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(Archive) Tribute to Visser

Leading Dutch designers pay tribute to the work of Martin Visser.

This project was part of DDW 2021
Tribute to Visser designers — © Benning & Gladkova

The Tribute to Visser exhibition showcases re-interpretations of design classics of Martin Visser by contemporary designers Jan des Bouvrie, Richard Hutten, Carolina Wilcke & Reinier Bosch, Piet Hein Eek, Kiki van Eijk, Marcel Wanders and Sabine Marcelis.

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The Tribute to Visser exhibition is an ode to the furniture collection that leading Dutch designer Martin Visser (1922-2009) created for Spectrum in 1960. Visser’s collection produced many design classics, including the famous BR 02 sofa bed. To honour his contribution to design history, well-known contemporary Dutch designers pay tribute to his work. Richard Hutten, Carolina Wilcke & Reinier Bosch, Piet Hein Eek, Kiki van Eijk, Marcel Wanders, Jan des Bouvrie and Sabine Marcelis created new designs, inspired by a Visser piece of furniture. The result is ‘Tribute to Visser’ and the designs are on show at the Spectrum Studio during DDW.

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Kiki van Eijk - PUK SZ 19 — © Benning & Gladkova

Sabine Marcelis - Soap Edition — © Benning & Gladkova

Piet Hein Eek – MVPHE — © Benning & Gladkova

Richard Hutten - Joke