He is well known for his furniture made of scrap wood. Hein eek has come a long way since he graduated from the design academy eindhoven in 1989, with his now immensely successful and muchcopied scrapwood creations, a series of furniture pieces made from preused wood, assembled in a patchwork of colours, sizes and textures, overlaid with a thick gloopy varnish. Apr 15, 2010 known for his work of recycled found objects, dutch designer piet hein eek brings new life to old lighting units by reusing them to create new forms of chandeliers. Piet hein 16 december 1905 17 april 1996 was a danish polymath mathematician, inventor, designer, author and poet, often writing under the old norse pseudonym kumbel, meaning tombstone. These tales are simple stories, almost always starring the material used. Piet hein eek er designeren som snudde alt pa hodet nar han slo igjennom med sine mobler laget av trekapp og restavfall. Its filled with all sorts of funky, hardtofind pieces that make fantastic accents for a room.
Piet hein eek halvemaanstraat 30, 5651 bp eindhoven, noordbrabant rated 4. Inspired by the beauty inherent in discarded and readymade materials, this series celebrated the contrasting textures and colors of. It soon became apparent that the fabric could not be cut on the cnc machine, which ultimately meant that this bag chair. Dutchborn piet hein eek is one of europes most prominent leaders in sustainable art and design. Whereas, in 1989, scrap wood turned out to be invaluable and formed the inspiration for one of two final exam.
No not so that chance shall decide the affair while youre passively standing there moping. Tube watch d42 steel with brown leather strap 42mm leff. Extrusion moulding is a design technique that involves forcing materials through a mould, the extrusion profile is what gives the material its shape. Jan 22, 20 treetrunk garden house piet hein eek save this project. The waste table is meticulously crafted in piet hein eeks studio using traditional woodworking technique.
The waste table is meticulously crafted in piet hein eek s studio using traditional woodworking technique. The restaurant opened its doors for the first time on 23 october 2010, during the first morning of design week. After all, our goal is to create a restaurant that is logically linked in some way to our company a place. Piet hein eek tpoottafel meubel ideeen, tafel, sloophout. Fair trade originals from piet hein eek remodelista. In close cooperation we brings his latest, designer eyewear and sunwear. Dutch furniture designer eek, 39, first gained notoriety in 1990 with his scrap wood cupboards. It is produced without a lacquer finish for a full expression of the woods texture.
Nov 10, 2010 for scrapwood wallpaper dutch designer piet hein eek has managed to emulate real planks of wood on paper for the wallcovering. Piet pieterszoon hein 25 november 1577 18 june 1629 was a dutch admiral and privateer for the dutch republic during the eighty years war. An extensive visual diary that documents the work, products and projects of piet hein eek. Inspired by the beauty inherent in discarded and readymade materials, this series celebrated the contrasting textures and colors of the lumber remnants from which it was composed. Every piet hein eek design has an anecdote to share on how the product came into being from a combination of materials, techniques and craftsmanship. Piet hein eek, one of the leading dutch designers, started his career in the early 90s with furniture made of scrap wood. Each table is completed with a characteristic high gloss finish.
Recently, piet hein eek moved into a huge old factory in eindhoven, employing around 50 people, most of them craftsmen. Piet hein eeks studio, which we visited during dutch design week earlier this year, is housed in a large former factory on the outskirts of eindhoven. Dutch design week presentation carton cars piet hein eek eindhoven. Nov 08, 20 in case youre wondering what on earth im on about, i mentioned recently that i was taking part in a challenge brought together by paint giant histor and dutch designer piet hein eek, called 101 karakters. He was born in copenhagen in 1905, and he is one of the most internationally known danes from the 20th century. Piet hein eek s studio, which we visited during dutch design week earlier this year, is housed in a large former factory on the outskirts of eindhoven. Whenever youre called on to make up your mind, and youre hampered by not having any, the best way to solve the dilemma, youll find, is simply by spinning a penny.
Nov 06, 2016 piet hein eek old doors, cut and arranged to fit together like puzzle pieces that fill the entire wall. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. In january 2015, piet hein eek and iggie dekkers founded the architectural firm eek en dekkers piet hein eek architectuur. Danish mathematician, scientist, inventor, poet and. Apr, 2007 the scrap wood cupboard that began piet hein eek s career.
