Hare & hippo mat German designer Gerd Arntz created thousands of copyright-free pictograms. Ed Annink translated a few of them into doormats. Product code: 137 01/02 Designer: Ed Annink Material: coir, PVC Size: hare 191 x 94 cm / 75.2” x 37”, hippo 145 x 69 cm / 57.1” x 27.2” Biography: Ed Annink is a product designer, curator and teacher. His products are on the international consumer market under such labels as Driade, Authentics, Royal VKB, Purple South, Kwantum and Nexus computers. On his initiative, books are published, exhibitions are organized and archives of our cultural heritage are made accessible to the public. One of his most recent projects is Design Den Haag 2010— 2018, a ten-year program focusing on design and government in Europe. Annink will create the exhibition program for the first edition in 2010 (in Den Haag and Berlin). Ed Annink is co-owner and creative director of Ontwerpwerk, a multidisciplinary design office in Amsterdam and Den Haag. www.ontwerpwerk.nl [email protected] www.droog.com