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Discover Benelux & France | Home Decoration & Design | Jess Design
Stunning pieces to sit on TEXT: CATHY vAN KLAvEREN | PHOTOS: JESS DESIGN
Another one of those fine Dutch companies: Jess Design, a business that specialises only in seating. Dining chairs, bar stools, armchairs and sofas, that is what Jess Design stands for. Why? Simple: “We made the craft our own, so we’re good at it,” says owner Maarten van de Goor. Jess Design has been around for a few years, but it’s since six years that van de Goor took over the business. “It’s a time of change. Everyone buys via the internet so it’s hard for companies to make it in the business.” But Jess Design made it work so far. Unlike other
companies, who make their furniture with materials like wood, Jess Design makes the seating with high quality leather and steel. In fact, Jess Design formulated its own steel a couple of years ago, Old Glory. This year it will introduce it: bright steel that’s galvanically coppered and then made to appear old. The result is outstanding and matches perfectly with the all-natural colours of the leather.
course everything is handmade, all in accordance with the client,” says van de Goor. Jess Design works with contract dealers, focussing on hotels and restaurants, as well as retail dealers and their products have a warranty of five years. Jess Design can be visited at many exhibitions (such as Paris, Stockholm and Amsterdam) and it also has dealers and contacts all over the world. www.jessdesign.com
The company is based in Oss, the Netherlands, where all the materials are stacked up. “So in a case of an order, we can deliver very fast. Of