GIJS BAKKER (Amersfoort, 1942), was trained as a jewellery and industrial-designer at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the Konstfack Skolen in Stockholm, Sweden. His pieces, revolutionary for their time, are now a classic of the international design. Gijs Bakker is well known for his experiments with new materials and his conceptual designs. Bakker's designs cover jewellery, home accessories and household appliances, furniture, interiors, public spaces and exhibitions. He worked and works for numerous companies: Polaroid, Artifort, HEMA, Van Kempen & Begeer, and recently for ENO Studio in France.
In 1993, Gijs Bakker founded together with design critic and historian Renny Ramakers Droog Design, a Dutch collection of designers, products and information. Together with Ramakers, Bakker is the selector and art director of all products within Droog Design.
Bakker also teaches for more than 40 years at different schools. After teaching at the Design Academy Eindhoven for more than 15 years, Bakker is now head of the Masters department, IM.
Strip chair of laminated and curved black beech. Without armrest. Designed by Gijs Bakker and manufactured by Castelijn. 1974
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