FROM THE PIJP IN AMSTERDAM TO GEORGE LA IN LAREN (NL) TO CHELSEA IN LONDON In the next couple of weeks the famous webshop and concept store The Collector, pops up in several cities outside Amsterdam. ON the 7th and 8th of December The Collector lands in Laren, above the popular George LA restaurant. Besides selling [...]

It was a lot of work, but we pulled it off. The show in the Chelsea Art Museum was a success. There were a lot of visitors including many people from the press. Our designers and us got a lot interest from both press (you can view a list in the press section of our [...]

VENUS by SOPHIE DURAN ‘ The pearl owes nothing to man. It is absolutely a gift of nature on which a man can not improve.’ George Frederick Kunz, mineralogist (1856-1932) Pearls are worn for over 6000 years. In China they are a symbol that protects against misfortune; the Romans thought they were an impregnation from [...]

JEWELLERY by ZIGT SIERADEN Two Dutch designers, Myriam Oude Vrielink and Neeltje Huddleston Slater, are joining their collections at Zigt Sieraden. Materials such as silver, gold, pearls and gems are used in a new way with a blink to the past. Building structures with repeating elements are the base of their designs. The result is a collection [...]

PATCHWORK RUGS by JOOST JANSZEN Joost Janszen likes to explore the grey area between industrial design and art. With his background as an industrial designer he tries to find new solutions for material, products and fashion. Experimenting and a fast approach of production capture innovative and original shapes, visuals and objects. As an industrial artist [...]

READY-MADE by BORRE AKKERSDIJK Ready-Made is a collection of materials in basic shapes. It’s a concept that’s all about the production process; a new way of making filled clothing using the production technique that has been used to produce mattresses. Using this technique in a different way makes it possible to create pattern pieces for [...]

KNOTTED JEWELRY by STUDIO MHL Studio MHL makes jewellery and decorations in small series. Materials such as silver, fabric, wood, porcelain and paper are choosen with care. Almost everything is made by hand to give it a delicate, subtle and sometimes imperfect look. These necklaces and bracelets are braided and knotted by hand. Vintage beads were used [...]

JEWELRY by EVA SCHREUDER If she would have her way she would make everything herself! But she has to limit herself to making small collections of jewellery and bags. Handmade and mostly with different materials and technics.  This combination inspires to translate stories in products that can be used or looked at every day What [...]

INK STORM by MRRK MRRK (Mark van Gennip) is currently working on a new collection of ‘Bleeded Scarves’. These beautiful one-of-a-kind scarfs are sold exclusively in ourShop Every scarf is hand bleeded and unique in its bleeding and color intensity. They are 1.2m x 1.2m, Double Georgette and made out of 100% pure silk . Share [...]

EVERYDAY GROWING by JULIETTE WARMENHOVEN The ”Everyday Growing” collection is a series of exhibition objects to show organic growing. This collection brings a great diversity of growth forms on screen. which include aesthetic beauty, a renewed look at the houseplant, daily development, poetry, interaction with nature and coherence of nature and culture plays a role. The [...]

BOTTLES COLLECTION by KLAAS KUIKEN Mass produced green glass bottles will get new individual shapes when designer Klaas Kuiken works with them. He blows them one by one into unique objects. He started his project with the question  “Are there any irregularities in mass production?” He discovered those irregularities in glass bottles: when cutting the [...]

SILVERSTONE RINGS &  MAGPIE STEALS RING by HARTOG & HENNEMAN The Silver stone collection raises questions about value and authenticity by creating a conflict between the form of the ring and its material. The desire that a gem stone can create fascinates us. The role of gemstone in the traditional culture of jewellery is to [...]

COPPER LIGHTS by DAVID DERKSEN The Copper Lights are a translation of the Copper Cabinet into more functional products. The bending and soldering techniques have been perfected, resulting in delicate but very useful lamps, which can be produced in series.The three different shapes make them suitable for different applications in the interior. Dimensions: 400 * [...]

CINDERELLA’S CHAIR by ANNA TER HAAR Prostheses of glass, like a prosthetic leg, custom made for each chair. Glass is a malleable material when heated. The glass was blown onto the chair, which provides every chair with its own unique prosthesis. Glass however, is also a very fragile material. It is not often used for [...]

We are proud to announce our shortlist for the Process-show in the Chelsea Art Museum in New York from May 13 till May 15. Here we go: – Borre Akkersdijk – David Derksen – Sophie Duran – Mark van Gennip – Anna ter Haar – Hartog & Henneman – Joost Janszen – Klaas Kuiken – [...]

We’re participating on a show in New York with a selected group of Dutch Designers. Follow the latest news on Facebook and Twitter! The show is called Process by Model Citizens NYC and is part of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair from May 13 till May 17. It will be hosted by the Chelsea Museum. [...]

GRAPHICAL HAIR | JEWELS OF HAIR by IRIS VAN DAALEN ‘Hair is stubborn, it goes her own way. It’s dirty and magnificent at the same time.’ That is why Iris made different kind of jewels from human hair. By the new technique it becomes as smooth and flat as a mirror. By putting the jewels [...]

STEREOPSIS by PAULINE VAN DONGEN There is a strong shadow where there is much light. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe As the eyes of humans and other animals are in different positions on the head, they present different views simultaneously. This is the basis of stereopsis, the process by which the brain exploits the parallax [...]