Tree Trunk Bench, Jurgen Bey 1999
A Human Touch – Design by Droog
In a cheeky reply to the growing tide of minimalist, sober, inoffensive design products flooding design stores and filling glossy magazines in the early 1990s, the Dutch design collective Droog built itself upon an aesthetic philosophy that seeks to trigger questions, spark discussion and elicit giggles.
These very creative beliefs have borne a range of eccentric design products that bear a highly individual character - be it mischievous, spunky, puckish or coy.
The flirtatious ‘come closer’ bench allows you to inch closer to someone you’re keen to get to know, on a sea of glass marbles. The masochistic, ‘do break’ vase, encourages you to throw the vase on the floor to create your own pattern on the surface. While their comical ‘rag chair’ made from sweatshirts lashed together stimulates new ideas about recycling and sustainable design.
www.droogdesign.nl