The project ‘Couleur Locale, Droog Design for Oranienbaum’ highlights regional design. Oranienbaum is a little town south-west of Berlin in the former Eastern part of Germany. The castle of Oranienbaum, surrounded by a big landscape garden, was built by a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hella Jongerius Soft Vase Urn, 1993 The Soft Vase Hella Jongerius challenge conventional ideas about materiality and design. First shown during Droog’s Plastics New Treat presentation at the 1996 Salone del Mobile in Milan, these rubber vessels sparked conversations by […]
