Do design # 1 (prototype)

Do design # 1 (prototype)

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Do Create was a partnership between Droog and the communications agency KesselsKramer for which they founded the brand Do. It consists of a range of designs that require input from the consumer. For this project, Dick van Hoff conceived a piece of wood measuring 1.22 x 2.44 metres, onto which the Do logo is etched. The consumer can use the plank to make something; the Centraal Museum opted for a chair. The Do logo is always visible on the finished product.

This object is now not on display in the museum

Title

Do design # 1 (prototype)

Artist

Dating

1999 - 2000

Material and technique

multiplex, papier

Object number

29616/001-003

Object type

stoel, gebruiksaanwijzing

Acquisition

aankoop# 2011 (was bruikleen KesselsKramer sinds 11-07-2003)

Dimensions

hoogte (001) 80.3 cm

breedte (001) 40.1 cm

diepte (001) 47.1 cm

hoogte (002) 89.9 cm

breedte (002) 44.8 cm

diepte (002) 46.5 cm

hoogte 244 cm (oorspronkelijke plank)

breedte 122 cm (oorspronkelijke plank)

Inscriptions and markings

  • beeldmerk over het gehele oppervlak (geperst): beeldmerk 'do'

Remarks

Gepresenteerd op de Internationale meubelbeurs in Milaan 2000.

Documentation

  • Do create, [intr. Joana van der Zanden, Renny Ramakers], (Amsterdam, 1999]), verg. afb. in kleur

  • Less + More : Droog Design in context, Renny Ramakers, (Rotterdam, 2002), verg. p. 123, afb. in kleur

Persistent url

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.9122181D-0861-4A29-81DD-48C9F607CFCD

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