House of textures by Droog

Glass series AA

Droog > Styling

Drink your alcohol from an AA glass, made by Anonymous Artists. The makers of the 5 original historic glasses are unknown but admired by millions, as they are part of the collection of Rijksmuseum.

Sucker

Droog > Styling

The Sucker solves the problem of having to drill holes in tiles, glass or any other smooth surface. Its beauty lies in its simplicity and the experience of attaching it to the wall: it literally sucks itself onto the surface.

Strap

Droog > Styling

Do as the Dutch do, and do it even better. Hack the traditional carrier strap from the back of a bike and hang it in your home. Phones, keys, books, remote controls, toys and other objects that always get lost, can be stored as decoration behind these colourful elastic belts.

Sticky lamp

Droog > Ceiling lamp

No more wrap rage. The hard plastic packaging, that is often hard to remove without getting frustrated, has become the lampshade. You can stick this self-adhesive light wherever you want, on the ceiling, door, wall or floor.

Spare LED bulb 85 Lamps

Droog > Ceiling lamp

Spare LED bulb for 85 Lamps.

For everything there is a season – tea towel

Droog > Styling

For everything there is a season – a set of 12 tea towels by graphic designer Annelys de Vet. For everything there is a season is a series of traditional Dutch chequered tea towels, one for each month, like a calendar. The months of the year are marked with words illustrating cultural, historical or botanical characteristics of the twelve months in the Netherlands. Dutch narratives are woven between past and future…

Shadylace parasol – Green

Droog > Styling

This parasol allows just a little sun to shine through, creating a dappled shade. It comes complete with a small bird perched on top.

Lampion Light Two

Droog > Functional light

The traditional Chinese lantern made of paper is tweaked and modernised. This mouth blown glass lightbulb is a copy that copies the copycat. This dimmable LED Lamp + bulb will last for an average of 15000 hours

Twin stopper

Droog > Styling

Simply clever, Twin stopper has asymmetrical ends to deal with varying gaps between doors and floors in a compact way. Whatever you are using now, this will certainly be more elegant, not to mention safer. Comes in a set of 2.

Sticky lamp – white

Droog > Styling

No more wrap rage. The hard plastic packaging, that is often hard to remove without getting frustrated, has become the lampshade. You can stick this self-adhesive light wherever you want, on the ceiling, door, wall or floor.

Dish mop set

Droog > Styling

A dish-washing brush made out of a black foam ball clasped between the arms of a steel fork, which doesn’t need to be thrown away after a few uses. You can also use the spare sponges to juggle.

Milk Bottle Lamp – spare bottle

Droog > Functional light

Spare milk bottle for Milk bottle lamp or Milk bottle lamp (single).

Lampion Light One

Droog > Functional light

The traditional Chinese lantern made of paper is tweaked and modernised. This mouth blown glass lightbulb is a copy, that copies the copycat.

Bottoms up doorbell

Droog > Styling

What we know as a doorbell, a square box, does not actually indicate its function. In Bottoms up doorbell nothing is hidden. The sound is created and symbolized by the crystal wineglasses. The guests are announced with a musical toast of this doorbell.

Bottoms up doorbell – replacement set

Droog > Styling

Replacement solenoid en mounting materials for the latest version of Bottoms up doorbell – release 2010. Download the manual for information on how to replace the solenoid.

Hippo mat

Droog > Styling

Ed Annink has expanded the use of the statistic pictograms of Gerd Arntz (1900-1988) by putting them into a different context. See more of graphic designer Gerd Arntz at www.gerdarntz.org.

Dish mop spare sponges set of 3

Droog > Styling

A dish-washing brush made out of a black foam ball clasped between the arms of a steel fork, which doesn’t need to be thrown away after a few uses. You can also use the spare sponges to juggle.

Hare mat

Droog > Styling

Ed Annink has expanded the use of the statistic pictograms of Gerd Arntz (1900-1988) by putting them into a different context. See more of graphic designer Gerd Arntz at www.gerdarntz.org.

Clothes Hanger Lamp

Droog > Functional light

By hanging the garment of your choice you create a personal lamp!

