Lectures, Awards and more
Obsession table by Nadia Pedreschi Commissioned by Droog Amsterdam for Milan 2009
Gijs Bakker resigned May 1st Object Rotterdam Panel discussion February 3rd
Paper bone chair by Joris Laarman Commissioned by Droog Amsterdam for Design Miami 2009
An outcome of Droog’s IM Masters at the Design Academy Eindhoven, Obsession table is a manifestation of peoples’ desire to create a sense of order. The perfect lines on the table make our common mental act of aligning visible.
Readymade bookshelf by NEXT Architects Commissioned by Droog Amsterdam for Milan 2009
Paper bone chair is a previously unreleased early study of the internationally acclaimed aluminum Bone chair. Made out of paper with laminated object manufacturing technology—the first rapid prototyping technique now superseded by laser sintering—the one-off piece is an example of ‘antique high-tech’. For both pieces, Laarman uses 3D soft kill optimization software used in the automobile industry to literally generate the shape of a chair as an evolutionary process.
In collaboration with Premsela, Dutch platform for design and fashion, Droog’s partners from Shanghai, Dubai, Athens and Tokyo discussed emerging markets and the crashing economy at the opening of Object Rotterdam. Panel participants included Renny Ramakers, Rami Farook (Traffic), Marco Bevolo (former Philips Design Director and author), Lyndon Neri (Design Republic in Shanghai) and Kou Hattori (Droog Tokyo).
Co-founder Gijs Bakker resigned from Droog on May 1st to pursue independent activities, continuing to head the IM Master program previously headed by Droog. Co-founder Renny Ramakers continues as the director of Droog.
www.droogusa.com A version of the Droog website was launched for United States and Canada, making ordering from North America easier.
A prototype in progress since 2003, Readymade bookshelf was released in a limited edition in leather with gold detailing. The bookshelf comes with a façade of all the ‘need-to-have’ books for status, even if the intention is not to read them. The façade gradually gets replaced by the actual books one is reading, for when one is ready to display them.
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