PORTFOLIO. Elephant Skin Stools, 2008 Material: Recycled Plastics

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1 Elephant Skin Stools, 2008 Material: Recycled Plastics The Elephant Skin Stool is created through a process of baking 100% recycled plastics. By doing so a matte, wrinkly texture appears resembling Elephant Skin. Elephant Skin Table, 2008 Material: Recycled Plastics The Elephant Skin Table is created through a process of baking 100% recycled plastics. By doing so a matte, wrinkly texture appears resembling Elephant Skin. Prototype Endless Prototyping, d printing is a most precise technique, that is why it is hard to print a chair, because it is taking ages to finish one. In furniture you do not need a precision of 0,01 mm. Endless Prototyping is a concept, of a extreme low resolution printer using recycled plastics, creating a beautiful honest ornament of stacked lines. It was Dirk s graduation project.

2 Endless Chairs, Winner Dutch Design Award 2011 This is the archetype, the first chair that satisfied us. In the beginning the small robot memory presented some limits that caused the geometric and jagged look. The simplicity of the form leaves plenty of room to do full justice to the Pulse Structure. In the past, the Pulse Structure was a given, we had no choice. We do have a choice now, nevertheless we faithfully left this model as is, a sturdy, heavy chair, made up of thick, wavy lines. Calculated Chaos, 2011 / Aluminum Finish Programmatically speaking, the Calculated Chaos chair required a complete re-imaging of the technical code. While typically, 3D printed objects have a clean outer layer and a filling pattern between, in this case it was peeled away, leaving the internal filling structure exposed. Endless Flow Dining Chair, 2011 Characteristic for the Endless Flow dining chair is the support, a butterfly-look design. The front and rear legs form triangles that join one another in the middle and fuse together. Triangles are a very strong and reliable construction, while this design leaves enough flexibility to counteract any irregularities on the floor. Satellite Lamp, 2011 Material: Glass like Synthetics This floor lamp was built up using the robot, the layered structure breaks and scatters the light pleasantly. The lamp consists of three circular light sources which can be separately adjusted for intensity and warmth. Two large knobs that work like a mixing tap control the light: one knob for warm and one for cold. By directing the light towards the wall, it produces splendid concealed lighting.

3 All Material Table, 2011 Material (Photo): PolyEthylene, Copper and Ashwood The table table is built up out of ingots. An ingot is one chunk of pure material without any contamination, the goldbar for example. The table could exist out of 100 kilo of copper ingots. All Material is in that way a design object as well as a investment in raw materials. All materials are possible, if the materials could be applied solid and pure. Endless Flow Rocking Chair, 2011 As with the Endless Flow Low Chair, it took 54 prototypes before we achieved the optimum comfort the chair now offers. The chair has a distinct similarity to a thoughtfully wound up ball of string. This can only be done with the Endless production technique. Endless Flow Coffee Table, 2011 The relatively large size of the table top has a beautiful pattern of lines. The support grows down from the table top to form the legs that come together in the middle. The Flow Coffee Table nicely illustrates that the Endless production technique not only inspires, but requires unparalleled styling as well. Triangulate Lamp, 2012 Imagine buying some object, made up out of all these little triangles, but after a while one comes across a more appealing design. One simply disassembles the object and reassembles a more attractive design. And it's all done without using any tools! Recycling is no longer necessary... This lamp looks like a geometric cloud. A small lamp, or a slightly bigger one for above a table, or even enormous clouds for public spaces. Dirk presented this lamp during Bejing Design Week.

4 Y-Table, 2012 Bruls & Co asked Dirk Vander Kooij to come up with a design for the tables of the lobby of the Theatre in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Endless Flow Open Rocking Chair, 2012 Working, dining & lounging... Now combined in one chair. Chubby Chair Precise as toothpaste. Heavy like oak. Colors like pure paint. Designed by a clown. Chubby Coat Hanger, When our robot is changing colours it spills some material. We are using this material to create a Chubby Coat Hanger. Because each color transition is different every single coat hanger is unique.

