp
Brand: Moooi
Loaned by: MAO
The Lolita Floor Lamp is
characterised by its dainty polka
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dot edged shade and slender base.
Designer: Studio Job
Product: Paper side table
Brand: Moooi
Imported by: Strlesvetila
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Designer: Freshwest
Product: Brave New World
Brand: Moooi
Imported by: Strlesvetila
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Designer: Front
Product: Chess table
Brand: Moooi
Imported by: Strlesvetila
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Designer: Marcel Wanders
Product: V.I.P Chair
Brand: Moooi
Imported by: Strlesvetila
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Designer: Maarten Baas
Product: Smoke chair
Brand: Moooi
Imported by: Strlesvetila
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Designer: Sjoerd Vroonland
Product: Extention chair
Brand: Moooi
Imported by: Strlesvetila
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Designer: Bertjan Pot
Product: Vica chair
Brand: Moooi
Imported by: Strlesvetila
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Designer: Joep van Lieshout
Product: AVL shakers chair
Brand: Moooi
Imported by: Strlesvetila
45
Designer: Arihiro Miyake
Product: Miyaka Lamp
Brand: Moooi
Imported by: Strlesvetila
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Designer: Bertjan Pot & Marcel
Wanders
Product: Carbon Chair
Brand: Moooi
Imported by: Strlesvetila
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Designer: Studio Job
Product: Porcelain
Manufactured by: Koninklijke
Tichelaar Makkum
Publisher: Thomas Eyck
Private collection: Mr & Mrs
Langenberg
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Designer: Hella Jongerius
Product: Earthenware
Manufactured by: Koninklijke
Tichelaar Makkum
Publisher: Thomas Eyck
Private collection: Mr & Mrs
Langenberg
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Designer: Hella Jongerius
Product: Pelle, Mikkel and
Gullspira for Ikea
Private collection: Mr & Mrs
Langenberg
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Designer: Studio Job
Product: Labirint
Manufactured by: Audax
Textielmuseum Tilburg
Private collection: Mr & Mrs
Langenberg
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Designer: Ronald Versloot
Product: The long road
Owned by: the Dutch Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, part of the
interior of the residency
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Designer: Armando
Product: Leiter, 1993
Owned by: the Dutch Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, part of the
interior of the residency
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Designer: Ravage
Product: Natura Ravage Magistra
Owned by: the Dutch Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, part of the
interior of the residency
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Designer: Hugo Kaagman
Product: Coke, 1996
Owned by: the Dutch Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, part of the
interior of the residency
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Designer: Hugo Kaagman
Product: Real Dutch, 1997
Owned by: the Dutch Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, part of the
interior of the residency
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Designer: Hugo Kaagman
Product: Zonder titel , 1997
Owned by: the Dutch Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, part of the
interior of the residency
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Designer: Hugo Kaagman
Product: Zonder titel, 1996
Owned by: the Dutch Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, part of the
interior of the residency
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STUDIO MAKKINK & BEY
Photo: Bart Kiggen
STUDIO MAKKINK & BEY
In 2002 design office Studio Makkink & Bey was founded by Rianne Makkink
(1964) Jurgen Bey (1965). In their eyes, urban planning, architecture,
landscape architecture are inextricably connected to product design. The light
bulb influenced architecture, the constructed house has formed the household
interior and skyscrapers could have never existed without the elevator.
In more than 200 projects, commissioned by museums, galleries, art or
government organizations, companies and private commissioners, as well as in
many lectures a design vision is delivered in which the form of a design follows
from its context.
Studio Makkink & Bey develops products on a small scale, such as furniture
and tableware, interiors of private houses, museums, offices and other public
spaces. The larger scale of architecture and urbanism is addressed in the
design of various pavilions, parks and studies into new ways to program
areas. Each time, a design by Studio Makkink & Bey starts with constructing a
story based on what already exists such as functions, structures and objects.
Networking and systematic thinking allows to create connections between
context, objects and functions. Through sharp analysis and programming, the
potential of a district, a building or product is optimally put to use. The study
repertoire includes the consumption of energy and raw materials, dual-use,
food production, social and economic systems. An example is for instance,
the study of the informal economy that are present in India in order to find
answers to economic problems in Europe.
Ever since the beginning of mankind, we have been trying to understand
the world around us. Because of our well-developed brain, we are no longer
content with just taking care of the essentials: eating and reproducing. To
legitimise the way we act, we are searching for answers. These answers
become stories, many beautiful stories which tell us how to act and how
to look and what to see. At the time Plato lived, the swing movement of a
pendulum was illustrated as the struggle of a fish. The pendulum swinging,
resisting its state, to eventually get tired and give up his fight, swinging less
and less. One could get enraged by all the smarty pants who would not settle
for this story and keep asking questions.
Photographer Kjell Sandved found the images of the man-made world in
nature, on the wings of butterflies, and made them visible by filters and
photography. In this project he focused on the alphabet, but with this you
know that you can find every event and everybody in past and future, in a
rough-resolution 2-dimensional image. The good spectator can see the world
at random. The world around us can throw us into ecstasies, and it is a form
of art to see that.
We feel like explorers, travelling around the world either driven by curiosity,
or sent on a mission, constantly investigating, inquiring and associating. To
come back with stories, stories that are told through design for design is our
language.
Thanks to:
Collection Zetel foundation