Tord Boontje – Get to Know Tord Boontje
Check out this great video I found about the amazing designer Tord Boontje. I think he’s an amazing designer with such eye for detail and creativity.
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Video spotlights Dutch-born designer Tord Boontje, looking at his relationship with nature, his dislike of furniture fairs and the new retrospective book of his work. Tord takes us on a tour of the NYC’s ICFF, sits down for an exclusive interview and has a quick chat with Tom Dixon about their shared profession.
I think one of the more recognizable pieces is this wonderful pendant light, it’s so organic. What a great way to add texture and style to your dining room or front entrance (or anywhere really)!.
This Midsummer Pendant Light is a creative double layer paper pendant light in tyvek, with a cone-shaped safety protector. This light is tear, temperature and water resistant. Handwashable care. Designed by award-winning designer Tord Boontje.
Shop for this: Midsummer Pendant Light
Also he has a fabulous book: Tord Boontje
Tord Boontje incorporates a romantic, artisanal sensibility to contemporary industrial and product design, drawing from a rich graphic tradition to create objects of exceptional beauty and delicacy. One of the most original and innovative product and furniture designers working today, Boontje is an artist and a craftsman, and in designs for Swarovski, Artecnica, and Moroso, his lamps, chairs, fabric designs, paper products, and art installations have vaulted him into the top ranks of contemporary design culture. Featured in headline exhibitions at the Milan Furniture Fair, the Victoria and Albert Musem and Art Basel: Miami, the unique paper creations and furniture developed by Boontje have become global objects of desire, spawning a cult following among collectors and design consumers. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 sketches, concept renderings, and photographs, the book is a comprehensive visual document of the designer’s work and an art object in itself, featuring a number of custom printing effects-stencils, perforated and die-cut pages, and textured and woven details-that capture the intricacy of Boontje’s approach to pattern-making.
