{"id":4940,"date":"2020-11-05T15:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T15:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kikiandjoost.com\/store\/2020\/11\/05\/imaginings-dutch-design-by-kiki-van-eijk-26-september-2020-till-12-september-2021-copy\/"},"modified":"2020-11-05T15:26:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T15:26:04","slug":"imaginings-dutch-design-by-kiki-van-eijk-26-september-2020-till-12-september-2021-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kikiandjoost.com\/store\/2020\/11\/05\/imaginings-dutch-design-by-kiki-van-eijk-26-september-2020-till-12-september-2021-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times | Kiki Van Eijk: 20 Years of Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As one fan says, the Dutch designer is \u201creally a conceptual storyteller, creating her own world using craftsmanship and nature.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Diane Daniel
Nov. 5, 2020,\u00a05:05 a.m. ET<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands \u2014 If one theme unites the work of the versatile Dutch designer Kiki Van Eijk, it\u2019s that there is no one theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For 20 years, she and her collaborators have produced lighting, sculpture, furniture, household objects, wall hangings, carpets and more using materials ranging from ceramics to textiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Van Eijk, 42, designs at Kiki & Joost<\/a>, the studio and workshop she shares with her husband, Joost Van Bleiswijk, 44, another prominent designer. \u201cJoost and I are very close and often work together,\u201d she said. \u201cWith him, I\u2019ve grown and become more daring. But it\u2019s also really important to have your own identity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The work of Ms. Van Eijk, who has designed everything from bird cages to ice cream cakes, defies categorization.Credit…Floor Knaapen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the studio, a team of craftspeople helps her to realize about half her projects; the rest are created in consultation with the commissioning clients. Ms. Van Eijk said her studio used the pandemic lockdown in the spring to come up with new ideas: \u201cWe just keep positive and will see how things evolve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Van Eijk believes that every project requires a different approach, and she prefers to be free to decide it. \u201cThat\u2019s why maybe my work can be confusing to people at times,\u201d she said with a laugh. \u201cSo, sorry for the confusion. I don\u2019t mind when not everything is clear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a look at some of her most notable projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2000<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiki Carpet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The felted wool rug, Ms. Van Eijk\u2019s graduation project from Design Academy Eindhoven, started her career. She said she avoided creating anything similar for years because \u201cI didn\u2019t want to just be the girl with the rugs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soft Clock<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mantel clock in white ceramic that has the look of cloth, it was the first piece in the Soft line, still in production. Ms. Van Eijk stitched the original form in felt, then made a mold with the help of Cor Unum, a Dutch ceramics manufacturer. A black version debuted this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cut and Paste<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commissioned by Claudia Pignatale of Secondome Design Gallery in Rome and shown at Design Miami\/Basel and other fairs, the collection of seven objects illustrated Ms. Van Eijk\u2019s creative range. The novelties included a cart, cabinet and bird cage, produced in unexpected combinations of metal, wood, ceramics, textiles and more. Ms. Van Eijk made the original models, which then were scaled to life-size proportions at Kiki & Joost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit…Mari\u00eblle Leenders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Floating Frames<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Van Eijk knotted brass wire to create an airy skeleton for this grandfather clock of sorts. Then Murray Moss, who ran the Moss design shop<\/a> in New York City at the time, commissioned a group of mantel clocks made with the same technique but in 14 different finishes. Since then, the Floating line, Ms. Van Eijk\u2019s most commercially successful, has expanded to include lampshades, candleholders and more. \u201cI\u2019m proud that it\u2019s still up-to-date and people still fall in love with it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit…Francesco Ferruzzi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dream!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Van Eijk visited the Berengo Glass Studio in Venice several times to collaborate with a master glass blower for a set of seven glass pieces representing the essentials of life, a collection called Drink! Eat! Fun! Rest! Think! Dream! Love! Its unpredictable colors and shapes were \u201cvery intuitive, based on the words,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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