Project:
Industrialized Wood, Jeroen Verhoeven/Demakersvan
Jeroen Verhoeven of Demakersvan used drawings of seventeenth-century furniture to make his Industrialized Wood table. He converted different views of them into a three-dimensional design using a computer programme. In this way, he was able to industrially manufacture this table based on traditional craftsman’s forms.
Interview:
Making It as a Team
Jeroen Verhoeven/Demakersvan, Industrialized Wood
Imagine being fresh out of art school and selling your work to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, a firm of architects in Los Angeles, a ... Organisation: Demakersvan
Demakersvan, a design team comprised of three 29-year-olds, Jeroen Verhoeven, Joep Verhoeven and Judith de Graauw, met at the Design Academy in ... person: Jeroen Verhoeven
Jeroen Verhoeven and his twin brother Joep Verhoeven met Judith de Graauw, the other member of design team De Makers Van, at design school. The ... "We have to see to it that machines start working for us again, instead of allowing ourselves to be led by them."
Jeroen Verhoeven, Demakersvan "We want to aesthetically educate the average person. That’s why we’re looking at producing in India."
Jeroen Verhoeven, Demakersvan
about us:
Behind the Scene #01
This website was launched in conjunction with the exhibition Behind the Scene #01, held 5-10 April 2006, during the 2006 Salone Internazionale ...
Interview:
Fast Forward
Ivan Kasner, Petrifying
Starting off your design career with objects that can last tens of thousands of years: that was Ivan Kasner's daring choice for his graduation ... "The vacuum oven is a kind of time machine: in two weeks, objects undergo an ageing process that would normally take millions of years."
Ivan Kasner Credits
"You never know whether your design will survive even a generation. With these objects, I at least know that they could."
Ivan Kasner “For new materials and techniques, you’re better off seeking alliances with big industrial companies."
Ivan Kasner
Interview:
Growth Rings
Friso Kramer, Boomstoel (Tree Chair)
Friso Kramer may be advancing in years, but when he talks about his work you quickly forget it. He speaks with great enthusiasm about the ... "In the 1970s we strongly believed that good design is socially conscious design. I'm still convinced of that."
Friso Kramer
Project:
Milk Project, Esther Polak & Ieva Auzina with RIXC, Riga Centre for New Media Culture
When artist Esther Polak and researcher Ieva Auzina discovered that much Latvian milk is transported to the Netherlands, they decided to follow ... "A designer makes something because the time or the object demands it."
Friso Kramer
Project:
Petrifying, Ivan Kasner
For his graduation project at Eindhoven’s Design Academy, Ivan Kasner turned ten natural objects to stone. To do so, he sought the assistance ... About Ahrend
The Dutch office-furnishings manufacturer Royal Ahrend produced the exhibition Behind the Scene #01 as an accompaniment to the presentation of ...