The approach of Dutch designer Aldo Bakker is driven by exploring borders between humanity and inhuman aspects in design, a hand drawn, architectural exploration into endlessness. The combination of human rituals and in a way perfect, artificial shapes remains a recurring theme and it forms the tension in Bakker's work, as seen in his recent project for Particles, Cup + Jug, presented at Object Rotterdam 2012.

Suggesting a performative act, the piece doesn't lost when it stands unused. It performs as it waits to carry out its function: pouring. To use it you turn it upside down so that the big opening points upwards and fill it with water. When full, the Jug balances on the table; when empty, you can turn it upside down again to cover the cup. The piece is manufactured by Frans Ottink.

"My work is the result of an almost endless and time-consuming process that sometimes seems to drag on forever," says Bakker. "It's a process that largely takes place in my head. Few sketches or models of early versions of my designs exist. I view my designs as the work of a vormgever, which in Dutch literally means "giver of form". This principle seems at odds with current conventions – the view that a clear concept automatically leads to interesting formal aspects."