Connecting the Dots - Milan Design Week 2016

Connecting the Dots showcases all Dutch presentations at the Milan Design Week 2016

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#13 APRIL 2016 MILAN

PORTRAITS

Siba Sahabi · Arnout Visser · Klaas Kuiken · Meike Fleskens · Rik ten Velden · Mieke Meijer &

Jeroen Wand · Bora Hong, Rolf Bruggink & Isaac Monté · Studio Roex · Roos Soetekouw

pp. 6 – 23

INTERVIEW

Guus van Maarschalkerweerd (founder D agency),

Thomas Eurlings and Geke Lensink

“We are Dutch designers who have mastered the industrial

production process. This is completely separate from the

Dutch Design movement; it is something entirely different.”

p. 10

GUIDE

+250 NL designers and brandsIncluding street & tube maps

p. 4 – p. 24

ONLINE GUIDE

www.dutchdesignpressdesk.nl

the dots #13 FOREWORD / COLOPHON 3

NOW THE REAL WORK BEGINS (AND SOMEONE’S GOT TO DO IT)

One week aboutDutch Designers in MilanPresented byConnecting the Dots

dutchdesigndaily.com

A collaboration between Dutch Design Daily and Connecting the Dots.During the Milan Design Week 2016, we will post onlinetopical design news about Dutch designers in Milan every day.Stay tuned and follow us!

photo: Nick BookelaarStimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie. In No Particular Order, DDW

Connecting the Dots #13Milan Design Week 12 – 17 April 2016

Connecting the Dots publishes and presents Dutch designers and design-culture internationally during key design events and fairs.

Connecting the Dots magazineJacob van Lennepkade 386-2 NL - 1053 NM [email protected] +31 (0)20 89 32 886 www.twitter.com/thedots_mag

Organisation www.thedots.nl

Magazine http://connecting.thedots.nl

Dutch Design Press Desk http://milan2015.thedots.nl (online guide + press database)

Editor in Chief David Heldt, [email protected]

Contributing editors Annemiek van Grondel, interviews 9 designers and design studio’s Renske Schriemer, interview D agency

Contributing photographers Boudewijn Bollmann www.boudewijnbollmann.nlJan Willem Kaldenbach www.jwkaldenbach.com

Translations Bureau Kennedy

Graphic design Haller Brun, www.hallerbrun.eu

Cover photo Rugs by Simone Post/Vlisco for LABEL/BREED 42 p.20

Printed by RODI rotatiedruk

Print run 20.000

Communication & Press Luc Deleau, [email protected], +31 (0)6 52 47 29 90

AdvertisingMartin Mansoor, [email protected]

Special thanks to Felicerossi, Mindert de Koningh

© Connecting the Dots 2016

All rights reserved. Copyrights on the photographs, illustrations, drawings, and written material in this publication are owned by the respective photographer(s), the designer(s) and the author(s). No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or other wise, without permission of the pub lisher and designers, photographers and authors involved.

I recently saw a remarkable TED Talk online by American economist

Robert Gorden, who states that our economy is over its peak, because

we will never be able to match the stream of innovations of the last

150 years. According to Gorden, economic growth is only maintained

artificially by, for example, creating money. Inventions like electricity

in the home, the petrol engine or the Internet have brought about great

changes in society. This has resulted in a great deal of work, also for

designers. New materials brought new trends and new production lines;

technology gave rise to new needs and, therefore, new machines.

Inventions on that scale will not take place again, predicts Gorden. But if

that’s true, and pioneering innovations fail to materialise, will designers

have to find a new line of work?

Yes and no. The development and design of the final product may no

longer evolve, but use of materials, production process, our relationship

with modern technology, and our quality of life leave much to be improved.

Now the real work begins. Designers have long since taken this path

and dare to propose radical ideas. And at Milan Design Week, there is

more and more room for discussion of and reflection on social issues.

During Milan Design Week, I would suggest you not only allow yourself

to be tempted by beauty (that too!), but also allow yourself to be inspired

by new solutions to today’s problems.

And yes, we’ve all returned to Milan; the international design scene

is here to refresh itself with the best coffee and finest food of any design

event. The city is exploding with the latest innovations and trends for

implements and appliances, and currently also with more and more socially

committed exhibitions on current dilemmas. To give a few Dutch examples:

the collaborative exhibition ‘Money, Meat and Cosmetic Surgery’, by

designers Bora Hong, Rolf Bruggink and Isaac Monté, who each in their

own way address today’s habits of consumption (34 p.16 & p.19). The

‘Touch Base’ presentation by Design Academy, about an opposing view

to the excess of technology (54 p.21). The HKU addresses the present-

day issue of uprooted refugees (40 p.17). And Meike Fleskens, who

presents Capsel at ‘The Alternative’; she proposes making clothing out

of our own hair (25 p.13 & p.14). And there is so much more.

The Dots includes all Dutch presentation. Thirteen designers were

selected to stand close in front of the camera of photographer Boudewijn

Bollmann, which resulted in nine intimate images. The portraits and

interviews are included throughout the guide. This year, The Dots is more

visible than ever thanks to the iconic dispenser by Italian-Dutch brand

Felicerossi. These keep The Dots neat and even easier to find.

David Heldt

the dots #134 FUORI SALONE

FUORI SALONE

DUTCH DESIGN MILAN 2016INDEX

02Frame PublishersWhat’s the Matter?

DesignerStudio Laviani

LocationLa PosteriaVia Giuseppe Sacchi, 5/720121 Milano

ContactHanneke StuijLaan der Hesperiden 68NL - 1076 DX Amsterdam+31 (0)20 423 37 [email protected]/index.php

Opening timeDaily 11.00 – 21.00Tue. 12 April till 19.00Sun. 17 April till 20.00

Press preview & openingMon. 11 April (invites only)

DesignerThomas Eyck, Jules van den Langenberg, Christien Meindertsma, Wouter Paijmans

LocationAtelier ClericiVia Clerici 520121 Milan

ContactManon HeesWierdijk 18NL - 1601 LA Enkhuizen+31 (0)6 5200 02 87Manon.Hees@zuiderzeemuseum.nlwww.zuiderzeemuseum.nlwww.thomaseyck.comwww.julesvandenlangenberg.com

Opening timeDaily 10.00 – 20.00. Sun. 17 April till 18.00

AboutFrame magazine specializes in high-end publications on spatial design to inspire and connect a global audience of creative profes sionals. The magazine features interior design, retail and hospitality.

PresentationFrame magazine curates What’s the Matter?, an experiential exhibition at Milan Design Week. We’re teaming up-and-coming designers with prominent brands to explore and expose their interpretations of a phygital future. With the scenography skills of Studio Laviani, Frame will transform La Posteria in Milan’s Brera district into an immersive exhi-bition that stimulates – and some-times even tricks – the senses.

AboutThe Zuiderzee Museum is oriented to the preservation of the artistic and cultural heritage of the area around the former Zuiderzee. By inviting design artists to give their views and make their own interpretation of its collection, the Museum seeks to keep the history alive and demonstrate its relevance to the world we live in today.

PresentationThe Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen will present a preview of the “10 Years of Thomas Eyck” exhibition. The jubilee exhibition is a collaboration project of the publisher & distributor of contemporary design Thomas Eyck, the exhibition maker and curator Jules van den Langenberg and the Zuiderzee Museum.

01Zuiderzee Museum10 Years of Thomas Eyck – Chapter 1/10

&By · 03 p.5+K · 26 p.13

AA. Aardewerk Antiquair Juwelier · 03 p.5Amazona Bv · 03 p.5Anny& · 03 p.5As Blue As Indigo · 03 p.5Pepa van Asperen · 05 p.5Atelier Luz · 03 p.5Atelier Robotiq · 03 p.5Ferran Avila Gabriel · 54 p.21

BMaarten Baas · 16 p.8Simón Ballen Botero · 54 p.21Heiko Balster · 03 p.5Pauline Barendse · 03 p.5Michael Barnaart Van Bergen · 03 p.5Baruti · 03 p.5Basematters B.V. · 03 p.5Bathroom Mania bv · 06 p.5Ben Hoek Meubelarchitectuur · 03 p.5Pieke Bergmans · 35 p.16Dinie Besems · 03 p.5Alex-Marie Bizet · 54 p.21Sylvia-Monique Blankendaal · 03 p.5Joost van Bleiswijk · 17 p.8Judith Bloedjes · 03 p.5Karel Bodegom · 03 p.5Silvano Bonetti · 26 p.13Erik Boogerd · 41 p.20Bos & Co · 03 p.5Michaël Bouly · 54 p.21Jan des Bouvrie · 24 p.12Lorenza Bozzoli · 21 p.9Jim Brady · 54 p.21Fabian Bredt · 38 p.17Koos Breen · 38 p.17Lydia Bremer · 03 p.5Barbara Broekman · 21 p.9Robert Bronwasser · 37 p.16Lynne Brouwer · 38 p.17Noortje de Brouwer · 38 p.17Rolf Bruggink · 34 p.16, 19Daniel de Bruin · 18, 40 p.8, 17Lorena van Bunningen · 38 p.17Rob van der Burg · 38 p.17Andrea Karina Burgueno · 25 p.13Buro Bruno · 03 p.5Irene Bussemaker · 03 p.5

CCaravan · 25 p.13Marie Caye · 54 p.21 Guilhem de Cazenove · 54 p.21Çedille By Françoise Oostwegel · 03 p.5Cocksedge Paul · 21 p.9Cor Unum Ceramics · 16 p.8Emanuela Corti · 25 p.13Cyrcus · 26 p.13

DDario Scapitta Design · 03 p.5David/Nicolas · 21 p.9Michèle Degen · 54 p.21Delta Vase · 03, 06 p.5DEMAKERSVAN · 42 p.20David Derksen · 16 p.8Frederik Deschuytter · 54 p.21Design Academy Eindhoven · 54 p.21Designed For Living · 03 p.5Vincent van Dijk · 54 p.21Floor van Doremalen · 54 p.21Lotte Douwes · 30, 31 p.13Debora Draxl · 54 p.21Ciro Duclos · 38 p.17Dutch Invertuals · 18 p.8Dutch Satellite · 30 p.13Dutch Wall Textile Co. · 19 p.9

EEbruze · 03 p.5Jella van Eck · 54 p.21Edhv · 18 p.8Hester Van Eeghen · 03 p.5Piet Hein Eek · 20 p.9Noortje van Eekelen · 21 p.9Kiki van Eijk · 17 p.8eli5e · 33 p.13Mae Engelgeer · 03, 16 p.5, 8Envisions · 53 p.21Esther Derkx Designer · 03 p.5Thomas Eurlings · 03 p.5Eva Crebolder Art · 03 p.5Thomas Eyck · 01 p.4

