dining table at Amalia, Rotterdam.

dbkv

 

Column in Rotterdam in Ontwikkeling 2010

Magnet boards for DBKV

Schiecentrale model apartments 

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Low Table DBKV

Low Table DBKV

 

Recently we designed a new side table for the Willem the Kooning Academy in Rotterdam to go with our Easy Chair.

NOMINATIE NEDERLANSE DES1GNPRIJ2EN3

 

article in Japan Design Net

Article by Taji

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Boo's rotterdam guide

Boo was asked by Ehren Seeland of Ava Living to be a guide to Rotterdam. The idea was to have a resource list for people that would be visitring Rotterdam. But then from my personal point of view. Busy as I am I created the concept but had my daughter Sammie do the writing. So now here it is:

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Sammie & Ben Oostrum

paint it black

 

Erect1

Don't you just hate it when you never seem to have candles of the right size at hand when you need them? That problem is over now, for the Erect1 holds candles from 19 mm up to 24 mm and always straight up. No more bungling with matches, knives or whatever it takes to make your candle fit and get them straight. No! Just simply press the candle into the candleholder Erect1 and the cutting edges will cut right through the candle creating a solid fixture.

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Erect1

 

Erect1

Don't you just hate it when you never seem to have candles of the right size at hand when you need them? That problem is over now, for the Erect1 holds candles from 19 mm up to 24 mm and always straight up. No more bungling with matches, knives or whatever it takes to make your candle fit and get them straight. No! Just simply press the candle into the candleholder Erect1 and the cutting edges will cut right through the candle creating a solid fixture.

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LowRes Back in Tokyo

 

Low Res Jenever bottle

When Ben Oostrum was asked by the European Ceramic Work Centre to come up with some new ideas on Dutch souvenirs, he realised that most of the things he brought home from abroad were things that were not actually souvenirs, such as food and drinks. If he were to visit the Netherlands a tourist, he would probably take home a bottle of Jenever: Dutch Gin sold in a traditional stone bottle. He made a model for a ceramic Jenever bottle, and worked on it with a rapid prototype milling machine to discover that the machine, with a certain setting, began to create patterns on its own. He let the machine do its work and so the relief on the traditional stone bottle was created. Oostrum: ‘The combination of the old-fashioned, authentic stone Jenever bottle and modern high-tech machinery is what makes this design stand out.’

Ben Oostrum (1960) studied sculpture at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. As a designer, it is this background that distinguishes him from the other designers. Oostrum: ‘My approach is different. Most designers start from a package of requirements, and I use form and shape as a point of departure.’ But to Oostrum, design is not the only thing that is important. Design and function must be in balance. ‘I hate things like a beautiful chair that is uncomfortable, as well as an ugly chair that is comfortable.’ When Oostrum designed the Jenever Bottle he collaborated with Jan Melis under the name of MNO, but now his studio is called BOO | Ben Oostrum Ontwerpt. BOO focuses mainly on the design of interior products, such as furniture, lighting and accessories.

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Brick

 

EKWC brick project

Together with architect Rob Bonneur from VVLFB we participate in the EKWC brick project. Brick, as a ceramic building material, will be the starting point of this project. The project 'Brick' will focus on achieving 'tangible' results.

 

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The Easy Chair is now for sale at several locations, including Secoff, Vivid and Ahrend.
The latest technology in the field of furniture construction is used on the Easy Chair, i.e. Frame Foam. This specially designed solid polyurethane foam offers great freedom in the shape of the construction. Laid in with different sorts of soft foam it provides the Easy Chair with the combination of practical applicability and great comfort. The Easy Chair is upholstered with Interglobe Wool from Gabriel. This durable and flame-retardant fabric is deliverable in 60 colours. For the dyeing and after-treatment only environmentally correct products are used, and the colours are completely free of heavy metals. Beside the many choices of colour, different colours can be combined in one chair or/and the seams can be stitched in a contrasting colour.
The Easy Chair is successfully applied at different locations. For instance, at the lounge of the Communication and Multimedia Design department of the Willem de Kooning academy in Rotterdam.

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Download an Easy Chair leaflet here in Dutch or English.

Bricks nominated for " Nederlandse Designprijzen 2007 "

The new brick designs by Boo | Ben Oostrum Ontwerpt and VVLFB are nominated for the Dutch design Awards 2007.
From over 526 participants the professional jury selected the 100 best entries within the main categories communication, environment, interaction and product. From these 100 projects, 40 entries are nominated for the Dutch Design Awards, amongst which our new Bricks Designs.

The winners will be announced on October 20th by Columnist, TV presenter and former editor of Quote magazine Jort Kelder during the distribution of prizes at "Het Klokgebouw" in Eindhoven.

According to the BNO, the Association of Dutch Designers, the nominees " represent the work of designers and architects who are driving innovation in the service of the business world and society as a whole"

See also for up to date information about the NDP:

www.nederlandsedesignprijzen.nl

Read more about the Brick project and its participants

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Special thanks to the EKWC and the people who work there.


Cannock Chase

Interview room for Cannock Chase

Boo has decorated a special room for job interviews at Cannock Chase. It's a very comfortable and loungy room. Applicants are pampered with a minibar, good espresso and nice music.

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Inspiration at Amalia

To inspire potential buyers of the apartments at "de grote prins" in Rotterdam, BOO decorated small parts of the penthouses.

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5482

The boo project for Schijndel is completed.

Boo has designed a contemporary city gate for Schijndel, a small town in the Netherlands. The gate marks the entrance to the town centre where you are only allowed to drive 30 kilometers per hour and contains the numbers 5482, which is the postcode for this part of Schijndel. The gate functions as a landmark and a way of reducing the speed of the passing traffic.
If you are ever in Schijndel, check out the crossing: Wijbosscheweg -v. Berghenstraat- Hoevebraaksestraat

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