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PICTURESQUE MIRRORS BY TJIMKJE DE BOER

Interior and product designer Tjimkje de Boer is the brain behind designstudio Knapontwerp. Knapontwerp draws its inspiration from daily scenery and objects. Captured in photography, Tjimkje dives into detailed observation and poetic analysis of ordinary moments and taking the best of old crafts and traditional production methods, new ideas take hold and lead to the development of products.

Picturesque Mirrors by Tjimkje de Boer

 In such manner, a slushy paddle turns intoPicturesque Mirrors,   balancing on the verge of art and design as the reflective functionality is complemented by an interaction of lustrous colours. While across it, in collaboration with Anne Marie Twigge, the studio constructs a Converso Simplex, a minimalistic cube of a base and a loose interlocking element. This object tributes the physical posture in (public) speaking in various adjustable structures of formal and informal presentations. Offering the speaker all of the settings to present: seater, presenter, activator, highriser and converser.

dsc00822_orig-1Converso Simplex by Tjimkje de Boer and Anne Marie Twigge

 Knapontwerp’s creations are focused on bringing both functionality and scenery to the indoors for personal use and fascination. All of the products are available for purchase on demand.

 

 

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GER LATASTER

Ger Lataster (1920-2012), generally acknowledged as an abstract expressionist, gained international prominence during the heyday movement in the 50s and 60s. His works enriched major exhibitions such as Documenta in Kassel and Vitality in Art at Stedelijk Museum, whose early day director – Sandberg, had an exceptional appreciation for the Dutch artists’ work. Lataster’s later presentations were held in various museums such as the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht, Dordrecht Museum, and the Singer Museum in Naarden.

Throughout the years, Ger Lataster’s differing stroke forms, acknowledged a certain variety of discovering a momentum and translating it into an emotionally moving event of an intensive visual in both composition, colour and shape. Using geometrical figures and symbolic objects, the artist combines abstraction and figuration into ‘Lataster’s’ unique kind of expressionism.

No Title, G. Lataster, 1988

No Title, G. Lataster, 1988

Ger Lataster’s later piece of work, an original abstract on paper from 1988, is currently on display at OODE gallery and the web shop, available for purchase.

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