FFabrique Publique · 03 p.5Felicerossi · 29 p.13Meike Fleskens · 25 p.13, 14Fraai Werk · 46 p.21Frame Publishers · 02 p.4Lizan Freijsen · 09 p.5Furnishers Market · 26 p.13

GAleksandra Gaca · 03 p.5Romain Gaillard · 26 p.13Quinsy Gario · 38 p.17Nina Gautier · 54 p.21Liset Geerlings · 40 p.17Hans Gerritsen · 03 p.5Tijs Gilde · 53 p.21Riccardo Giovanetti · 29 p.13Gispen · 03 p.5Archibald Godts · 54 p.21 Jolanda van Goor · 26 p.13Susanne de Graef · 30, 32 p.13Jeroen van de Gruiter · 53 p.21Tricia Guild · 21 p.9Misha Gurevich · 54 p.21

HKlaus Haapaniemi · 21 p.9Babs Haenen · 03 p.5Haetts · 03 p.5Handmade Industrials · 03 p.5Maria Hees · 03 p.5Bart Van Heesch · 03 p.5Sten van Helvoort · 39 p.17Henningmade · 03 p.5Sebastian Herkner · 24 p.12Het Tafelbureau · 03 p.5HKU Design · 40 p.17Hmc Mbo Vakschool · 03 p.5Niels Hoebers · 54 p.21Aurélie Hoegy · 54 p.21Esmé Hofman · 03 p.5Bora Hong · 34 p.16, 19Marjon Hoogervorst · 03 p.5Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder · 03 p.5Amir Houieh · 38 p.17House Of Hermeta Holland · 03 p.5Esther Hovers · 38 p.17Floris Hovers · 16 p.8Martina Huynh · 54 p.21Wilhelmina Huysman · 14 p.8

IInge Bečka Porcelain Art & Design · 03 p.5It’s Latta · 03 p.5

JJannissima · 03 p.5Joaney Korevaar Bags & Shoes · 03 p.5Charlotte Jonckheer · 54 p.21Jonghlabel · 03 p.5Jspr · 03 p.5

KChris Kabel · 42 p.20Wilfred Kalf · 03 p.5Jeske Kapitein · 51 p.21, 22Kappennow Amsterdam · 03 p.5Marleen Kaptein · 42 p.20Karigar · 03 p.5Aya Kawasaki · 54 p.21 Kees Kusters Product Design · 03 p.5Gábor Kerekes · 38 p.17Valentin Von Klot-Heydenfeldt · 54 p.21Kocowisch · 03 p.5Koning Willem 1 College · 39 p.17Pieteke Korte · 18 p.8Jaro Kose · 50 p.21Geert Koster · 03 p.5Bori Kovacs · 54 p.21Krabbé+Akerboom · 03 p.5Kranen/Gille · 16 p.8Anne Kranenborg · 38 p.17Klaas Kuiken · 26, 30 p.11, 13Adrianus Kundert · 53, 54 p.21

LEileen van de Laak · 39 p.17LABEL/BREED · 42 p.20Jules van den Langenberg · 01 p.4Alessandro Larocca · 26 p.13Martina Lasinger · 18 p.8Sunjoo Lee · 54 p.21Hanneke De Leeuw · 03 p.5LEFF amsterdam · 20 p.9Willemijn Ligthart · 39 p.17Linteloo Lab · 24 p.12Rick van Loon · 39 p.17Carlo Lorenzetti · 18, 54 p.8, 21Ross Lovegrove · 21 p.9Michele de Lucci · 16 p.8Stephanie Lukito · 25 p.13Elise Luttik · 33 p.13

MMaastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design · 52 p.21Maison Christian Lacroix · 21 p.9Mariëtte Wolbert Textiles · 03 p.5Jade Van Der Mark · 03 p.5Masterly · 03 p.5Jan Matthesius · 03 p.5Isabelle Mauduit · 54 p.21Mieke Meijer · 36 p.16, 18Christien Meindertsma · 01, 42 p.4, 20Frieda Mellema · 03 p.5Melvin Anderson Glass · 03 p.5Mik Bečka Architect Designer · 03 p.5Arihiro Miyake · 21 p.9Mk Switchit · 03 p.5Frederik Molenschot · 44 p.20Isaac Monté · 03, 34 p.5, 16, 19Montis · 03 p.5Monum · 03 p.5Moooi · 21 p.9Elide Mozzorecchi · 38 p.17Mrs. Rosehip · 03 p.5Sanne Muiser · 54 p.21

NBastiaan de Nennie · 18, 53 p.8, 21Erez Nevi Pana · 54 p.21

OOrange Or Red · 03 p.5Tamara Orjola · 54 p.21Marijn Ottenhof · 38 p.17

PWouter Paijmans · 01 p.4Lolo Palazzo · 03 p.5Micha van der Palen · 39 p.17Amber van Rooijen · 39 p.17Ivan Parati · 25 p.13Parsons NYC · 25 p.13Paul Heijnen Studio · 03 p.5Pelidesign · 03 p.5Pepavana · 03, 05 p.5

Piet Boon Collection · 23 p.9Pikaplant · 03 p.5Ping & Moos · 03 p.5Frida Van Der Poel · 03 p.5Iwan Pol · 53 p.21Sarmīte Poļakova · 54 p.21Simone Post · 42, 53 p.20, 21Bertjan Pot · 21 p.9Cat Priem · 03 p.5Yabu Pushelberg · 24 p.12Jan Puylaert · 26, 27 p.13

QQuebella Art Jewelry · 03, 14 p.5Isabel Quiroga · 03 p.5

RRachel Dubbe Photography · 03 p.5Babeth Rammelt · 54 p.21Carl Rehmann · 54 p.21Bo Reudler · 03, 10, 19 p.5, 8, 9Nic Roex · 51 p.21, 22Rootfolk By Margot Kat · 03 p.5Royal Academy of Art The Hague · 38 p.17Royal Ahrend · 03 p.5Royal Delft · 03 p.5Royal Tichelaar Makkum · 03 p.5Morgan Ruben · 48 p.21

SSiba Sahabi · p.6 Kustaa Saksi · 21 p.9Denis Santachiara · 26 p.13Yaprak Sayar · 38 p.17Mart van Schijndel · 06 p.5Michael Schoner · 15 p.8Sanne Schuurman · 53 p.21Maddalena Selvini · 54 p.21Ekaterina Semanova · 54 p.21Vera van der Seyp · 38 p.17Nienke Sikkema · 38 p.17Jeannette Slütter · 38 p.17Tijmen Smeulders · 18 p.8Bibi Smit · 03 p.5Charl Smit · 46 p.21Roos Van Soest · 03 p.5Roos Soetekouw · 47 p.21, 23Valerio Somella · 21 p.9Pieter Städler · 54 p.21Esther Stasse · 03 p.5Sebastiaan Straatsma · 03 p.5Studio Fout!De Hyperlinkverwijzing Is Ongeldig. · 03 p.5Studio Haeser · 03 p.5Studio Joris De Groot · 03 p.5Studio Laviani · 02 p.4Studio Lorier · 30 p.13Studio Molen · 44 p.20Studio Of Eden By Sebastiaan Dillman · 03 p.5Studio Plott · 53 p.21

Studio Rene Siebum · 03 p.5Studio rENs · 16 p.8Studio Roex · 51 p.21Studio Tjeerd Veenhoven · 03 p.5Studio Truly Truly · 18, 20, 53 p.8, 9, 21Studio Van Der Scheer · 03 p.5Studio Verrips · 03 p.5Studio Wieki Somers · 42 p.20Suited Products · 41 p.20Thijs Swinkels · 39 p.17

TNatasha Taylor · 38 p.17Rick Tegelaar · 03, 13, 21 p.5, 8, 9The Alternative · 25 p.13The Soft World · 03 p.5Marie Cecile Thijs · 03 p.5

UUniquole · 03 p.5

VVanJoost · 22 p.9Rik ten Velden · 26, 28 p.13, 15Joost van Veldhuizen · 22 p.9Nel Verbeke · 18 p.8Marc Vermeulen · 03, 11 p.5, 8Majda Vidakovic · 38 p.17Vinoos By Ams · 03 p.5Arnout Visser · 03, 25 p.5, 7, 13Jesse Visser · 03, 12 p.5, 8Edward Van Vliet · 03, 21 p.5, 9Vlisco · 03 p.5Marc Th. Van Der Voorn · 03, 04 p.5Matthew Vos · 54 p.21 Renate Vos · 03 p.5Roderick Vos · 16, 24 p.8, 12Ottoline De Vries · 03 p.5Loes Vrij · 03, 07 p.5

WCarina Wagenaar · 43 p.20Jeroen Wand · 16, 36 p.8, 16, 18Marcel Wanders · 21 p.9Philipp Weber · 54 p.21WET · 26, 27 p.13Ward Wijnant · 49 p.21Frans Willigers · 03, 08 p.5Alex de Witte · 16 p.8Floris Wubben · 16 p.8

YUmut Yamac · 21 p.9Hongjie Yang · 18 p.8Seung Bin Yang · 54 p.21

ZHester Zagt · 03 p.5Mariandrea Zambrano · 26, 27 p.13Hozan Zangana · 03, 45 p.5, 20Zuiderzee Museum · 01 p.4Guido Zwerts · 03 p.5

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09Studio Lizan FreijsenMaintain a stain

DesignerLizan Freijsen

LocationMasterly – The Dutch in MilanoPalazzo Francesco TuratiVia Meravigli 720123 Milan

ContactStudio Lizan FreijsenBosland 28ANL - 3063 EM Rotterdam+31 (0)6 2906 71 [email protected]

Opening timeDaily 11.00 – 20.00. 12 April till 17.30,13 April till 22.00

Press PreviewMon. 11 April 17.00 – 19.00

Opening CocktailTue. 12 April 18.00 – 21.00 (invites only)

08Frans WilligersThe Last Writing Desk

DesignerFrans Willigers


ContactFrans WilligersOetgensdwarsstraat 14NL - 1091 RH Amsterdam+31 (0)6 8142 94 [email protected]




MASTERLY

DesignersAmong many others: Edward van Vliet, Gispen, Royal Ahrend, Royal Delft, Royal Tichelaar, Studio Tjeerd Veenhoven


ContactNicole UniquoleWillem van Outhoornstraat 27NL - 2593 ZT Den Haag+31 (0)6 5025 39 [email protected]

Opening timeDaily 11.00 – 20.00. 12 April till 17.30, 13 April till 22.00



AboutA premiere for many reasons. The first Dutch Pavilion at the Design Week; her first time in Milan for the Dutch curator Nicole Uniquole, well-known for the quality of her exhibitions; the first time after many years, for Palazzo Francesco Turati to reopen its doors after a long renovation.

