Usually when a building/bathroom/shed etc. is being demolished a completely new one takes over his place. This is done without leaving any trace of what has been there before, perhaps a little picture on the wall but that's it. I was interested in using the materials from the old building in the new one.The entire project
When I went to the swimming pool I noticed that a lot of kids are running and playing around. They run on wet slippery hard ceramic floors with sharp edges. This looked actually pretty scary, a place stuffed with playing children made so unfriendly.I wanted to turn the swimming pool into a friendly swimming pool for children. I did this by making a soft floor made of rubber and foam. I made four different types of floor, each with another applications. Terras, walking, playing and sliding, and each floor has its own property. For instance the sliding area is smoother and softer, and the walking one is anti-slip and drains the water etc. They are all watertight and work with chloride and are easy to clean. The floor comes in rolls which makes it fast to install and can be put directly on the concrete underneath. The seams are watertight using a special glue. You don't see a drain since it is underneath the floor. Just swipe the water on the walking-area and the small holes guide the water to the drain. Now the children can just play and run around and if they fall, they just get up! Click here to view big/more images of the project.
Most of the products around us are made industrially. Although I am a big fan of craftsmanship I believe our world sometimes just needs products to be made industrially. To make the products produceable for machines they need a 3D file which is designed and drawn on the computer. Usually this is done entirely computer based. Products are starting to look the same and a personal details are lost. I wanted to make a technical product by hand but still produceable for the industry.Click here to watch the entire project
I wanted to learn more about glass, so I went to John. John is a guy which loves glass, he is been working with it for a long time. I asked him if he could learn me the basics of glass and give me some tips. After that I experimented myself with the knowledge I learned working with other materials (welding,plaster,ceramic,molding etc) All my experiments I put in a book and gave this back to John. Here you can find Johns website
After a lot of color testing we added 3 new colors to the big tea mug family!
More information about the mug can be found here.
For this project I wanted to give children something to play with minimal needs. A lot of stuff is made for kids to play with. But is this really necessary? Does a child need so much stuff to play with, can't I just give them the idea. That was the main thing where I was interested in. So I made 2 different projects with the same concept.
Toilet 2.0 is ready for the future, it's made from 2 parts of Corian which makes it thinner, lighter and stronger. The shape is based on several tests I did when I was searching for forms that keep splashing water inside the toilet. It cleans with 8 different points where pressured water comes out (which we already have in our pipe system). By doing this the toilet is always perfectly clean, so no need for a toilet brush. Also there is a freshener build in the push plate which makes it always smell good! It uses grey water to clean the pipe system behind the walls and clean water for flushing, but this is very minimal since it uses high pressured water.
We wanted to make something so special, so unique that you will never ever think of throwing away. You will enjoy using it everyday, it becomes your product. Since we both drink a lot of tea and we have to refill way to often we created a big tea mug. It's completely handmade out of ceramic, and personally illustrated by lieke. Click here to view the entire project.
