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Folly Facade
01/06/2016Folly Facade s build in the historic landscape garden of the Fraeylemaborg in the Dutch town Slochteren. It consist out of the old demolished church tower of Zuidhorn. Discarded architecture is reused at a new location. The tower is cut in the longitudinal direction in two parts and folded open. In that way it creates a façade in front of a container which is used as an exhibition space. The age of the tower reflects the atmosphere of the historic garden.
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Stepping Stones
08/10/2015Alignment of concrete stones for research on locomotion of children. This research is done by the department of Human Movement Sciences of the University of Groningen The setup is completed with seating objects made out of the same stones and is part of the project Monter Selwerd in Groningen.
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Fiat Gondola
20/04/2015The Netherlands has a dense network of historical waterways which are rarely used these days. A part of the district Binckhorst in the city of The Hague is demolished enable the construction of a new highway along a canal which lost its function. Is this also necessary if we move from transport by the car into sailing by boat? The Fiat Gondola, a new car model suitable for this purpose, and we tested it out.
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data line & lightning
20/01/2015New infrastructure for internet and lightning at the half demolished sugar factory in Groningen (NL). Commissioned by Ploeg ID3
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Canvas
18/07/2014Canvas: made of recycled and remnant materials, can be modeled in different shapes for various settings with wooden crates, in collaboration with Onix architects Platform Gras and Groningennoord.
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Groninger Universalis
30/01/2014A hundred portraits from residents of the city of Groningen, are merged into one face. This portrait is shown in spatial pixels in the hall of the new municipal office. A collaboration project with Tjeerd Veenhoven.
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Animation Billboard
19/03/2013The quayside in the city of Assen (NL) is enriched with a billboard that I have designed. This billboard shows in an animation the residents of Assen what the near future will be of this outdated industrial area next to the city center. The unveiling of the object was also the start of the work which will transform the area the coming ten years into a modern urban living area. The billboard is moveable and will always accompany the work.
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Cozy Shelter
12/02/2012The Cozy Shelter, is a inflatable hiding place that has the defensive look of a sandbag fortress from the outside. The inside is a contrast with the outside, it appears like a pastel collard cave, people can enjoy the cozy and safe atmosphere of soft woolen blankets. The Cozy Shelter is part of the exhibition Designworld in the designmuseum of Helsinki.
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Children's Pillow Tent
03/02/2012orderSmall inflatable Pillow Tent for indoor use in the Anthropologie shop in Seattle. The tent functions as a small playground for children, while the parents take a look at the products in the shop. The interior is made of soft colorful materials which create a cozy atmosphere so the children feel directly at home!
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The Campaign
02/02/2012Design for a presentation of submitted ideas for future content of the former sugar factory site in Groningen. The presentation was organized by ROEZ in Groningen, graphic design: De Ronners
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Build Young
01/12/2011Design for an exhibition on youth housing and modular building in the city of Groningen. The exhibition it'self is completely modular and has been exposed at six locations. Graphic design: De Ronners.
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Market stall
15/12/2010orderMobile market stall, which combines different types of stalls in its design. It can be used to sell snacks or other products, providing all kinds of services. The roof also serves as a stage for street performers. Commissioned by Platform Gras
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Pillow tent
15/09/2010orderInflatable tent for indoor and outdoor events. The tent consists of over one hundred connected individual airbags. The different shaped bags and the pressurized air inside give the tent its shape and firmness.
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Fat Furniture
01/04/2010orderSwollen furniture inspired by the rise in obesity of people in the Western consumer society.
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Bookcase
15/02/2010Bookcase in the office of De Ronners. The bookcase is made of laminated bending plywood and consists of four separate parts mounted on the wall.
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Hotelroom in design hotel
15/07/2009Interior design for a four person room in hotel "Het Paleis" in Groningen. The divisions, consisting of soft and hard forms, create plenty of privacy, despite the limited space. The beds fold up during the day so that more space is created. The guests will bring colour to the room with their luggage
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Canal Taxi
15/06/2009Community art project in Liverpool. The city council wanted to give the dilapidated Leeds-Liverpool Canal positive attention and stimulate tourism. Artists were invited to start this process and draw attention to the channel. The taxi which was converted to a boat taxi refers to the wrecks at the bottom of the canal there and show what you achieve using a car wreck. The taxi has operated for a whole summer on the canal as a water taxi. Commissioned by Urbanism 2009 Liverpool.
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Video folly
01/12/2008Inflatable folly for video presentations at CBK Groningen. The construction consists of connected airbags and leans against the wall which can be used as a projection screen.
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Shed
04/06/2008Saved from demolition and redeveloped as a boat, this old shed sailed to the the Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen and was included in its collection. This open air museum has salvaged buildings of historical interest in the vicinity of the former Zuiderzee (Southern Sea). The shed has since been used during festivals and cultural events. Commissioned by Ida van der Lee.
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Heroes
01/05/2008The three Dutch naval heroes, De Ruyter, Maurits and Piet Hein, in turbulent times found a safe haven in the port of Delfzijl. To remember this fact, the heads of these heroes were placed at the centre of a roundabout , where they look straight at you when you approach.
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Coffee counter
01/10/2007orderMobile coffee counter for public spaces. The illuminated text on the front leaves no doubt about the function of the object.
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Caterpillar
01/08/2007orderFlexible inflatable tent, specially designed and made for multi media presentations, theatrical performances and other events. The tent is easy and quick to build. Pitching the tent is quick and easy. Commissioned by platform Gras.
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Video Tent
03/06/2007Small inflatable tent, specially designed for multimedia presentations during open-air or indoor events of K&C Drenthe and Zimihc. The tent has room for eight people. Several tents of the same model can be fitted together to create a space which is exciting to explore.