PresentationThe breathtaking antique salons of Palazzo Francesco Turati will host a presentation where the creations of over 125 Dutch designers dialogue with exquisite Dutch Golden Age paintings. Masterly is here to show how the extant Dutch scene has successfully transferred handcraft techniques from its past tradition to contemporary design.

03Masterly – The Dutch in Milano

04Marc Th. van der Voorn

DesignerMarc Th. van der Voorn


ContactMarc Th. van der VoornHooghiemstraplein 58NL - 3514 AX Utrecht+31 (0)6 2188 87 [email protected]




AboutMarc Th. van der Voorn is an established Dutch designer based in Utrecht, working in the field of product design. His approach is practical, hands on and collaborative. Self-initiated projects serve to experiment with materials and chal-lenge production processes that frequently find there way in to com-mercial projects.

PresentationSurprise makes people stop to have a closer look. With this in mind Marc created the Hole chair for Spoinq (NL), the Slide mirror series for DeKnudt mirrors (BE) and the Epic chair family for Z Creations (BE). Created to be enjoyed in collab ora-tion with committed brands.

06Delta Vaas / Bathroom Mania bv

DesignerMart van Schijndel


ContactMeike van SchijndelBrgittenstraat 2NL - 3512 KK Utrecht+31 (0)30 214 52 [email protected]




AboutThe Delta Vase by architect Mart van Schijndel (1943 – 1999) is a Dutch Design Classic. This famous vase from 1981 is an icon of modern design. Daughter Meike van Schijndel (Kisses urinal designer) is reintro-ducing the original Delta Vase after ten years. The glass Delta Vase is handmade in The Netherlands.

PresentationMasterly – The Dutch in Milano Dutch designers present themselves at the fascinating Palazzo Francesco Turati with the best design and artisan craftsmanship the Netherlands has to offer. Excellent Dutch design, fashion and photography has soul and its own identity.

DesignersPepa van Asperen


ContactPepa van AsperenMaaskade 140aNL - 3071 NM Rotterdam+31 (0)6 4163 77 [email protected]




AboutPepavana is a designer with an everlasting & innovative collection of handmade accessories. She gives new meaning to classic items from her own background and surround ings by re-shaping them into contem porary pieces. She turned old fashioned items like gaiters into an edgy and exclusive accessory for high heels: Pepavanas.

Presentation“Jane, Monica & Edie” represent the models showed, named after female icons that could have worn Pepavanas in their era, executed in 100% naturel woolfelt (blond, brown and black melanges) and ‘Jane- in-colours’ Alongside 3 bags. In her designs Pepavana creates tension by exploring borders in comfort and functionality.

05PepavanaJane, Monica & Edie | Pepavanas

07Loes Vrij fashion designLoes Vrij x Vlisco

DesignerLoes Vrij


ContactLoes VrijHerengracht 141NL - 1015 BH Amsterdam+31 (0)20 627 13 08 / +31 (0)6 5323 03 [email protected]




AboutLoes Vrij is a Dutch bag desginer, based in Amsterdam. In 2012, after having worked as a lawyer for many years, she decided to take her lifelong passion for arts and fashion to a professional level by starting a fashion label under her name. Loes Vrij bags stand out by their original and distinctive designs and the use of materials of exceptional quality. All bags are handcrafted in Italy. Since the launch of her label Loes Vrij bags have found their way to some of the finest multibrand stores in Europe, Asia and the Emirates.

PresentationLoes Vrij X Vlisco presents a unique and exciting line of handbags that are the offspring of a special collaboration between Dutch designer Loes Vrij and iconic Dutch textile company Vlisco. With the bright and bold wax print fabrics Loes Vrij X Vlisco generates outspoken bags with a fresh energy that are bringing a mix of Dutch heritage and Italian craftsmanship into the world of luxury.

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the dots #136 SIBA SAHABI

Text: Annemiek van GrondelPhotography: Boudewijn Bollmann

The work of Siba Sahabi (1979) ap peals to the eye and simulta ne ously evokes the sound of poetry recited in one ear and music in the other. But it not only gives a sensory effect, it also carries a message. ‘I see my self as a poetic designer’, says the German/Iranian designer who lives and works in Amsterdam. ‘Design to me means

interacting with relevant themes in an attempt to express cross-cultural ex - change, both in space and time. Through my work I want to point out positive effects of “melting pots” and show how cul tures can influence each other and how this can lead to new expressions.’

A passion for crafts permeates the designs of Sahabi, whose Iranian grand - mother knotted tradi tional carpets and whose parents run a Persian carpet store. Her grad u ation project at the

Gerrit Rietveld Academy was based on Persian carpets and a comparison between traditional and so-called ‘modern nomads’.

Sahabi translates cultural heritage into contemporary design through both an interpretation of historical forms and materials, and concepts. For instance, she designed Mudéjar, a partition screen that con nects Middle Eastern and Euro-pean aesthetics through shared histo-ry. Mudéjar, made out a mix of resin and

chalk, looks like concrete. ‘The room di-vider is inspired by the window grates of Andalucian architecture and is based on a sim pli fication of the traditional Moorish patterns’, Sahabi explains. ‘The so-called “Mudéjar style” consists of construc tive and decorative Middle Eastern forms combined with Spanish building materials such as brick, iron and plaster.’

At Rossana Orlandi’s gallery, Mudéjar will be on show next to Al-Andalus,

a chess-set with trian gular pieces. Al-Andalus is both a spec ta tor and the protag onist in the self-titled, carefully composed film Sahabi made in close collab oration with others. ‘I work with cinematog raphers, pho-tographers, composers, dancers and choreographers on a regular basis’, she says. ‘I started to work with other media because I wanted to express the context of my designed objects. Working with moving images gives

me the opportunity to visualize my researchin a narrative way. Collabo-rations are like conversa tions; they evolve through the input of different ideas and perspectives.’

•www.sibasahabi.com

•See Siba Sahabi at the Milan Design Week at gallery Rossana Orlandi and Plus Design Gallery.

the dots #13 7ARNOUT VISSER


His ‘impossible’ experiments gave many a craftsman a headache. Award-winning self-producing designer and inventor Arnout Visser (1962) calls himself a ‘form finder’: a functional artist who explores the boundaries of autonomous art, indus trial design and experimental science.

His star shone early: at the age of 19 he won a design competition with an in-genious lamp, which was promptly taken into mass production. After studying at

ArtEZ in Arnhem and Domus Academy in Milan Arnout Visser was welcomed into Droog Design, with successful lit-tle wonders such as Table Tap, Fruit on Wheels and Salad Sunrise. Nowadays he prefers to go back to the source: work ing directly with artisans and glass compa-nies, being involved from A to Z.

Although he also uses ceramics, wood and other materials, glass is the ultimate for him. ‘I foresee a “Glass Age”: the ten-sile strength is unprecedented. I am eu-phoric to see something big come about after many failures. In fifteen minutes a glassmaker has to get the job done, and

that’s hard, hard work. No robot is able to defeat his lungs, yet. A glass blower is a combination of a heart surgeon and helicopter pilot.’

Visser’s Big Mushrooms, who vary in colour, from cool to warm, and pro-viding a mind-blowing experi ence, can be ad mired at two exhi bitions in Milan. The shape arose using antique optical moulds, which caused inter esting irreg-ularities. The glass designs came about through intensive research and exper-imenting in the Czech Republic. More specifically: Bohemia. Where else than in an area with such a name could magic

mushrooms originate? The spirited Visser has traits of a bohemian him self, but thanks to his knowledge of the laws of physics, he keeps both feet firmly on the ground. Neverthe less, he likes de-fying design laws. The Mushroom Lamp is twice as large as what is regarded as normal. Visser: ‘It’s not possible, I often hear from artisans. If you do something every day, you develop a blind spot for it. My challenge is to immerse myself in re-search and experiment in order to prove them wrong.’

Inventing can also mean creating some thing new out of something old.

Visser is a master of upcycling: he made a floor lamp from old dishes and plates, and lamps from eye glasses and con-tainer glass. In inferior glass packag-ing he sees quality. He regu larly helps out in a Kenyan glass fac tory, set up by German hippies, which provides locals with work. ‘With waste oil as fuel they use melted window glass to make prod-ucts that are full of bubbles and pits. A Venetian glass blower would be knocked over back wards in horror, but we ap-preciate this so-called “bush glass”.’ He also provided African women with a mould to make buttons out of glass. ‘Big

companies enrich them selves by having their products made in low-wage coun-tries,’ he says. ‘I prefer to help locals making something they can sell them-selves. Although I realize it is just a drop in the ocean.’

•www.arnoutvisser.com

•See Arnout Visser at the Milan Design Week at The Alternative in Zona Tortona and at Masterly – The Dutch in Milano. Find more information at page 5, 13 presentations 03, 25.

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13Atelier Rick Tegelaar

DesignerRick Tegelaar


ContactRick TegelaarWestervoortsedijk 73 HENL - 6827 AV Arnhem+31 (0)6 3098 48 [email protected]




12Jesse Visser

DesignerJesse Visser


ContactJesse VisserWesterdoksdijk 213NL - 1013 AD Amsterdam+31 (0)6 2616 84 [email protected]




10Bo Reudler Studio

DesignerBo Reudler


ContactBo ReudlerKrelis Louwenstraat 1-B29NL - 1055 KA Amsterdam+31 (0)6 4552 64 [email protected]




AboutBo REUDLER STUDIO is an office and makery for design based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We design and produce furniture, products and interiors from the starting point of natural materials and processes.

PresentationTwo new collections are presented at Masterly-The Dutch in Milano. Sketch, an outdoor furniture collec tion for JSPR, aims to introduce play-fulness and spontaneity to tubular steel furniture. Bloom Inks is a collection of wall textiles, designed for Dutch Wall Textile Co., derived from ethereal imprints of pressed fresh flowers.

11Marc Vermeulen Design

DesignerMarc Vermeulen


ContactMarc VermeulenZuideinde 4NL - 2671 MH Naaldwijk+31 (0)6 2476 89 [email protected]




AboutDesigner of furniture & lighting. The recurring theme in his designs is the interaction between the product and end-user.

PresentationMarc Vermeulen presents his new lighting collection, Dunes & Dykes. The lighting collection is inspired by the Dutch landscape, with its dunes and dykes. You can create your own space within the lighting fixture and place pictures, notes, quotes or reminders there. You can also opt for small objects that will inspire you whenever you look at it. Just like nature inspires me.

