Fuorisalone 2015; Exploring Weltevree

Posted on 19/04/2015 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Fuorisalone 2015; Exploring Weltevree

at the entrance of the weltevree exhibit;ground fridge by floris schoonderbeek

cupboard for the ground fridge by floris schoonderbeek

ground fridge by floris schoonderbeek

beach rocker by erik stehmann

beach chair and rocker by erik stehmann

body wrap by walter van beirendonck

cosy carpet by studio siem/pabon

Outdoorovens by Dick van Hoff

food by Dynamic Food

workmates headquarters at weltevree; in the beach chair by erik stehman

good news by workmates

workmates spreading “good news” in the tortona area dressed by sjaak hullekes

custom made suits for the workmates designed by sjaak hullekes

The Weltevree concept was about “Explore your surroundings“. Weltevree invited “passionate craftspeople from various disciplines” such as Raw Color, Erik Stehmann, Scheublin & Lindeman, Thorter Kulve, Dick van Hoff, Studio Siem/Pabon, Floris Schoonderbeek, Workmates and Walter van Beirendonck, to show that “design is multidisciplinary and seemingly sans boundaries.”
Okay, we, at Mimi Berlin, explored the presentation at the Via Voghera in the Tortona area:

At the courtyard we were welcomed by the Groundfridge, designed by Floris Schoonderbeek, this fridge is a new take on the traditional root cellar, in which you keep your food cold. Continue reading →

Workmates brings Good News at Salone del Mobile 2015

Posted on 30/03/2015 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Workmates brings Good News at Salone del Mobile 2015

This year during Milan Furniture Fair, Dutch design collective Workmates will distribute Good News, a newspaper put together by the five members, celebrating the ideas and processes behind their work.

The open collective – currently Roos Meerman, Joris De Groot, Rick Tegelaar, Klaas Kuiken and Casper Tolhuisen – work independently of each other, and across subject areas. But all of the designers share a hands-on approach, practice in a workshop environment, and produce work that is experimental with a strong focus on process. Continue reading →

Fuorisalone 2014: Workmates

Posted on 15/04/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Workmates at Lambrate

Workmates: Casper Tolhuisen

People at Workmates’ Depicted

Workmates: Klaas Kuiken

Workmates: Klaas Kuiken/Dieter Volkers

Workmates: Rick Tegelaar

Workmates: Joris de Groot

Workmates at Lambrate

People at Workmates’ Depicted

Workmates at Lambrate

Workmates: Klaas Kuiken

People at Workmates’ Depicted

Workmates at Lambrate

People at Workmates’ Depicted

Workmates: Rick Tegelaar

People at Workmates’ Depicted

Workmates: Rick Tegelaar

Fuorisalone 2014: Workmates showing “Depicted” in The Lambrate Area in Milano during Milano Design Week 2014. Workmates are 4 designers (Rick Tegelaar, Caspar Tolhuisen, Joris de Groot and Klaas Kuiken) from Arnhem, The Netherlands. Or as they say themselves: “We are an open collective. the composition of which is always growing and changing in an organic fashion. The products of Workmates are characterised by a hands-on approach in which attempting, experimenting and working in a workshop is important” To emphasise this craftsmanship they showed their designs in a raw ambiance, an old garage, and placed their work in/on rough wooden crates. We, at Mimi Berlin, think that all the designs we saw are, next to clever and interesting, beautiful and they will be so even when placed in a more “slick” environment.

See more design in the Lambrate area on this blog