Cow chair

Product catalog summary

Product Overview:
The Cow Chair is a unique piece of furniture crafted from a single cowhide. The design process involves stretching wet, untreated cowhide over a form and allowing it to dry for a week, resulting in a solid, distinctive chair. Each chair is inherently unique due to the natural variations in cowhide.

Specifications:

Product Code: 057 00
Designer: Niels van Eijk
Material: Cowhide
Dimensions: 44 x 38 x 72 cm (17.3” x 15” x 28.3”)

Designer Biography:
Niels van Eijk collaborates with Miriam van der Lubbe at 'Studio van Eijk & van der Lubbe'. Their work is known for challenging conventional perspectives by enhancing familiar forms and products without losing their inherent characteristics. Their designs have been showcased globally and are part of collections in prestigious museums such as Museum Boymans van Beuningen in Rotterdam and Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. They have worked with notable clients including Habitat, Fortis, and Philips.

Permanent Collections:

Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Catalog excerpts

furniture & objects Cow chair Each chair is unique by nature, consisting of nothing more than a single cowhide. The wet untreated cowhide is stretched around a form and left to dry for one week into a solid form. Product code: 057 00 Designer: Niels van Eijk Material: cowhide Size: 44 x 38 x 72 cm / 17.3” x 15” x 28.3” Permanent collection: Centraal Museum (Utrecht, The Netherlands) Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, The Netehrlands) Biography: Niels van Eijk works together with Miriam van der Lubbe in their ‘Studio van Eijk & van der Lubbe’. Their designs raise questions; they work with familiar forms and products and add benefits without loosing the characteristics. Niels and Miriam challenge us to look at the world in a different way. Their work has been exhibited worldwide and purchased by museums such as Museum Boymans van Beuningen Rotterdam, Manchester City Art Gallery, WOCEF Korea, Museum FIT New York and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Among their clients are Habitat, Fortis, Premsela Dutch Design Foundation, Philips and Rosenthal. www.ons-adres.nl [email protected] www.droog.com

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