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18Dutch InvertualsRelics

DesignersBastiaan de Nennie, Carlo Lorenzetti, Daniel de Bruin, Edhv, Hongjie Yang, Martina Lasinger, Nel Verbeke, Pieteke Korte, Studio Truly Truly, Tijmen Smeulders

LocationDutch Design Isola!O’Via Patrengo 1220159 Milan

ContactWendy PlompFuutlaan 12bNL - 5613 AB Eindhoven+31 (0)6 4155 58 [email protected]

AboutDutch Invertuals, a collective of individual designers with different backgrounds, but with one thing in common: experiment is principal. For six consecutive years Dutch Invertuals has presented and induced progressive new design within bold, daring, poetic and, sometimes, confronting exhibition contexts.

PresentationDutch Invertuals presents new works through research and experimenting, the designers create mesmerizing contemporary design objects and show an insight on our future way of life.

Opening timeDaily 10.30 – 20.00


PartyFri. 15 April 20.00 – 0.00

AboutFounded and based in The Netherlands, we produce ceramic products designed by leading international designers, architects and visual artists. We take social and cultural responsibility for the legacy of the ceramic crafts. Our mission is brought to the market through a team consisting of professionals, students, people with distance from the labour market, designers and volunteers. We all share one common passion: everyone deserves a place, everyone has got a talent and anyone can contribute to make our world somewhat nicer.

Opening timeDaily 10.30 – 19.00. Sun. till 15.00


CocktailWed. 15 April 17.30 – 19.00

16Cor Unum CeramicsChanging the Skin

DesignersMaarten Baas, David Derksen, Mae Engelgeer, Floris Hovers, Kranen/Gille, Michele de Lucci, Studio rENs, Roderick Vos, Jeroen Wand, Alex de Witte, Floris Wubben

LocationDutch Design Isola!Centro Studio YogaVia Confalonieri Federico 3620124 Milano (Isola)

ContactCharlotte LandsheerVeemarktkade 8NL - 5222 AE Den Bosch+31 (0)6 4877 51 [email protected]

DesignersJoost van Bleiswijk, Kiki van Eijk

LocationDutch Design Isola!ZonakVia Spalato 1120124 Milano

ContactKiki van EijkZwaanstraat 1NL - 5661 CA Eindhoven+31 (0)40 222 25 [email protected]


Press PreviewMon. 11 April 17.00

CocktailWed. 15 April 18.00 – 20.00

AboutJoost works with construction methods to create techniques that work as dogma for his designs. His work has a very physical approach. Kiki’s designs often start from tinkering and evolve into high-end crafted objects with surprising techniques. Her concepts have a poetic approach. Time is important in both designer’s works.

PresentationKiki van Eijk & Joost van Bleiswijk: PHYSICAL Joost and Kiki’s solo show is dictated by the theme ‘PHYSICAL’. Both artists show brand-new collections with autonomous and handcrafted creations. The objects make a strong statement and are shown in a spectacular setting!

17Joost van Bleiswijk & Kiki van EijkPHYSICAL

14Quebella Art JewelryLa vita e bella

DesignerWilhelmina Huysman


ContactWilhelmina HuysmanNachtegaal 73NL - 3962 TK Wijk bij Duurstede+31 (0)6 2180 04 [email protected]




15Studio Michael SchonerCrest and Trough

DesignerMichael Schoner


ContactMichael SchonerBreitnerstraat 83 BNL - 3015 XD Rotterdam+31 (0)6 1447 46 [email protected]




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AboutFounded in 2001 by Marcel Wanders and Casper Vissers, Moooi is named after their native Dutch word for beautiful. In addition to Wanders’ product designs, the Moooi portfolio contains work from other nationally and internationally recognised designers. These include; Jurgen Bey, Bertjan Pot, Maarten Baas, Jaime Hayon, Neri & Hu, Joost van Bleiswijk, Studio Job and Nika Zupanc.The collection’s style is exclusive, daring, playful, exquisite and based on the belief that design is a question of love. Timeless objects of beauty, which posses the uniqueness and character of antiques combined with the freshness of modern times.

PresentationFor the 4th time, Moooi brings life to the 1.700 sq. m space by showing both timeless and new pieces, inspir ing installations and new carpet designs.

ZONA TORTONA 19Dutch Wall Textile Co.Bloom Inks

DesignerBo Reudler

LocationFior di TortonaVia Tortona 3120144 Milan

ContactBoudewijn VogelJarmuiden 7NL - 1046 AC Amsterdam+31 (0)6 4878 68 54boudewijn@dwc-amsterdam.comwww.dwc-amsterdam.comwww.boreudler.com


AboutDutch Wall Textile Co. was founded in 2014 out of a passion for textile and interiors. With its unique collection in colours and textures Dutch Wall Textile Co. brings back alive the era of interior richness. With a nod to the Dutch Golden Age where inter national trade took a flight and the Dutch crossed the world by sea, Dutch Wall Textile Co. is crossing the world and presents a fine collec-tion of Indian silks, Italian velvets and Belgian suedes.

PresentationIn Zona Tortona Dutch Wall Textile Co. will present several exclusive wall textiles of its new collection as well as its Bloom Inks collection in col-labo ra tion with Bo Reudler. For the Fuorisalone Bo Reudler was asked by Dutch Wall Textile Co. to design a distinguished collection. This col-lection is based on flower and plant patterns translated from their natural form to a digital printed wall textile.

20LEFF amsterdam

DesignersPiet Hein Eek, Studio Truly Truly

LocationVia Tortona 3120144 Milan

ContactBieke GroeninkKeizersgracht 241NL - 1016 EA Amsterdam+31 (0)6 5064 71 [email protected]



AboutLEFF amsterdam is a Dutch design brand founded in 2011. After creating twelve iconic timepieces over the past five years, the label came across a new challenge, and has now started to change the way traditional audio looks by combining great sound with the best designers.

PresentationLEFF amsterdam and Piet Hein Eek proudly present yet another classic-to-be addition to their tube series: the tube watch 38. Studio TrulyTruly has taken on the challenge of creat ing a new audio concept with LEFF amsterdam. They teamed up with TextielMuseum to construct a genius method to transform existing audio-aesthetic.

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DesignerJoost van Veldhuizen


ContactJoost van VeldhuizenTolnegenweg 1bNL - 3776 PT Stroe+31 (0)6 5262 44 [email protected]



AboutJoost van Veldhuizen, owner of VanJoost, intends to ‘Bend the norm’ by using basic forms and pushing existing limits while doing so. He plays with religious references. They form a starting point from where he can ask himself and his audience questions about religious rituals and their social consequences.

PresentationVanJoost shows an almost religious collection. TABLE ALTAAR. Turn your living room in a holy place, pay great honor to family, to life, or to those who give us life. TABLE LAST SUPPER. Invite all your friends, and perhaps an enemy. Seize the moment, like it’s your last.

23Piet Boon Collection

DesignersStudio Piet Boon

LocationPiet Boon Collection showroomVia Tortona 37C02 20144 Milan

ContactDominique BorggreveSkoon 78NL - 1511 HV Oostzaan+31 (0)6 5260 00 [email protected]


Book launch celebrationWed. 13 April 9.00 – 10.30 (invites only)

AboutPiet Boon Collection (2005) was designed to capture the essence of the Studio Piet Boon identity and embody the studio’s design philosophy of balancing functionality, aesthetics and individuality. The exclusive line for Dining, Living and Outdoor is known for its timeless appeal, generous proportions and extraordinary comfort.

PresentationThis year the studio will introduce various new designs to the existing collection during the Salone del Mobile. A joy to have, a joy to see and most of all, a joy to use.

21MoooiThe Unexpected Welcome

DesignersAmong others: Arihiro Miyake, Barbara Broekman, Bertjan Pot, David/Nicolas, Edward van Vliet, Maison Christian Lacroix, Marcel Wanders, Noortje van Eekelen, Rick Tegelaar

LocationArea 56Via Savona 5620144 Milano, Italy

ContactMoooi PressMinervum 7003NL - 4817 ZL Breda+31 (0)76 206 07 [email protected]

Opening timeDaily 9.00 – 21.00 Sun. 17 April till 18.00

Press previewMon. 11 April 15.00

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Interview: Renske SchriemerPhotography: Jan Willem Kaldenbach

D agency is an agency in which six of the Netherlands’ best designers have joined forces. This seems to be a gold-en opportunity, but why did this not happen sooner? This is a conversation with Guus van Maarschalkerweerd and two of the designers.

Renske Schriemer The website tells us you are a mediator between indus-try and design. Why had an agency for designers in the Netherlands not been set up sooner?Guus van Maarschalkerweerd That‘s a good question. It‘s not for lack of interest from designers. What has be-come clear to me over the past few years is that creatives need support on the business side of things, from acquisition to negotiating fees and concluding contracts. This allows them to focus on what they‘re good

at: designing. But an agency like that – a phenomenon that has been around for, for example, photographers and models for many years – doesn‘t be-come a success overnight. It takes time to invest in relationships. I am able to do this because I work with both designers and clients every day in my role as creative consultant, recruiter and matchmaker at Design-Connector. This forms the foundation for the success of D agency, plus the unique talents of the six designers that I represent, of course.

RS They are listed on the D agency website, but they can also be con-tacted directly. Why would clients go through D agency?GvM Our agency is a one-stop-shop for clients, one central point for dif-ferent tastes and design styles. In the initial stage, there is also one con-tact person, which makes it a lot more transparent. After a meeting to discuss

the requirements, I look for the best designer(s) for the assignment. This eliminates a pitch, and therefore saves time and money. D agency also takes care of the financial agreements and contracts, so there can be no sub-sequent discussion about that. The designers at D agency each have their own qualities, from technical to con-ceptual. They are all experts of indus-trial design, of developing a product from A to Z and marketing it.

RS Acquisition is usually not design-ers’ greatest hobby; was that a moti-vation to join D agency?Thomas Eurlings Yes, but having a business representative is also very useful. As a designer, you often want to get right down to it and present your ideas before negotiations have even been concluded. That‘s not always wise. Guus undertakes this negotia-tion process for us, which really is an added value.

Geke Lensink But it is also obvious that we reinforce, inspire and support each other. And we also communicate a common message to the market – we are Dutch designers who have mas-tered the industrial production pro-cess. This is completely separate from the Dutch Design movement; it is something entirely different.

RS What if one designers keeps get-ting all the assignments?Thomas Eurlings If clients specifi-cally request a certain speciality for certain period of time, then that‘s the way it is, that come mainly from the client.

RS Would it help to send Guus a bot-tle of wine every now and then to get more assignments?Thomas Eurlings No, I‘d rather pop open a bottle of champagne with him when we‘ve received a good assignment.

RS What would be a dream assign-ment for you?Geke Lensink A close collaboration with a foreign client. One who gives me or us the opportunity to design and develop a product that will last for years and will be a best-seller in the international market.

