F5: Kiki van Eijk Talks About Her Favorite Chair, Sketching Tools + More
Product designer Kiki van Eijk shares a museum garden she loves, a topnotch restaurant, and more in this Friday Five.
Kiki van Eijk grew up in the Netherlands where she spent her youth immersed in nature, daydreaming, and drawing. Her interest in product design began at the Design Academy of Eindhoven. Today, Kiki is one of the most accomplished names in Dutch design, working both solo as well as with partner Joost van Bleiswijk as Kiki & Joost.
The wide range of work she creates includes installations, furniture, lighting, textiles, ceramics, and glassware. Kiki’s independent sculptural work has been in museums, galleries, and fairs worldwide ? including Basel, London, Paris, Milan, New York, Tokyo, and Rome. Inspired by everyday details and the forms of nature, her world is whimsical and colorful, yet refined by attention to the detail and skillful craftsmanship. Regardless of the scale of Kiki’s work, her handmade touch remains at the heart of her practice and reinforces a forward thinking approach to design. In recent years, Kiki has collaborated with companies and institutions like Coachella, Studio Edelkoort Paris, Audax Textile Museum, Zuiderzee Museum, Noord Brabants Museum, Design Academy Eindhoven, Venice Projects, Rijksmuseum, Centraal Museum Utrecht, and private collectors.
Today, Kiki van Eijk joins us for Friday Five!
Kiki van Eijk
1. Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chair
I bought this chair eight years ago when we had just moved into our reno...
Kiki van Eijk grew up in the Netherlands where she spent her youth immersed in nature, daydreaming, and drawing. Her interest in product design began at the Design Academy of Eindhoven. Today, Kiki is one of the most accomplished names in Dutch design, working both solo as well as with partner Joost van Bleiswijk as Kiki & Joost.
The wide range of work she creates includes installations, furniture, lighting, textiles, ceramics, and glassware. Kiki’s independent sculptural work has been in museums, galleries, and fairs worldwide ? including Basel, London, Paris, Milan, New York, Tokyo, and Rome. Inspired by everyday details and the forms of nature, her world is whimsical and colorful, yet refined by attention to the detail and skillful craftsmanship. Regardless of the scale of Kiki’s work, her handmade touch remains at the heart of her practice and reinforces a forward thinking approach to design. In recent years, Kiki has collaborated with companies and institutions like Coachella, Studio Edelkoort Paris, Audax Textile Museum, Zuiderzee Museum, Noord Brabants Museum, Design Academy Eindhoven, Venice Projects, Rijksmuseum, Centraal Museum Utrecht, and private collectors.
Today, Kiki van Eijk joins us for Friday Five!
Kiki van Eijk
1. Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chair
I bought this chair eight years ago when we had just moved into our reno...
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