5 Fat Line Table, 2013, Rubber Top Introducing the Fat Line Table: a combination of the comfort of a rubber desk top with the rock solid features of the Endless material. The Fat Line Table comes in different colors and sizes. Diffuser Cabinet, 2013 Material: Tulip wood, Tung Oil Finish The Diffuser Cabinet is a result of acoustic studies. A mathematical principle shapes the cabinet design-wise, resulting in an ornament that optimizes the acoustic performance of your room. Acoustics are often neglected, but not with the Diffuser Cabinet. The cabinet does not remove sound energy, but can be used to effectively reduce distinct echoes and reflections, while still leaving a live sounding space. New Babylon Chair, 2013 Material: Tulip wood, Tung Oil Finish The New Babylon Chair is built up with thin lines of reused plastics resembling a silk like colour pattern. It comes with a comfortable pod shape with cushion.

6 Melting Pot Side Table, 2013/ It just takes once adding too little raw material while producing an Endless chair to end up with a wastrel. A lot of waste is also left over after testing periods for new products. We realized that this was a unique material. We kept and sorted all of this waste; such big chunks clean and recycled plastic each with its own history, identity and color pattern, it is hard to find anywhere. With this material in mind, Dirk designed the Melting Pot. Like a true chef de cuisine, we melt big chunks of chair or table into a very stylish little side table. The material that emerges is so dense that it practically looks and feels like marble. The form of the Melting Pot (Side) table is elementary, sturdy and practical. The table is made of a massive cone that perfectly fits the likewise massive round table top. Quite beautiful patterns of color emerge during the production process; no two specimens are the same. Changing Vase, Each Changing Vase is a deliberately distorted take on the profile of a traditional vase. The result is a unique perspective that changes depending on where the viewer stands. The vases are created using leftover granules, shredded recycled plastics, from other Dirk Vander Kooij products. We are already using waste material for our products, but there are always little bits of material left over. Throwing the material away is a waste of resources. Besides that, the material s attractive earthly colors are an asset.

7 Lenses Vase, 2013 New Babylon wanted a large object in the lobby. It was to be a three meter high vase. The largest one printed ever, done in crystal clear synthetic material. The sober design contrasts the surrounding rich decoration. Each "little loop" has the form of a lens which creates a shimmering effect. The incoming day light is reflected and lights up the whole vase. When it's dark, the vase is lit by no less than 12,000 LEDS! In a short period of time "the Vase" has grown into a meeting point and as such it has become an icon for New Babylon. Soap Cabinet, 2014 Material: Reused plastic bubbles Wooden shelves The Soap Cabinet has bubbles everywhere which contrasts beautifully with the clean lines of the wooden shelving.

8 Fresnel Suspending Lamp, 2014 Material: Reused Polycarbonate Inspired by the Fresnel Lens we created a pendant lamp. Just like a Fresnel Lens you can direct the light by tilting the lamp a little. RvR Chair, 2014 The RvR Chair is a stackable chair. It's an elementary and therefore ageless design. The Chubby Chair formed the basic principle, except now it will be in one piece. A Chubby in one piece has been a cherished wish of Dirk for a long time and with the new robot arm we are now capable of moving the Chubby directly from the production plate into the mold where it gets its ultimate form. The result is a beautifully layered line pattern of intertwining legs and armrests - like someone said similar to an Escher drawing. Moreover, the interplay of lines reveals how the chair is made. Fat Line Coat Rack, 2014 Wooden Rods The Coat Rack system consists of simple elements with thick lines recycled plastic. These elements keep three wooden rods fixed, the top two are a hats or bags plateau, the lower one coat. The system can be produced in any length. For longer lengths, are more wall elements used.

9 Not Only Hollow Chair, 2014 At Studio Dirk Vander Kooij, techniques are developed to make a better world. The chair is created with a completely new, high-tech process. An in-house developed robot melts plastic, in to a pipe like shape and then carefully writes out the shape of this chair, somewhat like 3d printing. Each line is hollow to minimize resources, and the source is 100% recycled synthetics. The minimalistic shape and the extremely low resolution make the looks of the chair closely related to how it's made. It is not only recycled or minimizing resources, it's not only a new developed 3d printing process, it is not only a catchy design piece... The true beauty lies in the combination of it all.