RS D agency will be attending Milan Design Week, but not with a presen-tation just yet; what will you be look-ing out for this year?GvM As crazy as it may sound, for me, Milan is a great moment for distancing myself. It‘s an enor-mous quantity of impulses and a feast in terms of beauty, good food and meeting extraordinary people. When I get home, I let everything sink in and that‘s when I see the trends emerge. And, of course, I‘m business-minded enough to view possible clients from a D agency perspective.

D agencyD agency is the first agency for in-dus trial designers in the Nether-lands. It is an initiative of Guus van Maarschalkerweerd of DesignCon-nector and designers Geke Lensink and Thomas Eurlings. D agency is also the central point of contact for clients who are interested in working with a Dutch designer. The agency makes life easier for both clients and the designer, by carrying out negotia-tions and recording agreements. This allows designers to focus on what they are good at – the creative pro-cess. Current members of D agency are: Roderick Vos, Mieke Meijer, Friso Dijkstra, Thomas Eurlings, Geke Len-sink and Jesse Visser. To view their profiles and for more information, see www.dagency.org.

D agency and the business side of thingsAn interview with founder Guus van Maarschalkerweerd and designers Geke Lensink and Thomas Eurlings

Clockwise: Mieke Meijer (36 p.16 & p.18), Jesse Visser (12 p.8), Guus van Maarschalkerweerd, Roderick Vos (03, 16, 24, p.5, p. 8, p.12), Friso Dijkstra, Geke Lensink and Thomas Eurlings (03 p.5)

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With ‘Bottles Collection’, his gradua-tion project at ArtEZ in Arnhem, Klaas Kuiken (1984) immediately garnered success. In a glass oven he developed himself, Kuiken blows archetypal green bottles into unique objects in varied shapes and shows them at many fairs and even in museums. Selling them worldwide helped the designer a great deal when starting his own company. Now, he is focussing on cast iron.

Designer, inventor and craftsman Kuiken is fascinated by artisanal and industrial techniques. The fact that the wooden airplane he built at a young age refused to fly, may have encouraged him to study electrical and mechanical engineering, before going to ArtEZ. But this background allowed him to devel-oping the bottle machine himself. ‘I of-ten watch Dis covery Channel’, Kuiken con fesses. ‘You learn from old tech-niques, seeing how things are made and developed. I want to combine crafts with technology.’

Travelling is important when looking for inspiration and sharing ideas. In Beijing, Kuiken and co-designer Dieter Volkers asked locals to help them to give the term ‘Made in China’ a dif-ferent meaning by cre ating a product with a clear identity: a teapot made out of clay. They photographed the makers and doc u mented their personal infor ma tion. A compilation of 3D scans resulted in one product, called ‘Made by someone in China’. For a resort in Zanzibar the Bottle-Up collective, in which Kuiken participated, was asked

to find a solution for glass waste, main-ly caused by tourists. First he inspired locals to create souvenirs that tourists would appre ciate. Then he noticed that in Africa there are only round grains of sand, unusable for building; ‘sharp’ sand is being shipped from Australia. So he began grinding glass into sand that is suitable for building. Kuiken: ‘Eindhoven University is now doing re-search on how his can be done in a more energy-efficient way. In the end a glass recycling system is bet ter, but for now it’s a perfect solution.’

At Salone Satellite Kuiken and his small team are presenting multiple wood stoves made of cast iron. He looked around in a factory for truck turbocharg-ers and forklift parts. ‘They work with polystyrene moulds’, he says. ‘In a sand container, liquid iron is cast into a funnel. That very light foam burns out and takes on the form. So you can cast iron into var ious shapes. The small compo nents are incorporated in a truck and thus never visible. I wanted to cast iron in a cut foam in the shape of a stove. You can still see the struc ture of the fragile foam

in it.’ Kuiken hopes to persuade people in the furniture industry to make home ac cessories or connection parts, for ex-ample corner pieces for a tabletop, out of his attractive ‘foam structured iron’.

•www.klaaskuiken.nl

•See Klaas Kuiken at the Milan Design Week at the Furnishers Market, Zona Tortona and at Fiera. Find more information at the page 13, presentations 26, 30.

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24LINTELOO

DesignersYabu Pushelberg, Sebastian Herkner, Jan des Bouvrie, Roderick Vos, Linteloo Lab

LocationLINTELOO showroomVia Tortona 37C02 20144 Milan

ContactChantal AssinckJohannes Postlaan 6NL - 3705 LN Zeist+31 (0)6 5545 88 [email protected]

Opening timeSun. 10 April 13.00 – 18.00Mon. 11 – Sat. 16 April 10.00 – 21.00Sun. 17 April 10.00 – 17.00

Press preview + drinksMon. 11 April 14.00 – 18.00

AboutIn 1994 Jan te Lintelo started a furniture brand that radiates ‘enjoying the good life’ in every possible way. Today LINTELOO is a leading furniture brand with 3 permanent showrooms and about 250 dealers worldwide. The cosmopolitan flair of the collection is due to the collaboration with internationally renowned designers.

PresentationThis year LINTELOO will launch a new serie of furniture designed by the internationally renowned Yabu Pushelberg studios and new designs by rising star Sebastian Herkner. Besides that we will show several icons of Jan des Bouvrie, Roderick Vos and Linteloo Lab, all with the common feel good factor LINTELOO is known for!

FIERA

DesignersSusanne de Graef, Lotte Douwes, Studio Lorier, Klaas Kuiken

LocationDutch Satellite / Salone SatelliteFiera Milano RhoMilan Fairgrounds RhoBooth number D-13

ContactSusanne de GraefKanaalstraat 4NL - 5611 CT Eindhoven+31 (0)6 4878 05 [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] / www.lottedouwes.nl / www.studiolorier.com / www.klaaskuiken.nl


AboutThe consulate general of the Netherlands in Milan is proud to present Dutch Satellite. Comprising of 4 young design studios from the Netherlands, the exhibition gives an insight to the current state of Dutch design.

PresentationDutch Satellite embraces all elements of design. The concepts and spacial inventions on show, are typical materialisations of our vision on interior design.

31Studio Lotte DouwesTable Landscapes and a vision on contemporary dynamic interiors

DesignerLotte Douwes

Location 1Dutch Satellite / Salone SatelliteFiera Milano RhoMilan Fairgrounds Rhopad./pav. 13/15Booth number D-13

ContactLotte DouwesTorenallee 50-08NL - 5617 BD Eindhoven+31 (0)6 2233 76 [email protected]


30Dutch SatelliteStudio Susanne de Graef | Studio Lotte Douwes | Studio Sander Lorier | Klaas Kuiken Product Design

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DesignersMeike Fleskens, Arnout Visser, Emanuela Corti & Ivan Parati (Caravan), Andrea Karina Burgueno & Stephanie Lukito (Transdiciplinary design, Parsons NYC)

LocationEx Ansaldo > BASE MilanoVia Bergognone 34 (corner with Via Tortona)20144 Milan

ContactConnecting the Dotsc/o David HeldtJacob van Lennepkade 386-IINL - 1053 NM Amsterdam+31 (0)6 1551 07 [email protected]


Mixing the Dots Opening CocktailMon. 11 April 18.00 – 22.00 (invites only)

AboutMore and more, designers are shifting their focus from the private to the public domain. Social and ecological issues are interpreted as design briefs from which alternative solutions are developed. Often in small steps that offer solutions to larger problems closer. The aim of The Alternative is not only to provide a platform for alternative solutions, but also to present visitors with a world-view seen through the eyes of socially responsible designers.

25The Alternative – solutions for the social domain

AboutFurnishers Market is the international marketplace for contractors, archi-tects and interior designers who seek unique, innovative and reliable products. The furniture business is changing radically; the hospitality sector is booming, offices are be com-ing meeting places and homes are becoming offices. The market is repo-si tioning itself and new oppor tu nities are appearing. Furnishers Market brings back professional focus to a changing and developing industry.

26Furnishers Market – the marketplace for furniture contractors

DesignersAmong many others: Rik ten Velden, Klaas Kuiken, Jan Puylaert & Mariandrea Zambrano (WET), Jolanda van Goor

LocationEx Ansaldo > BASE MilanoVia Bergognone 34 (corner with Via Tortona)20144 Milan

ContactConnecting the Dotsc/o David HeldtJacob van Lennepkade 386-IINL - 1053 NM Amsterdam+31 (0)6 1551 07 [email protected]



27HOST by WET

DesignersJan Puylaert, Mariandrea Zambrano

LocationFurnishers MarketEx Ansaldo > BASE MilanoVia Bergognone 34 (corner with Via Tortona)20144 Milan

ContactWET srlMariandrea ZambranoVia Altipiano 11I - 21010 Porto Valtravaglia+39 345 210 72 [email protected]



AboutWET designs and manufactures bathrooms for both private ànd hotel-sector. WET offers ready-made solu-tions as well as customized products such as bathtubs, showers, faucets, sinks, in many different materials, as well as 100% recyclable PolyEthylene and PolyPropylene.

PresentationHOST is a bathroom-SYSTEM studied for the HOTEL sector in which wash-basin “hosts” all water-supplies for both basin ànd shower wall. Wash basin and showerwall are also connected structurally leaving full freedom to architects. HOST also features the ‘WET’s’ highly innovative magnetic ‘glass’ shower wall, con-taining NEO-DIMEO magnets to con-nect shower head and accessories freely at any height.

28Studio Rik ten Velden

DesignerRik ten Velden

LocationFurnishers MarketEx Ansaldo > BASE MilanoVia Bergognone 34 (corner with Via Tortona)20144 Milan

ContactRik ten VeldenCaeciliastraat 77A2312 XB LeidenThe Netherlands+31 (0)6 1089 [email protected]



33eli5e by Elise LuttikAct & Interact Collection / Prismania Chair DesignerElise Luttik

LocationSalone Satellitedirect entrance Cargo 4Fiera Milano RhoMilan Fairgrounds Rho

ContactElise LuttikP.O. Box 11364NL - 1001 GJ Amsterdam+31 (0)6 5577 79 [email protected]


32Studio Susanne de Graef

DesignerSusanne de Graef

Location 1Dutch Satellite / Salone SatelliteFiera Milano RhoMilan Fairgrounds Rhopad./pav. 13/15Booth number D-13

Location 2Masterly – The Dutch in MilanoPalazzo Francesco TuratiVia Meravigli 720123 Milan

ContactSusanne de GraefKanaalstraat 4NL - 5611 CT Eindhoven+31 (0)6 4878 05 [email protected]

Location 1 Opening timeDaily 9.30 – 18.30

Location 2 Opening timeDaily 11.00 – 20.00

29Felicerossi at SOFT DESIGNMURRAY, acoustic panel system DesignerRiccardo Giovanetti


ContactJacco BregonjeVia Michelangelo 2I - 21021 Angera va+39 34 96 02 99 [email protected]

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Eindhoven was the place where she grew up, but instead of going to the Design Academy, Meike Fleskens (1988) decided to study fashion design in Arnhem. It turned out to be a wrong choice. After an intense nine-month solo trip around the world, she real-ised her next destination was Artemis, a school for all-round styling and de-sign in Amsterdam. ‘Arnhem focused

mainly on extreme catwalk designs. I am more concerned with being mean-ingful to the consumer’, Fleskens ex-plains. She graduated with a series of textile trend books about the self- centred attitude of people regarding fashion: the materials they use, the fast way in which clothes are discard-ed, the success of dis counters Primark and H&M. Fleskens: ‘Gradually, we are becom ing aware of the disadvantages of mass production and overcon sump tion. I focused mainly on identity: making

clothing more personal. Through cus-tomization you add value, and more awareness of what you wear. One of those books is about the evolution of man and his hair. In prehistoric times, furry skin was very important. My pro-ject Capsel (combination of the word ‘cap’ and the Dutch word for hairdo) is derived from that: a hat made from a boy’s long hair using felting tech niques. It may be an alter native for wigs: to use your own hair or that of a loved one to create a cap.’

