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Selected works by Dirk van der Kooij through the years. These products are no longer part of the current collection.
Material — recycled solid plastic, pigment
Technique — gun extruded & hand crafted
Year of design —2013
The first prototype for what would become the Endless chair. With robot development falling behind, this chair was made by hand with an extruder gun.
Material — recycled solid plastic
Technique — robot extruded
Year of design —2013
Extruded from a simple, "soft-serve" line, the Mummy planter is a practical application of Dirk's self-developed 3D printing robot.
Material — tulip wood
Technique — hand crafted
Year of design —2013
A long-standing obsession with ornament as function fruited the Diffuser totem, a cabinet which serves to improve the sound experience of a space.
Material — recycled solid plastic
Technique — robot extruded & hand crafted
Year of design —2016
The Sunflower lends playful structure to the Fresnel family.
Positioned atop asymmetrical steel stems, combined blooms
exhale a warm, twinkling light.
Material — recycled solid plastic, wood
Technique — robot extruded & hand crafted
Year of design —2014
The shell of the Soap cabinet is extruded from a single piece, pushing the studio's technique forward.
Material — recycled solid plastic, pigment
Technique — robot extruded & hand crafted
Year of design —2012
A natural coalescence of handcraft and robotic manufacturing—here, a printed chair has been manually adapted to form a smooth, ergonomic sitting surface.
Material — recycled solid plastic, pigment
Technique — robot extruded & hand crafted
Year of design —2020
The Boulder technique involves hand-kneading warm plastic like dough—imparting intricate knots and undulations.
Material — recycled solid plastic
Technique — robot extruded
Year of design —2010
An early iteration of the Endless, the Flow rocking chair sits happily in the MoMA and Design Museum, London.
Material — recycled solid plastic, pigment
Technique — robot extruded & hand crafted
Year of design —2017
The soapy, gently curved slabs of the menhir serve to unite different patterns and materials in a single composition.
Material — recycled solid plastic, pigment
Technique — robot extruded & hand crafted
Year of design —2020
Composed of a series of fat, broken lines, the Stopstool gains structure as molten plastic ribbons overlap in 3 key points.
Material — recycled solid plastic
Technique — hand crafted
Year of design —2009
By experimenting with heat,
time, and hand-craft, Dirk encourages spontaneous textural expression. The resultant
Elephant Skin series begged he question: had plastic finally found an identity of its own?
Material — recycled solid plastic
Technique — robot extruded & hand crafted
Year of design —2016
Heavy, richly textured, and baffle-less, the stacked Snowman speakers render a natural, clean sound experience.
Material — recycled solid plastic, powder-coated steel frame, LED lights
Technique — robot extruded & hand crafted
Year of design —2017
Requiring delicate collaboration between man and machine, the Bloown chandelier sees ribbons of recycled plastic inflated and coiled into transparent hives.
Material — recycled solid plastic
Technique — robot extruded
Year of design —2011
Extruded from one continuous line, the Flow coffee table is a meticulous expression of the limits of 3D printing.
