1998

Spirit of the Nineties

Book about the philosophy and products of Droog Design, by Roelof Mulder & Annemarie Pruyssen. Full colour images, 139 pages. Last few copies available!

06.09.1998

The Inevitable Ornament

Droog’s 6th Milan exhibition Droog had always been associated with simplicity, yet it likes to change perspective: Droog set up a project called ‘The Inevitable Ornament’, to express that its basic approach could well coincide with decoration. In Droog’s case, […]

12.04.1998

Lightshade-Shade Lamp by Jurgen Bey

Jurgen Bey Lightshade-Shade Lamp, 1998 The two-way mirror lightshade conceals an old, worn out or unfashionable lamp. At daytime, the mirror-foil reflects its environment. Turned on, the hidden lamp appears in new clothes. Bey’s aesthetic chandelier combines traditional form and […]

01.01.199818.11.2024

Tree-Trunk Bench by Jurgen Bey

Jurgen Bey Tree-Trunk Bench, 1998 Three bronze casts of chair backs (tree-trunk excluded) Jurgen Bey designed the tree trunk bench for the park of Oranienbaum. The addition of bronze classical chair backs makes a fallen tree a proper piece of […]

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1997

Droog Design For Rosenthal

Droog Design for Rosenthal, 1997 The German porcelain factory Rosenthal approached Droog to take part in an experimental project to be presented in Milan. This is the first time Droog has been commissioned to design products. The project aimed to […]

13.06.199721.11.2024

Dry Tech II

Droog’s 5th Milan exhibition The first Dry Tech edition (in 1996) lead to new research and results: Hella Jongerius made fibre stools by coiling high tech fibres. Marcel Wanders made a table of epoxy resin reinforced with Swiss lace and […]

09.04.1997

Dry Bathing

Droog’s 5th Milan exhibition Droog aimed the arrows of its mentality at bathing. Like ‘Dry Tech’, this project was about overcoming the limitations of materials and discovering the potential of new functionality. In cooperation with DMD, Droog asked designers to […]

09.04.1997

Function Tiles by Arnout Visser with Erik Jan Kwakkel and Peter van de Jagt

Arnout Visser with Erik Jan Kwakkel and Peter van de Jagt Function Tiles, 1997 Together with Erik Jan Kwakkel and Peter van de Jagt, Arnout Visser designed the Function Tiles in 1997. They tried to integrate functions of the bathroom […]

01.01.199720.11.2024

Eggshell Vase by Marcel Wanders

Marcel Wanders Eggshell Vase, 1997 To create the bulb-shaped vase, Wanders stuffed a latex condom with hard-boiled eggs and then cast the resulting shape in white porcelain. He imbued the traditional medium with humour and an organic sensibility not normally […]

01.01.199721.11.2024

Bronto Chair by Richard Hutten

Richard Hutten Bronto Chair, 1997 Hutten aimed to make a piece of furniture which was not constructed. In his research, he ended up with rotation moulding, for which he then made his own rotation moulding machine. He first made the […]

01.01.199708.11.2024

Wrapped Stool by Hella Jongerius

Hella Jongerius Wrapped Stool, 1997 Jongerius used high-tech fibre coiling which is now a very common technique in product design. The experiment was made within the Dry Tech II Project, in collaboration of Droog Design and the Technical University Delft. […]

01.01.199718.11.2024

1996

Droog Design: a Droog solo exhibition

Droog had the chance to present its work in a solo exhibition on the following locations: Sentou Gallery, Paris: November, December 1996 Taideteolissuusmuseo, Helsinki: March, April 1997 Galerie im Pferdestall, Berlin: May, June 1997 Design Centre, Hamburg: September, October 1997 […]

06.12.1996

Dry Tech I

Droog’s 4th Milan exhibition More people than ever visited the Droog presentation at Gallery Internos in Milan. On the opening day enormous crowds gathered and the police had to be called in to control the traffic outside the building. On […]

18.04.1996

Plastics New Treat

18.04.1996

Pushed Washtub by Hella Jongerius

Hella Jongerius Pushed Washtub, 1996 Hella Jongerius was among the first designers to work on the limits of material that could be soft, thick and strong at the same time. In order to shape the washtub, the designer took a […]

01.01.199618.11.2024

Knotted Chair by Marcel Wanders

Marcel Wanders Knotted Chair, 1996 The Knotted Chair is a modern miracle of transparency and a highlight of the international design world. This design seamlessly blends handcrafted tactile elements with high-tech industrial processes. It begins with a braided cord wrapped […]

01.01.199612.11.2024