Different products made out of hair are being shown in Milan, in addition to the main book EGO (Essence General Outfit) and four trend books with differ-ent themes, like the evolu tion of men and the mixing of cultures, along with loose textile samples, attached with magnets in order to combine them with the images.

Fleskens prefers natural, soft mate-rials like wool, silk, cotton and hair to work with in her concept devel opment and styling projects, in which elements

like origin, story telling, sustainability and tactility are interwoven. These are also relevant to her part-time job at the rapidly growing company Manus Machi-na. Within this large team of technicians who create gloves that serve as con-trollers for video games and other VR purposes, she helps to design patterns for prototypes.

In her own styling and fashion design she likes to keep it small and real. ‘I would like to further develop the Capsel- project, for instance ap proach spinners

in India that I might employ. I want to compete with machines and prove that hand made products still have value. Indeed, they are a matter of the utmost importance!’

•www.me-ik.com

•See Meike Fleskens at the Milan Design Week at The Alternative, Zona Tortona. Find more information at page 13, presentations 25.

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With his furniture design graduation pro-ject at the Academy of Art in The Hague, Rik ten Velden (1983) was catapulted into business. The Knotted Collection drew attention from the media and brought in a lot of orders. The idea for his Femme Chair, consisting of a single knotted rope around a steel frame, and Knotted Lamps popped up after visits to the Maritime Museum in Rotterdam.

There he received a crash course in knotting tech niques used on ships from two older crafts men. His dili gence and patience were rewarded, but it took a little more patience to satisfy poten-tial buyers. ‘A seat for one chair takes about twenty hours to produce’, Ten Velden informs. ‘After knotting miles and miles of rope myself, I decided to look for an opportunity to outsource. A rope man ufacturer advised me to go to India, which turned out to be an exciting adven ture but a failed endeavour.’

A call to his uncle, who runs a boat trip company in Lisbon, proved to be more fruitful. He was introduced to some marine people, started to train them in the knotting technique and gathered together a production team. Now, he sells about 90 percent of his furniture abroad, especially to French costum-ers, presumably thanks to the appealing Femme Chair name. ‘I’ve already sold about 150 chairs, even some to a Louis Vuitton resort in the Maldives’, he men-tions with justi fiable pride.

He finds it particularly interesting to work with craft techniques. Ten Velden: ‘Most of these have proved their value in centuries past. A hand made product often brings with it solutions that are not possible with a machine.’

But designers always seek new expe-riences and challenges. So Ten Velden immersed himself in inno va tive textile techniques at the Dutch Textile Museum. With avid curiosity, he seized upon their knitting machine. After a great deal of patience – again – a beautiful lamp

emerged: Urchin. It has at the same time an almost extra-terrestrial and a warm look, in short: atmos pheric. Ten Velden: ‘Through the use of the material, you can determine the intensity of the light, which is decisive for the atmos phere in your home. But, of course, it must be attractive in switch-off mode as well.’

At Furnishers Market | The Alternative, a floor lamp, balancing on three high legs, a wall lamp and three hanging lamps will be pre sented, all with replaceable shades. In addition to this knitted collec-

tion, the knotted collection is on show, as well as Selectors Cabinet, a steel frame filled with modular wooden cabinets, meant for DJ’s. Ten Velden: ‘It is my trib-ute to music, one of my main inspirations.’

•www.riktenvelden.com

•See Rik ten Velden at the Milan Design Week at the Furnishers Market, Zona Tortona. Find more information at page 13, presentations 26, 28.

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DesignersBora Hong, Rolf Bruggink, Isaac Monté

LocationEx Abitare TheatreVia Ventura 520134 Milan

ContactMoney, Meat & Cosmetic SurgeryStadhoudersplein 100NL - 3038 EA Rotterdam+31 (0)6 1588 66 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], www.rolf.fr, www.ateliermonte.com


Opening eveningWed. 13 April 20.00 – 22.00

AboutThree designers discovered similarities in their work and joined forces, resulting in a presentation that raises eyebrows and provokes discussion. With their intriguing objects they react on social issues and transform overlooked problems into opportunities. Rolf presents Recycled Currency Seating Series: The Dollar Bench is made out of 4240 dollars bills, as a reaction on the shift of the dollar as the most important world currency.Cosmetic Surgery Kingdom by Bora, a series of iconic design chairs made out of old fifties chairs, reacts on cosmetic surgery.Isaac tackles the problem of food waste and overproduction with The Meat Project, a series of lamps made out of discarded meat.

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DesignerPieke Bergmans

LocationVentura Lambrate – Ventura XVVia Giovanni Ventura 1520134 Milan

ContactPieke BergmansSint Annenstraat 6NL - 1012 HE [email protected]


Opening eveningWed. 13 Apr. 20.00 – 22.00

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DesignersMieke Meijer, Jeroen Wand

LocationPrometeo GalleryVia Ventura 320134 Milan

ContactMieke MeijerDe Graal 7NL - 5625 CZ Eindhoven+31 (0)6 1125 43 [email protected]



AboutStudio Jeroen Wand and Studio Mieke Meijer are two Eindhoven based design studios. They share the same interest for material, technique and construction, however they use disparate methodologies. By bringing these studios together, their works reinforce, explain and react to one another.

PresentationThe process of making something is full of dilemmas, questions and decisions. By putting the process forward, and asking whether it should have been blue, the focus does not solely lie on the moment or object in front of you, but also on what has been and what is still to come.

36Studio Mieke Meijer & Studio Jeroen WandMaybe blue would have been better

37Robert BronwasserHOME

DesignerRobert Bronwasser

LocationVentura XVVia Ventura 1520134 Milan

ContactRobert BronwasserAsterweg 103NL - 1031 HM Amsterdam+31 (0)20 636 08 [email protected]



AboutDutch designer Robert Bronwasser passionately merges creative skills, common sense and over twenty years’ experience into useful designs with a one-off look – to put a daily smile on your face.

PresentationRobert Bronwasser is turning the house inside out. Domestic activities provided the inspiration for completely new furniture, focussing on daily use and responding to changing life-styles. The result is a refreshing view on the interior that brings home life back to its essence. SMILE if you get it.

AboutCharacteristic of Pieke Bergmans’ work method is her close study of existing production processes that she then manipulates and reworks. Using this approach she gives the material room to choose its own way. Pieke Bergmans had solo exhibitions in Milan, Paris, Miami, Sao Paulo etc. In 2014 the Noordbrabants Museum in s’Hertogenbosch showed a retro spective of her works. In 2013 Bergmans became ‘Designer of the Year’ in Brazil.

PresentationFor this exhibition Pieke Bergmans collaborated with technical specialists and will show works that are pro-duced in series under her direction. Bergmans intervenes at a certain moment in the production process, so that the still freely moving shape is brought to a stop. Hence every object is unique. The result is a ‘frozen’ moment. ‘Free’ has become ‘Freeze’.

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AboutThe Royal Academy of Art, The Hague is an academy for fine arts and design. We offer bachelor and master courses as well as preparatory courses. It is also possible to do a PhD in the Arts via Leiden University. The Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague prepares students to become self-aware artists and designers who make a significant contribution to their discipline and to society with their passion, profundity and experimental attitude.

PresentationAt the Salone del Mobile 2016 in Milan, the manifestation RESET presents the Royal Academy of Art The Hague (NL) as a unique place for experimental and interdisciplinary collaborations. In the heart of Milan Lambrate, RESET will open up a private apartment to the public. In this intimate and exceptional environment, participants and visitors are invited to experience RESET as an active reflection upon a society of constant change. A collective of alumni and students of the academy explores the necessity of a complete RESET in addressing societal urgencies and design developments in the context of a design fair. Moreover the show aims at a RESET of disciplinary borders trough collaborative processes, boldly expressed in our motto: DESIGN = COLLABORATION

38Royal Academy of Art The HagueRESET

DesignersFabian Bredt, Koos Breen, Lynne Brouwer, Noortje de Brouwer, Lorena van Bunningen, Rob van der Burg, Ciro Duclos, Quinsy Gario, Amir Houieh, Esther Hovers, Gábor Kerekes, Anne Kranenborg, Elide Mozzorecchi, Marijn Ottenhof, Yaprak Sayar, Vera van der Seyp, Nienke Sikkema, Jeannette Slütter, Natasha Taylor, Majda Vidakovic. Initiative: Herman Verkerk. Curatorial team: Herman Verkerk, Marie Ilse Bourlanges, Elena Khurtova, Dorothé Orczyk and Barend Koolhaas. Concept: Marie Ilse Bourlanges and Elena Khurtova. Exhibition design: Barend Koolhaas, Zsófia Kollár, Rick Mouwen, Elide Mozzorecchi, Jasmijn Muskens, Anna Sitnikova. Graphic design: Eline van der Ploeg & Inês Da Costa. Type design: Alexandre Saumier Demers, Étienne Aubert Bonn

LocationVia Ventura 15, 5th floor20134 Milan

ContactWieneke MulderPrinsessegracht 4NL - 2514 AN Den Haag+31 (0)6 4148 53 [email protected]


Opening nightWed. 13 April 18.00 – 22.00

39Koning Willem 1 CollegeDutch Slow Design

DesignersSten van Helvoort, Eileen van de Laak, Willemijn Ligthart, Rick van Loon, Micha van der Palen, Amber van Rooijen, Thijs Swinkels

LocationVentura 14Via Ventura 1420134 Milan

ContactRaymond HilhorstOnderwijsboulevard 3NL - 5201 AC ‘s-Hertogenbosch+31 (0)6 5100 08 [email protected]



AboutKoning Willem I College ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, is an innovative Community College with a wide variety of educational programs. One of these is Furniture Designer, where students are coached and trained in designing and manufacturing by experts from professional practice.