Shadylace parasol – Spare bird

Droog > Styling

Replacement bird for Shadylace parasol.

Red revisited – plate

Droog > Styling

Medieval pottery from the Dutch town of Bergen op Zoom has been brought into the modern times by being cast in shiny red plastic. It has also been modernized with the use of a bright red to replace the clay red of the originals. The imperfections of the handmade earthenware are included.

Renny Ramakers Rethinking Design

Droog > Styling

In the book ‘Renny Ramakers: Rethinking Design – Curator of Change’, author Aaron Betsky shows how Ramakers has emphasized the mix of high and low cultures, the reuse of images, the importance of wit, the necessity of user participation, the elegance of the undressed object and the possibilities of design as a catalyst for social change. It surveys the work Ramakers has done since 1980 as the author of countless articles and books on design, as the promotor of Droog, as project director and curator, and as thinker.

Milk Bottle Lamp (single)

Droog > Ceiling lamp

This lamp functions in the same way as its counterpart the Milk bottle lamp, except this one hangs independently.

Carpet Shark

Droog > Carpet

Reviving and inspired by the craftsmanship of traditional carpet designs and patterns from India; Studio Droog has added a contemporary twist in the shape of a shark. 100% wool.

Carpet plane

Droog > Carpet

Reviving and inspired by the craftsmanship of traditional carpet designs and patterns from India; Studio Droog has added a contemporary twist in the shape of a plane. 100% wool.

Dusk / dawn mirror

Droog > Styling

Inspired by a reflection on a pool of water of the sky at dusk or dawn—the archetypical mirror—has become the basis for this mirror. Hung one way, it reflects dusk, and hung the other, it is dawn.

Tree-trunk bench

Droog > Bench

A fallen tree can serve as a seat. The addition of bronze classical chair backs makes it a proper piece of furniture, a crossing between nature and culture. Jurgen Bey makes clear that it is ridiculous to transport trees when they are locally available. Therefore only the chair backs are for sale.

Tool inlays

Droog > Styling

Intruding on the standard production method, FormaFantasma introduces unexpected meaning and craft into a mass produced item. Intricately shaped inlays are incorporated into chip board—transforming the material from under- to Upperlayment™. Part of the Hidden inlays series, Tool inlays incorporates carefully cut inlays in the shape of the tools used to make the furniture.

Second-hand #4

Droog > Styling

This special edition of Baas’ project Hey chair be a bookshelf is made of contemporary discarded products, like a skateboard, laptop and push-carts. Artist Franck Bragigand painted it in subtle colours, of course in close collaboration with Baas.

Push and store cabinet

Droog > Cabinet

Chung-Tang Ho created a cabinet that changes shape during use, a solid volume that opens up when objects are stored within it. The cabinet is in fact a sculpture in the round you and your objects can participate in.

House of textures

Droog > Styling

The House of textures is like jewellery. The layers show what the house has been built of, such as graffiti, bricks and wallpaper. Inside you can see a miniature prelude of the Chair of textures.

Clock inlays

Droog > Styling

Intruding on the standard production method, FormaFantasma introduces unexpected meaning and craft into a mass produced good. Intricately shaped inlays are incorporated into chip board—transforming the material from under- to Upperlayment™. Part of the Hidden inlays series, in Clock inlays, an inexpensive department store clock is preciously packed in chip board with integrated inlays of clock part shapes. It is an unusual reversal of value: the packaging becomes more precious than the mass produced object it contains.

Chest of drawers

Droog > drawer

Chest of drawers had its première in 1991 and has since become a true Droog classic, an icon of conceptual design collected by museums such as MoMA and Museum of Art and Design in New York. A criticism on consumerism, Tejo Remy collected found drawers, gave them new enclosures and loosely bundled them into a chest. His pioneering vision was to make one’s own paradise with what one encounters, as Robinson Crusoë did on his island.