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Tube Lamps
01/04/2007These lights work in the same way as a pneumatic cylinder. The luminous portion moves in and outwards by using air pressure. This way you can adjust the light intensity, and use the lamp both as mood light as well as a work light.
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Waffle Chairs
01/03/2007orderThe Waffle chairs can provide more than just comfort, they can produce food and pillows. On the seats you bake waffles and make waffle-shaped pillows from polyether foam. Both sides of the seat are made of baking irons, when they are hot you only have to put the waffle mix on it and close the seat. In five minutes the soft, your warm waffle or pillow is ready.
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Artificial Moon
01/08/2006The Artificial Moon will change the face of the Earth. An inflatable ball with a diameter of one kilometer will be filled with hot air and subsequently rise. The ball will be a temporary celestial body and become a second moon for the earth. During an artist in residance at KIK in Kolderveen I did a test project (scale model) to give an indication of how it works.
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Reversor
01/06/2006orderA tree is clamped in a hydraulic mechanism. It is sawn between two parts of this machine so it can hinge. Now it is possible to put the tree down, but also back in to its upright position. If you regret cutting down a beautiful tree. you can now easily recover the error. The reversor was made for a project of Kunstenlab.
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Magnet Clock
01/11/2005Digital clock, which digits are formed by growing pixels made of iron powder. Electromagnets on the back ensure that iron, transported via oil, on the front is attracted or repelled. Cam wheels drive the system.
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Brick Industry
01/06/2005Project Brick Industry at a new housing estate shows that it is possible to find and produce building materials at or near the place where the houses are built. At the location "Broekpolder" near the village Heemskerk (NL) was clay in the ground, which, using found wood, could be perfectly baked into bricks. Nowadays, most materials and the builders are transported from faraway to construction sites.
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War of Furniture
01/02/2005orderThis random moving furniture changes position in the room every ten seconds. The furniture determines its own position. While moving, the pieces collide and demolish each other.
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Box Tent
01/06/2004This tent was designed and made to house the Boxing machine during several festifals in the Netherlands. The tent, which gets its stregth from high pressure air, weighs almost nothing altthough its size is coniderable. It can easily be managed by one person.
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Light Emitting Roof Tiles
03/01/2004Tiles with built-in lighting. This product makes it possible to show texts, figures or even moving images in all kind of colours on a roof. Commercial, artistic, eye-catcher, anything is possible.
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Flexible house
15/07/2003The different layers of this object are symbolizing the different functions of a standard house. When a function of a layer is not utilized, this layer disappears. If it is utilized again, the layer fills with air. This way, the volume of the object stays minimized.
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Driving currant Bun
15/06/2003At special occasions, the B1 Bakers, Erik Botman and Lambert Kamps carried out some high-profile bake performances. They made the biggest Poffert (cooked currant loaf) ever, baked a riding Currant Bun and tried to fly away in a Pie-copter.
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Balloon tent
31/12/2002The balloon tent is made of the upper half of a depreciated hot air balloon. Equipped with a ballasted rim and filled with air, it turns into a dome tent in which about 300 people can party.
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Boxing
01/12/2002orderBoxing is an interactive game for two people.
Participants control, via panel buttons on the floor, a cart containing a boxing glove. The idea is to place the cart into a position so you can hit the opponent.
Boxing is inspired by highly violent computer games in which the player can lose several lives. In Boxing a punch can really hurt. -
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Space Maker
15/08/2002The Space Maker is a tent with an interactive moving roof. The roof is normally too low to stand in the tent. At the places visitors move towards, the tent roof rises up automatically so you can stand there. When you walk, ahead of you the roof goes up, and behind you it goes back down. That way, the volume of the tent stays minimal.
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Air Bridge
01/09/2001The Air Bridge has been developed as a test object to examine the possibilities of inflatable spans. The results are still to be incorporated into an inflatable building with multiple floors. The construction consists of only pressurized air and cloth.
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Ferry-Go-Round
15/08/2001The Ferry-Go-Round was a ferry across the pond between the two festival sites at the Noorderzon Festival in Groningen. In a theatrical and disorienting way, the public was transpaorted over water. The Ferry-Go-Round is a collaboration with Tjeerd Veenhoven.
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Matrix
05/04/2000This inflatable construction resembles a molecular model, but is actually the upper part of a building that was once destined to become a tower. For each presentation, this construction will grow a little, so that one day... The design is the result of images that sprung to mind during sleepless nights.
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Inflateble furniture
15/06/1999This furniture can be filled with air or be deflated. You fill up what you need and deflate what you don’t use. Now it is possible to move to a smaller house, because one room can be used for all purposes. A room can change its function, for example from a living room into a bedroom: you fill up your bed and deflate your table, chairs and cupboard.
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Spy shack
15/09/1998Stretched trailer, from which you can spy into first floor of buildings.
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Soapstonemachine
01/08/1998Symbolic machine of soapstone. This machine could recycle the big mountain of waste stone from the nearby quarry in Joensuu (Finland) The sizes of the wheels reflect the chemical composition of the stone. In collaboration with Erik Botman.
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Numbers
01/06/1998Three flashing headlights generate different numbers. They state the past and hopefully future years of the Minerva Academy in Groningen. The institute selebrated its 200th birthday at That time.
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Traffic Jam
01/05/1998Before the advent of the car, this old canal was the main trafficking route to the old town of Meppel. The road took over this position and parts of the canal were filled in to make way for cars, but there are still long queues at the traffic lights.
The playful cars in the canal give the people stuck in traffic a cheerful image of the awkward situation they are in. -
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Flowerpot
01/05/1995This oversized flowerpot was placed around the trunk of a tree. The enormous scale of the pot reduces a tree to a pot plant. The pot has toured through Groningen and it diminished various trees.
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