Polite Light, 2010
Fluorescent tube light with spray-paint coating to shield off direct light. No hard material added to provide the de-glaring that is necessary for eye comfort.
Fluorescence emmits a comfortable, steady light. It is a low-energy technology with good color rendering, and finely adjustable in color temperature. The Polite Light’s three-legged shape, favorable as to light distribution, rests on a tweak in driver electronics which are usually limited to driving only two ends.
Instatements, 2010
Contribution to Instatements, an exhibition on post-industrial city development curated by Uri Ben-Ari and Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven. A construction billboard, silk-screened by hand and erected on an industrial brown field in the city center.
With Pierre Tectin, Garance Echazarreta, François Dumas, Gero Asmuth, Erasmus Scherjon.
Kraken heeft Nederland vormgegeven, 2009
Initiative lobbying for the continuity of the Dutch model of conditional legal squatting. Providing indiscriminate access to untended real-estate, the Kraakwet was a big factor in providing the conditions for the independent large-scale manual research that was maybe the most refreshing contribution of Dutch creative production over the last decades.
Silk-screened book to the Senate, various public and press activities.
Shown at the Architecture Biennale 2009 at NAi Rotterdam. See http://mborn.com/kraakinfo/ for a full documentation.
Coalition of Amateurs, 2009
Contribution to Coalition of Amateurs by Jerszy Seymour.
With Erasmus Scherjon, Gero Asmuth, Pierre Tectin, François Dumas, Travis Cole Broussard.
Atelier Voorterweg, 2009-11
Construction of the atelier building at Voorterweg 136 in Eindhoven.
With François Dumas, Garance Echazarreta, Max Lipsey, Erasmus Scherjon, Gero Asmuth, Jakob Hohmann.
Crate Shelf, 2009
A modular steel shelving system. Its faculty to accumulate three-dimensionally makes this shelf an efficient storage system as much as a tool for designing spaces.
Pitkämies/Huuda Huuda display furniture, 2008
Counter, book and record shelves for Jelle Cugaert’s Pitkämies comic store in Helsinki, also housing the Finnish Comic Society’s gallery and the studio of comic drawers’ collective Kuti Kuti. Designs made to honor the hand as the main force in this building.
Huuda Huuda trade fair displays, 2008
Fair trade displays for comic publisher Huuda Huuda. Five shelves to be transported by one man with no car.
Belt-and-beam design and custom made transport trailer.
Shades, 2007
By bending opaque textile panels, the Shades curtain allows to regulate a room’s daylight exposure from direct to fully indirect. When shut, direct light no longer reaches any point in the room. Instead, its reflection is caught on the textile, providing a majestic manifestation of indoor natural light. The curtain movement is driven by a string mechanism which can be operated either manually or electrically. Electronic triggering of the movement in function of the momentary daylight situation can be implemented by use of a photo sensor. Next to softening the light atmosphere, the curtain also has favorable acoustic properties. Shades can be applied as a window shielding or a spatial design element, and works in relation with natural or artificial light.
Stackbox, 2007
Stackbox is a multimodal container which can be raised on legs for use as a sideboard; stacked to form a shelf; or function as a transportation crate. Its shape evolves from the central constructive element, the shaft accommodating the legs. It serves to distribute the structural forces in the raised setup, and distances the elements in the stacked alignment.
Clamp, 2006
Clamp is an accent light which locks onto level boards by means of its own weight. It features a movement switch, and adapts to different board thicknesses, giving it a plug-in feel.
Long Vase, 2008
The Long Vase is conceived to afford for linear arrangements of flowers. Its columned shape originates from the incapacity of a single water tank to hold up such arrangements. At the same time, its repetitive, scale-less shape and the immaculacy of its industrial plastic material challenge both the centric forms and craft-derived techniques that still dominate the vase typology.
223DCNC, 2005
223DCNC is a formal and mechanical study of the possibilities to create three-dimensional constructs departing from a two-dimensional production environment. Specific problematics like undercutting and hinges are resolved by employing the thickness of the material as an agent to change the orientation of a connection.
