April 20, 2021

Netherland-based Designers Repurpose Cork, Stone, and Plastic

Cork, stone, and scrap plastic twirl into fine furnishings in the hands of these Netherlands-based designers.

Photography courtesy of Studio Guilty.

Company: Studio Guilty

Product: Gravel Column

Standout: Eindhoven-based product designer Tijs Gilde blends crushed quartz, a by-product of the mining industry, with epoxy binder to create the strapping and sparkly T-shape table lamp that’s lit by a pair of LEDs and part of a collection that includes a
coordinating round side table. 

Photography by Moonseop Seo/courtesy of Enrico Rapella.

Company: Enrico Rapella

Product: Harvesting Heat

Standout: Armed with degrees from the Politecnico di Milano and the Design Academy Eindhoven, the designer’s two-part object warms tushes or toes when the ceramic piece is moved from the radiator and slid on top of the cork stool or bench. 

Photography courtesy of Studio Thier&vanDaalen.

Company: Studio Thier&vanDaalen

Product: Plastic Mine

Standout: With Iris van Daalen and Ruben Thier, partners in life and work, irregular lumps of polyethylene plastics culled from factory overproduction get saw-cut or CNC-milled and remade into one-of-kind shelves, replete with steel mounting kits. 

Photography courtesy of Studio Guilty.
Photography courtesy of Studio Guilty.
Photography by Moonseop Seo/courtesy of Enrico Rapella.
Photography courtesy of Studio Thier&vanDaalen.

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