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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

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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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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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.

 

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 "