Centrepiece

Droog > Styling

This aristocratic chique table piece is the contemporary copy of the Merkelsche Centrepiece from 1549 in the Rijksmuseum. You and 8 others can make this masterpiece the focal point of your table. Each of the nine are unique: you can be the sculptor and lavishly decorate the steel base with magnetic miniatures the way you like it best.

Chair of textures

Droog > Styling

A continuation on the House of textures, this series of chairs can be seen as jewellery. Intricately cut layers depict the parts of an upholstered chair, like wood and springs, and tell its life story — from becoming a brief resting place for butterflies, to a feeding ground for woodworms, and finally to its demise in a fire.

St. Petersburg chair

Droog > Chair

This chair was designed for the Café Dutch Room in St. Petersburg. An antique chair is covered with layers of fibre-glass strengthened polyester, the outermost layer silk-screened with a flowery pattern, bringing a new lease of life to old-fashioned chairs.

Rag chair

Droog > Chair

This chair is layered from the contents of 15 bags of rags. It arrives ready made but the user has the option to recycle its own discarded clothes to be included in the design. Each piece is unique; a treasure-chest of memories.

Knotted chair

Droog > Chair

This lightweight chair combines industrial techniques and handcrafting. A thread constructed of aramid and carbon fibres, is knotted into the shape of a chair and then impregnated with epoxy resin and hung in a frame to dry, leaving the final form in the hands of gravity. The Knotted chair was a result of Droog’s 1996 Dry Tech I project.

Do hit chair – unshaped

Droog > Styling

With the hammer provided and your own resources you shape the metal box into whatever you choose it to be. After a few minutes or hours of hard work you become the co-designer of Do hit.

Do hit chair – shaped

Droog > Styling

This Do hit chair was shaped by the designer.

Spare LED bulb 85 Lamps

Droog > Ceiling lamp

Spare LED bulb for 85 Lamps.

House of textures

Droog > Styling

The House of textures is like jewellery. The layers show what the house has been built of, such as graffiti, bricks and wallpaper. Inside you can see a miniature prelude of the Chair of textures.

Silent Vase

Muuto > Styling

A form in mouth blown glass, the Silent Vase is Scandinavian design at its subtlest. Available in three sizes and multiple colors, the Silent Vase is a humble yet decorative addition to any space.

Avail Coat Rack

Muuto > Styling

Designed with Scandinavian materiality at its heart, the Avail Coat Rack brings the ideas of simplicity and functionality into the modern home. The design features 2 metal hooks that can be rearranged forever while also bringing hints of color to the form, allowing for the Avail Coat Rack to evolve as time passes while holding smaller objects on its minute plateau.

Story Pinboard

Muuto > Styling

The Story Pinboard brings subtle feelings of Scandinavian design into any work or creative context, whether in the home office, in a kids room or within the workplace. Produced in cork, a material that is sourced from the renewable bark of cork oak trees, the Story Pinboard is recyclable in its entirety.

Dots Ceramic

Muuto > Styling

The Dots Ceramic bring an artful expression to a Muuto icon, made in earthenware with a reactive glaze for a unique look, giving each single piece a distinct look while referencing the ideas of traditional craftsmanship. Combine the design across various colors and sizes along with the Dots Wood and Dots Metal for a unique expression.

Jellies coat hangers (2 pieces)

Kartell > Styling

The Jellies coat hangers draw their inspiration from the tableware collection of the same name designed by Patricia Urquiola for Kartell. This accessory is available in three different sizes, each with its own specific texture.

Shanghai

Kartell > Styling

A multi-faceted vase widening from the base to the top in a swirling motion. Shanghai is like refracted light radiating from prism-like crystals with an alternating play of flashes and shadows, creating irregular geometric forms.

Matelasse'

Kartell > Styling

The distinctive feature and special allure of these original vases lie in their particular conformation, suggestive of a wafed fabric with irregular sinuosities caused by the different surface thicknesses.

Jelly

Kartell > Styling

The special feature of this series lies in the conformation of the surface material which enhances the core that looks like jelly, just as the name suggests, evocative of the forms used in pastry-making.

All saints

Kartell > Styling

Round mirror with a transparent or coloured frame, with a unique pleated effect.