Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek is generating a collection of limited-edition furniture for Ikea, set to launch in 2017, as component of a wider collaboration with the Swedish company.
Rattan will be used for Piet Hein Eek’s collection of constrained-edition furnishings
Ikea has officially announced a collaboration with the Eindhoven-primarily based designer, who is greatest recognized for his scrap-wood furnishings made from timber offcuts.
Natural fibres and batik textiles will be between the supplies used to develop the serial-created objects
“Creating for Ikea is almost the opposite of what I normally do,” explained Eek. “Fortunately, the rational technique in the two processes, each for small and huge quantities, are the very same – one particular has to consider about efficiency in every aspect.”
“All of a sudden it truly is achievable to make products with the exact same mentality and frame of mind, for a bigger audience,” he extra.
Piet Hein Eek’s venture has so far incorporated research into Indonesian craft techniques
The designer alluded to the task when speaking to Dezeen earlier this 12 months: “We’re going to do mass manufacturing but it will look completely handmade. That is a trick that I had in my thoughts for a prolonged time and this is the best collaboration to really execute it like that.”
His restricted-edition Jassa assortment will arrive in stores from March 2017, and the undertaking has so far incorporated study into Indonesian craft methods.
The assortment will consist of pieces produced with a Polish wood firm
Normal fibres and batik textiles will be among the components employed to create the serial-made products, as nicely as pieces created with a Polish wood business.
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“It was Piet’s concentrate on doing work efficiently with supplies, production strategies and craft that made us realise the widespread ground we perform on when developing products,” explained Karin Gustavsson, innovative leader at
Ikea.
“We’re going to make mass manufacturing but it will appear entirely handmade,” Eek informed Dezeen
Eek will not be employed by Ikea, but has been asked to provide ideas for merchandise across the company’s selection, which could outcome in a string of collections to be launched more than the following number of many years.
This is the latest in a series of design collaborations announced by the firm. The furniture giant launched a assortment by British designer Ilse Crawford earlier this yr, and is also operating with fashion designer Katie Eary to develop customised versions of its merchandise.
Piet Hein Eek’s Waste Waste 40×40 is made from timber offcuts
Ikea’s style manager Marcus Engman spoke solely to Dezeen about how the business is employing style to overhaul its status for “carrying out cheap things” earlier this year.
Eek is also branching out from furnishings design and style in his personal work. The designer presented his 1st watch in the course of Milan style week in April, which is offered on Dezeen Watch Retailer, and has lately finished the renovation of a former mill in rural France into holiday houses.