PresentationA few months ago Koning Willem I College from The Netherlands presented its students in Furniture Design with a daring challenge: ‘Design and manufacture a piece of furniture within the ‘Slow Design’ theme: longer processes of design, research and fine-tuning using local materials in local production, with due respect for the environment’

DesignersLiset Geerlings, Daniel de Bruin and 4th year students

LocationVia Ventura 1420134 Milan

ContactStephanie MariënIna Boudier-Bakkerlaan 50NL - 3582 VA Utrecht+31 (0)6 3093 76 [email protected]/hkudesign



AboutSociety increasingly looks to designers to provide creative, applicable solutions for everyday issues. Solutions need to transcend traditional boundaries between disciplines to have a lasting impact. Students of HKU Design prepare themselves for working in these dynamic environments by constantly taking on new roles and rethinking contexts. This is what we call our education-through-designing.

PresentationHKU Design presents educational environments that foster creative processes. Students will have meaningful encounters with fellow designers, the audience and random passers-by, while working on enduring topics like circular economies, the creation of sustainable spaces and a platform with artwork by refugees that may help give a voice to the voiceless.

40HKU DesignNew practices, new solutions

the dots #1318 MIEKE MEIJER, JEROEN WAND


They do not call themselves design duo, but Mieke Meijer (1982) and Roy Letterle (1978) work together closely. They met fifteen years ago as students in Eindhoven and have been life part-ners ever since. Their research-based work – ‘furnitecture’, as they like to call it – is a loving marriage between craft and modern techniques, thought-ful designs distinguished by clear

lines, constructive imagery and indus-trial detail.

Meijer’s Design Academy project Newspaperwood, ‘wood’ made out of newspapers, was further developed in a company of the same name, of which they are co-founders. They are current-ly cutting the paper wood into very thin veneer. It is only a mat ter of time before a product arises.

Contextualising architecture is some - thing the two did for the new exhibition Once Upon Design: New Routes for Ara-

bian Heritage in Sharjah, near Dubai. For four months, their Courtyard Cul-ture will be on show – it is an installation that re-contextualizes regional court-yard architecture, with stairs, sitting corners and many cooling plants.

Just like last year, Studio Mieke Meijer is presenting along with fellow designer Jeroen Wand in Prometeo Gallery (Via Ventura). This time, the exhibition stresses the differences be-tween their designs. Meijer: ‘We made clear choices in what we are showing.

Jeroen exposes his identity through products in a kind of Wunderkammer setting, with im pres sions of his work place, testing and manufacturing pro-cesses. His work is intuitive with a raw edge, while ours is rational and mini-malistic. Precisely this contrast makes a very surprising mix.’

Studio Mieke Meijer focuses on a construction principle, which emerged from the Airframe 01 project. The lumi-nous building blocks are lightweight and covered with canvas. The user

determines the size and how it is ap-plied, from tiny to space filling. Letterle: ‘It shows a development in our work that focuses on the area between prod-uct and space. We are doing less and less product design, and focusing more on spatial interventions.’

The title ‘Maybe blue would have been better’ indicates the continuous designer dilemma of choices, the un-certainties in the design process, where and how to present, is it too functional or not at all, sustainable enough, the

right colour, the right market? Meijer: ‘In Milan, I want to discuss this with visitors. Designers sometimes live in a kind of bubble. There should be more room for dialogue.’

•www.miekemeijer.com

•See Studio Mieke Meijer at the Milan Design Week at Ventura Lambrate. Find more information at page 16, presentation 36.

the dots #13 19ISAAC MONTÉ · BORA HONG · ROLF BRUGGINK


One hand reaching out to the future, the other unmercifully digging into the past. Three designers discovered similarities in their work and joined forces, resulting in a challenging presentation that raises eyebrows and provokes discussion.

Their work is characterized by re-construction, recycling, rebuilding and reviving of old things into design that is related to contemporary socio-eco-nomic issues and that finds its origin in boundless curiosity.

‘Rolf Bruggink: House of Rolf’, a.k.a. studio rolf.fr, is fascinated by methods of making, both modern and old school. Bruggink (1969), who graduated in architecture and urban planning, com-bines objects and elements to have these interact with each other visually and/or techni cally. In Milan he is pre-senting his Recycled Currency Seating Series: benches and a bowl made out of hundreds American dollars and Euros. Bruggink explains: ‘Shifting eco nomic forces from the West to the (Middle) East and the digitization of payments will inevitably lead to a surplus of

dollar bills. Solution: to recycle the money into furniture.’ A way of saving, one could say, but above all a call to rethink and embrace reality.

Bora Hong (1979) reflects on another contemporary issue: altering beauty and body manipulation. For her Cosmetic Surgery Kingdom series she disassem-bled and even pulverized simple mass- produced chairs and transformed these into design classics, like icons from Rietveld, Breuer and Eames. Will the new one be the improved one or does this plastic surgery not succeed in com-peting with the original? ‘The pressure

of being perfect is a big social issue in South Korea’, Hong says. ‘I think it’s in-teresting to compare cosmetic surgery to iconic culture in design.’

True beauty is on the inside, ac cording to Isaac Monté (1988). Still, manipula-tion is fruitful. He plunged into the shad-owy world of synthetic biology, in partic-ular decellularization, a lab technique used for organ transplantation. The Art of Deception consists of so-called ghost organs, in this case pig hearts, manipu-lated into design objects; some tattooed, others breathing and lightening up when approached. Monté raises the question

whether such a creation of inner beauty – the ultimate deception – is possible and legitimate. The same laboratory treatment is used in The Meat Project, now focus sing on discarded meat, made into a new material, which can be shaped and dried. The result: lighting ob jects in a shape inspired by the E. coli bacteria that causes meat spoilage. Monté: ‘Look at the enor mous amounts of food that are thrown away daily in supermarkets. This project is a reaction to waste and, more specifically, food waste.’

There is too little space here to elab-orate on these fascinating subjects.

Money, Meat and Plastic Surgery can be visited at Ex Abitare Theatre, Via Ventura 5, and at your own risk. Don’t forget to exhaust the three explorers with all your pressing questions!

•www.borahongwork.comwww.rolf.frwww.ateliermonte.com

•See Money, Meat and Plastic Surgery at the Milan Design Week at the Ventura Lambrate. Find more information at page 16, presentation 34.

DesignersDEMAKERSVAN, Chris Kabel, Marleen Kaptein, Christien Meindertsma, Studio Wieki Somers, Simone Post

LocationUndai 2 – Ventura LambrateVia Ventura 620134 Milano

ContactKiki LuneauVan Diemenstraat 410-412NL - 1013 CR Amsterdam+31 (0)6 4663 63 [email protected]



AboutLABEL/BREED is a design label that creates opportunities for designers and manufacturers to connect, and get the most out of their combined efforts. Initially, they worked together using innovative fabrication tech nol-ogies. In 2016, the entire value chain is used as inspiration: raw material, technology and waste.

PresentationNew collaborations, new products, the label’s first steps in international expansion, and inspiration that goes beyond technology to explore the entire value chain. Five new objects in our collection 2.00 will be launched and collection 1.00, shown last year, will be on sale.

42LABEL/BREEDInspiration from the value chain: raw material, technology and waste

44Studio MolenLost in Traffic

DesignerFrederik Molenschot


ContactElsbeth van NieuwenhuijsenHemkade 18NL - 1506 PR Zaandam+31 (0)6 2839 53 [email protected]



AboutStudio Molen, founded by Frederik Molenschot in 2005, operates in both the public, private and institutional domain and creates site-specific designs and autonomous works of art. The studio works on projects varying from public art commissions, interiors for restaurants and design concepts for railway stations to furniture for school squares, unique lighting sculptures and façade designs for public architecture.

PresentationStudio Molen will show the latest series of work that is part of MegaStructurism. Lost in Traffic represents elements we encounter daily. The sculptural designs capture the rhythm of urban structures and visualizes (future) networked cities and landscapes. In these sculptures man has merged with the city and has become one with its surroundings.

43Carina Wagenaar

DesignerCarina Wagenaar

LocationUndai 4 – Ventura LambrateVia Ventura 620134 Milan

ContactCarina WagenaarWolfsbossingel 45NL - 6642 CL Beuningen+31 (0)6 5154 10 [email protected]



AboutArtist and designer Carina Wagenaar graduated from the Amsterdam University of the Arts. Her life-size medallions are stunning wall objects which attract the viewer with its storytelling symbolism. Inspired by necklace medallions, lace motifs, relics and cameos, these crossovers on the fields of art, fashion and design are truly unique.

PresentationIn Milan she presents her most recent medallion designs, capturing life’s experiences portrayed in behavioral patterns. Within these XXL- and XL medallions, she integrates existing every day elements into new and inspiring combinations. The designs give the observer a moment of reflec-tion and tranquility, bringing a soul into the environment.

DesignerErik Boogerd

LocationVia Ventura 1720134 Milan

ContactErik BoogerdPaviljoensgracht 70NL - 2512 BR Den Haag+31 (0)6 3082 96 [email protected]


Meetup with drinksFri. 15 April 16.00. Open for participants, business owners and press.

AboutUnder the brandname Suit’d® Suits Dutch production company Suited Products designs, develop and manufacture universal power outlet covers. Made from woodmaterials and ceramics in multiple design vari ations by a dedicated team in Holland. With a doublesided tapestrip inside, these covers are the solution to easily restyle plastic power outlets and lightknobs.

PresentationLast year Suit’d® Suits introduced their art collections with a hand painted Delft Blue line and trans fer ized arty details on ceramic covers from Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. This edition they focus on two different aspects: Product and concept devel opment. Expect promising prototypes that will be added to the family and catchy concept designs.

41Suited ProductsSuit’d® Suits – wall furnishing

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AboutHozan Zangana was fifteen years old when he applied for asylum in The Netherlands in 1998. His future starts a decade later when he decides to study at Design Academy Eindhoven. Not an obvious choice, given the road he had to travel, but it is exactly this background that will determine the essence of his design practice.

Presentation 1Hozan Zangana is inspired by language, heritage and rituals; essential elements in our world that do not occupy any physical space. Zangana’s objects offer a new life to old heritages.

Presentation 2The breathtaking antique salons of Palazzo Francesco Turati will host a presentation where the creations of over 125 Dutch designers dialogue with exquisite Dutch Golden Age paintings. Masterly is here to show how the extant Dutch scene has successfully transferred handcraft techniques from its past tradition to contemporary design. curated by Nicole Uniquole

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DesignerHozan Zangana

Location 1Undai 4 – Ventura LambrateVia Ventura 620134 Milan

Location 2Masterly – The Dutch in MilanoPalazzo Francesco TuratiVia Meravigli 720123 Milan

ContactHozan ZanganaKrelis Louwenstraat 1 B29NL - 1055 KA Amsterdam+31 (0)6 4814 95 [email protected]

Location 1 Opening timeDaily 10.00 – 20.00. Sun. till 18.00

Location 2 Opening timeDaily 11.00 – 20.00.