While still a student, he attracted considerable attention for his scrap wood cupboard 1990 project. The distinctive wood effect is eyecatching, but you can quickly see how attractive it is and how well it would pair with many interiors. Eek en dekkers piet hein eek architecture architizer. An almost meditative slow design where all superfluous matters fade. It brings his quintessential vocabulary of recycled wood collage to a table design of exceptional grace. The fabulous furniture of dutch designer, piet hein eek, has become an international brand. Instead of a slow, organic growth with smaller tenants gradually using more and more of the building, as is so often the case with this kind of property, we have decided to make one significant change after which the same process can take place but then from one central space and concept, without putting obstacles in the way. At once rustic and trendy, there is nothing quite like the scrapwood range on the market. Here he reveals his inspiring creative philosophy and introduces us to his 10,000 square meters. In case youre wondering what on earth im on about, i mentioned recently that i was taking part in a challenge brought together by paint giant histor and dutch designer piet hein eek, called 101 karakters. When piet hein eek started his tube series for leff amsterdam, his starting point for the tube clocks dial was an extrusion ring. In more recent years he also started cooperations on a wide variety of products.
The book takes you through 16 years of designing, sketching, thinking. This photograph shows how the designers have used cordwood on the window covers as well. Born in holland in 1967, piet hein eek graduated from the academy for industrial design in eindhoven in 1990. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Piet hein eek designs at the future perfect in new york. Treetrunk garden house piet hein eek save this project. Piet hein eek online shop shop furniture at pamono. Tube watch d42 steel with brown leather strap 42mm. His whole production reflects his idea of making exclusive furniture out of what else would have been considered as waste. Dutch design week, piet hein eek photography by nathalie paak. Hein was the first and the last to capture a large part of a spanish treasure fleet from america. The challenge was to design one of eeks original cabinets, of which only 101 were produced exclusively for this competition, based. Bag chair in army fabric the quality of the design can best be seen in the version made using old army fabric we first used on the enormous upholstered beam benches. Bus 401 took us to a former industrial area where the old philips buildings are situated in between new built houses.
Each piece is unique, based on the material available at the time. Perhaps its not surprising that a designer from a country that has been reclaimed from the sea would be interested in creating his works of offbeat beauty from reclaimed materials. Dutch furniture designer piet hein eek has joined the debate about whether nonarchitects should design buildings, saying most architects are not interested. Stel uw vraag of vraag een offerte aan je naam verplicht je emailadres verplicht je telefoonnummer. Image result for piet hein eek basket wooden basket, basket, slow. Plus, have you seen the new bazaar section they just added. The bag chairs stand out because of the cool fabric.
Upscaling the business was never a goal, but it turned out to be the perfect way to let ideas grow slowly, taking the time to find the best way to produce them. Architects are not interested in construction piet hein eek. Piet hein used the pseudonym of kumbel, kumbel kumbell which means tombstone. It was nearly a decade ago that the dutch designer piet hein eek flashed onto the scene, one in a line of stellar graduates of the design academy. Not long after that, we sold a version of the shack i had wanted to design for quite a while, this time in a different size and. Dutch furniture designer piet hein eek has joined the debate about whether nonarchitects should design buildings, saying most architects are not interested in construction. Piets unparalleled vision on design and leff amsterdams raw, industrial and sophisticated approach, came together in an amazing collection of refined yet tough watches. Classic cupboard in scrapwood the classic cupboard was piet hein eek s first piece exploring scrapwood material, and is meticulously crafted in piet hein eek s studio using traditional woodworking techniques. Piet hein eek old doors, cut and arranged to fit together like puzzle pieces that fill the entire wall.
Fair trade originals from piet hein eek with images. Piet hein 19051996 piet hein 19051996 was a danish poet, writer, designer, inventor, and mathematician. Piet hein eek for ikea designcurial architecture, design. We learn about his design philosophy and the importance of normality in his work. The products within leff amsterdams tube series have a recognisable raw and industrial character, while maintaining a sophisticated aesthetic. Scraps of wood, to be exact, which hes ingeniously turned into a visual device while drawing attention to the issue of consumer and manufacturing waste. While studying at the academy, he did the exam project scrap wood cupboards of which he sold all the cupboards and used the money to start his own design studio in 1992. Feb 19, 2015 the fabulous furniture of dutch designer, piet hein eek, has become an international brand.
With work spanning furniture, fine art, textiles and accessories, he is known for his use of repurposed materials including scrap wood and industrial steel remnants. The scrap wood cupboard that began piet hein eeks career. This page was last edited on 1 october 2015, at 19. For the design of the tube watch we teamed up with dutch designer piet hein eek. Architects are not interested in construction piet. Were always interested to learn what dutch designer piet hein eek has been up to. The dutch designer piet hein eek has made a living working with scraps. Jul 28, 2014 were always interested to learn what dutch designer piet hein eek has been up to. Piet hein devised a ring like that for the design of the clock. Piet hein eek designs at the future perfect in new york the. Oct 20, 2011 piet hein eek designs at the future perfect. Looking for thingstodo on a thursday afternoon after arriving on eindhoven airport, we found piet hein eek.