Christien Meindertsma, Oak Inside

At Design Miami/, Priveekollektie presented a limited edition design based on the folk art traditions of a Dutch maritime city.

Hindeloopen in northern Netherlands has a rich history of painted furniture and objects that dates back to the Golden Age. Situated on the former Zuiderzee, sailors of Hindeloopen undertook journeys to the North and Baltic Sea coast. These strong overseas connections with the Scandinavian countries led to the famous Hindeloopen style: colourful furniture, fully decorated with flowers, birds and garlands. Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma created her Oak Inside series based on this lively style.

Of her process in devising Oak Inside, Meindertsma says,
"After comprehensive research into the history of Hindeloopen craft, I decided to reintroduce oak, the wood that was used in the early years before oak was levied with a possession tax. I discovered that oak turns dark blue when threaded with iron. Through using this natural method of coloring, I created another astonishing new dimension to the Hindeloopen Style."
Christien Meindertsma, Oak Inside, presented by Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design and t.e. collection.
Christien Meindertsma, Oak Inside, presented by Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design and t.e. collection.
Oak Inside consists of a table, chairs, cupboards, stepladder,box, spice mills and rugs and is recognisable as the typical work of Meindertsma. The form of the chair gives an inside in the construction. In the table, the precisely painted motifs of the past now give way to a pattern of iron tools that are used for producing it. The pattern used in the stepladder now forms the ladder. The design of the spice-mill is inspired by the construction part of the traditional table. All colours used for the wooden parts are produced with 100% natural pigments, common for the 17th century. For the woolen seats and rugs only natural dyes are used to achieve the best tone colours (tinctoria). With Oak Inside, Meindertsma's preference for knowing where things come from and how they work is clearly present.
Christien Meindertsma, Oak Inside, presented by Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design and t.e. collection.
Christien Meindertsma, Oak Inside, presented by Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design and t.e. collection.
Oak Inside is presented by Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design
Christien Meindertsma made the Oak Inside series in collaboration with t.e. collection. Thomas Eyck is a publisher and distributer of characteristic and exclusive contemporary design products. After working for Royal Tichelaar Makkum, he founded his own company 't.e.' about five years ago. Eyck: "I had the ambition to start my own collection. I already had a big network. Also I wanted to work with other materials than just ceramics." This is the latest collaboration between Priveekollektie and t.e., after working together on an exhibition in the gallery and Design Miami/ Basel earlier this year.
With Oak Inside, Meindertsma's preference for knowing where things come from and how they work is clearly present.
Christien Meindertsma, Oak Inside, presented by Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design and t.e. collection.
Christien Meindertsma, Oak Inside, presented by Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design and t.e. collection.
After finishing the Design Academy in Eindhoven in 2003, Christien Meindertsma started her own design label, flocks. With her projects 'Checked baggage', 'Urchin Poufs' and 'Pig 05049' she made her breakthrough in the international design field. Her work has been exhibited all over the world and is included in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, MOMA in New York and the Textiel Museum in Tilburg.
Christien Meindertsma, Oak Inside, presented by Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design and t.e. collection.
Christien Meindertsma, Oak Inside, presented by Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design and t.e. collection.
Christien Meindertsma, Oak Inside, presented by Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design and t.e. collection.
Christien Meindertsma, Oak Inside, presented by Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design and t.e. collection.

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