DesignersAdrianus Kundert, Bastiaan de Nennie, Iwan Pol, Jeroen van de Gruiter, Sanne Schuurman, Simone Post, Studio Plott, Studio Truly Truly, Tijs Gilde

LocationVia Privata Oslavia 3 a.k.a. Camper Streetside20134 Milan

ContactEnvisionsDaalakkersweg 8-20(1)NL - 5641 JA [email protected]



AboutIt’s the first edition of Envisions, a collective of 9 talented designers. Adrianus Kundert, Bastiaan de Nennie, Iwan Pol, Jeroen van de Gruiter, Sanne Schuurman, Simone post, Studio Plott, Studio Truly Truly and Tijs Gilde will focus on the theme ‘products in process’.

Presentation Deconstruct and disrupt, reverse and reinvent: production methods are subject to change at Envisions, a group exhibition that offers a peek behind the scenes of creation. The collection showcases everything but the end product, inviting designers, clients and manufactures to breathe life into the ideas and push them towards reality.

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46Fraai Werk

DesignerCharl Smit


ContactCharl SmitVoorhaven 57NL - 3025 HD Rotterdam+31 (0)6 1607 84 [email protected]



47Roos Soetekouw

DesignerRoos Soetekouw

LocationUndai 4 – Ventura Lambrate Via Ventura 620134 Milano

ContactRoos SoetekouwAmsteldijk 159NL - 1079 LH Amsterdam+31 (0)6 4304 40 [email protected]



48Morgan RubenMotus

DesignerMorgan Ruben

LocationUndai 4 – Ventura LambrateVia Ventura 620134 Milan

ContactM.R. Jansen op de HaarHopakker 91NL - 3514 BV Utrecht+31 (0)6 2838 82 [email protected]



49Ward WijnantSpace and Twisted

DesignerWard Wijnant

Location‘Train Station’ – Ventura LambrateVia Privata Oslavia 720134 Milano

ContactWard WijnantDudokhof 79-03NL - 5041 EZ Tilburg+31 (0)6 5497 73 [email protected]



50Jaro KoseCollection of six

DesignerJaro Kose

Location‘Train Station’ – Ventura LambrateVia Privata Oslavia 720134 Milano

ContactJaro KoseEerste Atjehstraat 65/2NL - 1094 KC Amsterdam+31 (0)6 3396 22 [email protected]



AboutJaro Kose studied industrial and interior design. Beginning his career working for Marcel Wanders, he later went on to create his own design studio Jaro Kose. He now collaborates with companies such as Tjep and Bleijh, imparting a playful and so phis-ticated take on functional objects. Jaro reinvents what could be com-mon place into pieces that relay his passionate outlook on design and creativity.

PresentationCollection of six: Kose believes that artistry happens in the invisible space; between the object and its user. Well designed “space” builds relation and this is reflected in his presentation. Chair, stool, lamps and whisk are transformed into the spatial design.

54Design Academy EindhovenTouch Base

CuratorenIlse Crawford, Thomas Widdershoven

LocationLaundry HouseVia Cletto Arrighi 1020134 Milan

ContactNeeltje Scheepers / Tessa LantingaEmmasingel 14NL - 5411 AZ Eindhoven+31 (0)40 239 39 [email protected]/touchbase

Opening timeDaily 10.00 – 20.00. Wed. 13 April till 22.00, Sun. 17 April till 18.00

Press receptionWed. 13 April 14:00 prosecco reception for press and VIPs (invites only)

AboutDesign Academy Eindhoven is a school of change. It offers a four-year Bachelor’s course and a two-year Master’s course and has an impressive, international team of department heads and tutors. The DNA of Design Academy Eindhoven can be described as conceptual, authentic, creative, flexible, free, passionate and curious. We aim to educate idealistic, reflective, critical and ethically conscious design professionals who are able to function as agents of change and, as such, to design alternatives that pave the way forward.

PresentationIn a world where our sense of touch is numbed and sexualised, DAE reconnects with tactility to explore the counter-movement our students are shaping in response to technology. It reveals their hunger for a more tactile surrounding in an era where screens, apps, and email dictate how we live and communicate.

52Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and DesignMAFAD Ateliers

51Studio Roex

DesignersNic Roex, Jeske Kapitein

LocationCamper 2-3Via Privata Oslavia 120134 Milan

ContactStudio RoexKlaprozenweg 65 kantoorNL - 1032 KK Amsterdam+31 (0)6 1635 48 [email protected]


DesignersMasters and Alumni from Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design

LocationVia Privata Oslavia 320134 Milan

ContactNienke van KordenoordtHerdenkingsplein 12NL - 6211 PW Maastricht+31 (0)6 3438 46 [email protected]


AboutStudio Roex is a furniture and product design studio based in Amsterdam. ‘Immediate acceptance of the presented objects is not the purpose of our work. The designs confront the viewer with familiar and estab-lished processes, elements, shapes and techniques, in a transparent manner. We want to increase people’s awareness of what they see, heightening their ability (and desire) to understand it.’

AboutThe Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design (MAFAD) is part of the Faculty of Art Maastricht and Zuyd University of applied sciences. The Bachelor of Fine Arts and the bachelor Design offer our students a challenging learning environment with outstanding ateliers, exceptional studio facilities and a vast array of different perspectives within a wide spectrum of arts and design. It is within this learning environment that they are able to develop a way of working which is related to their own artistic vision and authorship.

PresentationThe Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design presents MAFAD Ateliers giving insight in the process of making, MAFAD Ateliers invited three masters connected to the Academy who each invited promising students and alumni from the past two years. Emphasing on the new design profiles Body, Object and Material.

the dots #1322 JESKE KAPTEIN, NIC ROEX


Nic Roex (1981) and Jeske Kapitein (1982) are life and business partners. She handles commercial and PR af-fairs, he takes care of design con cept and execution. Their best prod uct is on its way – they are expecting a child in August.

They are keeping the gender of the baby a surprise. Reasonable, as most of the work of Studio Roex arouses curios-ity and surprise. The first prod ucts were

already like that, as the ob jects of Roex’s graduation collection from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 2009 prove; the Car Bonnet Seat, in which el-ements of a bonnet were used, and the Spade Bench, garden furniture in which the seating consists of a scoop. These are objects that already have an existing form and that, by being placed in a new context or being slightly altered, acquire another visual language and meaning, and sometimes even offer themselves up as a new solution. Play ing with exist-ing forms, tech niques and materials by

placing them out side of the traditional context, is an important characteristic of the designs of Studio Roex. Down-to-earth designs with a playful spirit and an aesthetic appearance.

After an internship at Piet Hein Eek, Roex set up his studio in Amsterdam in 2010, and Kapitein joined as a partner three years later. Due to her commercial background, the studio gradually shift-ed its course from mak ing artistic one-off pieces to conquering the consumer market. Bestsellers in the collection are Plumber’s Piece, a leather vase with

a flexible rubber membrane, and Dutch Mash, a potato masher in the form of the Netherlands. ‘We want as many people to come into contact with our products as pos sible, so it was a logical step to choose this direction’, Kapitein says. ‘Since then, we’ve also been working more closely with labels and have tak-en on more com mercial assignments, providing that they fit into our vision of design.’

Where possible, they work with local producers and sustainable ma-terials. For the Plumber’s Piece, they

chose to keep the production in the Netherlands, since so many Dutch production companies in the leather sector are disappearing. Roex: ‘This way, we have more control over pro-duction and material usage. Currently we are investigating how fibres of veg-etable-tanned leather residue can be transformed into a new material in the form of a con structive solid intermedi-ate product. Hopefully, one day we will be able to use the residual vege table leather in sheet material for construc-tive applications.’

At Ventura Lambrate (Camper 2 - 3) Studio Roex is presenting an overview of the entire oeuvre, including the latest Streamlined light and chair (a stylish, organic tribute to plywood) and the Tubus table and bench (a surprising ap-plication of steel).

•www.studioroex.com

•See Studio Roex at the Milan Design Week at Ventura Lambrate. Find more information at page 21, presentation 51.

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Rooms dressed like models? It sounds strange and impractical, yet this was what textile designer Roos Soetekouw (1984) had in mind when she was giv-en the opportunity to decorate several rooms in the new Hotel The Exchange, in the heart of Amsterdam in 2010, just after graduating from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute. She created eight interiors, each with a completely dif-ferent atmos phere, from the Eighties

Room and New Rembrandt Room to Room of Mis understood Creatures. Soetekouw: ‘A dream job with no re-strictions, I could do what ever I wanted. The owners selected me because of my gradu a tion project, which consisted of an emotion-based clothing col lection with references to various eras: a sort of time capsule, dropped in a cabinet of curiosities.’

There were only two small requests: please take the house keepers into consideration and make certain things fireproof. Right, but also theft-proof?

Soetekouw: ‘Amazingly enough, except for one curtain hanger, nothing from the interior has disappeared into a suit-case, yet.’ Check! A beautiful environ-ment compels respect.

Soetekouw focuses on interior de-sign projects. ‘Fashion is fleeting: too many collections per year. A chair has a greater chance of survival.’

At fairs her Skinn and Fringe col-lections are sold well. Soetekouw’s style is colourful and detailed, with a hint of nostalgia, and she does not shun experimentation. ‘Mixing materials is

the best thing there is. In fashion and the textile industry everything must now be as simple and basic as pos-sible. I’m trying to prove otherwise, for instance by manip u lating materi-als. How does a polyester yarn react when woven together with mohair, for example?’

One may call into question the pro-duction and coloration of synthetic materials, but the process of making wool and silk also has an environmental impact. ‘By making use of both natural and synthetic materials I am trying to

explore the boundaries of this versa-tile and difficult discussion’, explains Soetekouw, whose graduation project was about the pros and cons of dyeing textiles with plants.

On show at Ventura Lambrate: the Skinn Collection (throws and tapes-try as algae) and the Funghi! Collec-tion (placemats, towels and a runner). Curious about the possibility of mak-ing dyes out of these materials, the designer studied bio-based materials intensively. ‘I want to show people that beauty lies in everything. People might

not be inclined to eat mold, but exposed it is so beautiful! I defi nitely want to experiment more in this area. Someday, I am going to create really useful tex-tiles out of fungus.’

•www.roossoetekouw.nl

•See Roos Soetekouw at the Milan Design Week at Ventura Lambrate. Find more information at page 21, presentation 47.

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