The starting point for this design was
the seventeenth-century landscaped
gardens of Oranienbaum Palace in Germany. During a visit to the
palace and gardens, Bey was fascinated by the contrast between nature
and culture. His eye was caught by
the fallen tree trunks lying around,
which could function as ready-made
benches. Bey found chair backs in
second-hand shops that reminded
him of the style of the palace and
had them cast in bronze. He did not
supply the tree trunk with the chair
backs. The idea is that they can be
fixed to any tree trunk. No carpentry
is required: the natural material can
be used directly as the base for the
design.
Title
Boomstambank
Artist
Jurgen Bey (ontwerper) (Soest 1965)
Droog Design (promotor)
DMD (producent)
Dating
1999
Material and technique
Object number
28705/001-003
Object type
Acquisition
aankoop met steun van de Mondriaan Stichting 2000
Dimensions
hoogte 100 cm (mede afhankelijk van formaat boomstam)
breedte 310 cm (mede afhankelijk van formaat boomstam)
diepte 45 cm (mede afhankelijk van formaat boomstam)
Documentation
- Opgedroogd : Ooit was Droog hét Nederlandse designplatform. Wat maakte Droog bijzonder? En waarom kon het succes niet worden vastgehouden?, tekst Jeroen Junte, (de Volkskrant Magazine, 14 april 2018), p. 69, afb. in kleur
Exhibitions
- De botanische revolutie, Centraal Museum
- Uit liefde voor hout van MIJ. Van IJsselsteinse meubelindustrie tot Gerrit Rietveld en Herman de Vries, Museum IJsselsteijn
- Munt met een Missie - Willehad Eilers winnaar herdenkingsmunt 50 jaar WNF, Centraal Museum
- Droog Design, Trapholt Museum
- Droog & Dutch design, OZONE, Living Design Center
- Droog Design. Dutch design for the nineties and beyond, Israel Museum, Palevsky Design Pavilion
Persistent url
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