Subtle experiences of products, projects and exhibitions by Droog Design digitally preserved over the last 30 years.

2016

“Fiction is survival” foods

Designer: Droog with Metahaven Fiction is as critical as food. Here, these basics of survival are combined.

02.08.2016

Storage is armour tyre

Designer: Totan Kuzaembaev with Droog and Metahaven A brutally functional use of diamonds for safe winter driving that is, at the same time, a saving for future need.

02.08.2016

Clock inlays by FormaFantasma

Intruding on the standard production method, FormaFantasma introduces unexpected meaning and craft into a mass produced product. Intricately shaped inlays are incorporated into chip board—transforming the material from under- to Upperlayment™. Part of the Hidden inlays series, Clock inlays incorporates […]

02.08.2016

Accidental carpet by Atelier Remy & Veenhuizen

A colourful and soft carpet to oppose cold, anonymous and grey institutional environments. The first in this series of carpets was designed for epileptic children to cheer up their surroundings. We think it’s good for anyone!

02.08.2016

Skin

by Studio Nacho Carbonell The outermost layer of these pieces can be stretched over the things you keep around you, hiding yet revealing daily messes. With forms and their heights inspired by fantasy and dreams, Nacho Carbonell aims to change […]

02.08.2016

Anamorphosis

by Luc d’Hanis & Sofie Lachaert When porcelain platters meet reflective object, the distorted drawings of precious birds on the platter become perfectly reflected on the bottles or cups. The awareness of the birds’ potential extinction emerges only when objects […]

02.08.2016

Do Scratch auction

(12 December 2004) Guus Bakker, director of the Beurs van Berlage Foundation, auctioned ten Do scratch lamps (designed by Martí Guixé), which have been adapted by ten Dutch comic artists. The proceeds go towards acquiring a lathe for the Monte Azul manufacturing […]

02.08.2016

Fluid Functions

Another part of Droog Event I: Open Borders, Design etc. was a project in the Carrefour hypermarket. Droog asked designer Cynthia Hathaway to select a number of Carrefour’s sale items and to use simple handling techniques to transform them into […]

02.08.2016

Christmas Dinner by Jurgen Bey, Richard Hutten and Marcel Wanders

Jurgen Bey, Richard Hutten and Marcel Wanders are famous designers, but can they cook as well? On the occasion of the opening of the new location of Droog these designers had been invited to do something at their own discretion. […]

02.08.2016

Freshen Up

Part of Open Borders was a workshop by Conny Groenewegen, Arnout Visser and Franck Bragigand. During the half-yearly flea market at the Wazemmes Market (Place de Croix) they had a stand where they offered their services. The public was invited […]

02.08.2016

Self Food Factory

On the closing day of the exhibition, 5.5 designers invited guests for food at the assembly line. The start was hilarious, with everybody changing their clothes for typical factory clothing. Then the ingredients were combined, flavours were mixed and the […]

02.08.2016

Front Dinner Performance

Over thirty people attended the Front dinner performance on September 26th. Front played with the idea of speed dating and it turned out to be a most lively evening: ‘Front’s work was inspiring – and I met some wonderful people. […]

02.08.2016

From Lille with Love

Lille is situated on an interesting spot. It is the international junction between Brussels, London and Paris and the city is right in the border area where French and Flemish culture meet. Apart from that it is in the middle […]

02.08.2016

Set in concrete by FormaFantasma, Andrea Trimarchi & Simone Farresin

Less is more, but not with this pedestal. By putting porcelain and concrete together, each amplifies the qualities of the other. You can’t feel the fineness of porcelain without perceiving the heaviness of concrete. Pick up the cup by lifting […]

02.08.2016

Creatures by Tobias Rockenfeld

Tobias Rockenfeld wants to stimulate us and our children to discover the hidden values of waste-material. His Creatures are made of dissected old and broken toys, combined with other material from nature, household and trash. The result: 18 unique Creatures […]

02.08.2016

Bushwaffle by Rebar

Based in San Francisco, United States Rebar was formed in 2004 by Matthew Passmore, John Bela, Jed Olson and Judson Holt to design and construct the Cabinet National Library – a functioning library consisting of an ordinary file cabinet which […]

02.08.2016