Newsletter
after almost two years of radio silence.
Welcome
Back
Dear
all,
It was a very good idea to send a
newsletter every once in a while but
because of the huge amount of work
and lack of time this habit came to
an end. Well, not anymore; by request
of many you find here, after almost
two years of radio silence, our latest
newsletter.
A lot has happened in the last two
years. Our studio expanded, we did
a lot of interior design, worked on
some new products and most important;
we had a really good time.
It would carry to far to mention all
of our activities of the last two
years so I will limit myself to some
highlights.
For now I would like to welcome you
all back from your holidays and wish
you all the best for the rest of this
year.
JB
Lorenz
JB
Lorenz
One
of our favourite projects this year
was definitely the interior design
for the JB
Lorenz office in Hoogvliet.
For this relatively small office we
had a lot of creative freedom. We
chose to create a domestic, almost
cosy atmosphere. The main item is
the big oak table in the centre of
the office around which we placed
six, wool furbished, oak chairs and
one very nice office chair. The office
chair is for the secretary who is
the only one in the office all day.
Whenever the owners are in they can
put their laptop on the table and
use one of the oak chairs. With six
chairs around it, the table also functions
perfectly as conference table.The
Washi panels in front of the windows
beautifully filter daylight. Our own
black Hoppies are above the table.
Furthermore we installed a nice sitting
area with our Easy Chairs.One wall
is covered with a cliché wallpaper
of a forest. The wall paperer thought
we were crazy as we wanted the top
of the forest glued at the bottom
of the image but afterwards he was
very proud of the result.
And
so are we.
Culturalis
Theatre The Hague
Culturalis
Together with Birgit Varenkamp we
designed the facade for the Culturalis
Theatre in The Hague. We provided
the facade with beautiful printed
curtain panels. On the glass windows
we fixed a red dotted translucent
window sticker pattern.
The mission
of the Culturalis theatre is increasing
the cultural participation of the
citizens of The Hague. Besides stimulating
and showing new talents, the theatre
aims for a new audience, especially
the multicultural people in the colourful
urban quarter “Schilderswijk”.
new
low tables for the Willem the Kooning Academy
Low
Table DBKV
For
the Willem the Kooning Academy in
Rotterdam we designed a new side table
to go with our Easy Chairs. Students
tended to use the Easy Chairs as side
tables and footstools which resulted
in pretty dirty chairs. The DBKV low
tables are meant to put your coffee,
feet or anything else on and so help
to save the chairs.
The side table is pretty strong and
very durable as it is covered in rubber.
Inspiring
Amalia
Penthouse
in Amalia
To
inspire potential buyers of the apartments
at "de grote prins" in Rotterdam, BOO
decorated small parts of the penthouses.
Ever
since we furnished two model apartments
at the Schiecentrale in Rotterdam, we
were asked for many jobs there varying
from construction work to complete interiors.
The clip above is taken from a promotion
film of the “open
up your eyes” campaign for
the Schiecentrale
Magnet
boards
Also
for the DBKV, part of the Willem the Kooning
Academy in Rotterdam, we disigned these Magnet
Boards for posters and other announcements.
BOO
Supports Atelier Favela
One
of my former students, Sabine Harmes, departed
a few years ago for Brazil and started in
the Favela's of Rio de Janeiro: Atelier
Favela
Atelier Favela is a place full of love and
inspiration for adults and children from the
slums of Rio de Janeiro.
Atelier Favela is a place where people from
different origins come to learn from each
other and work together.
Brazilian or European, from the slums or University,
artist or waste-collector, together they aim
on creating a social consciousness and improving
the violent situations in the slums of Rio
de Janeiro.
Atelier
Favela is a foundation registrated as a charitable
organization Kvk: 27320217 (www.kvk.nl) You
can donate to Atelier Favela Foundation on
the accountnumber: 102983267 of Stichting
Atelier Favela, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands.
Boo's
Rotterdam guide
AVA
living
Boo
was asked by Ehren Seeland of Ava Living
to be a guide to Rotterdam. The idea
was to have a resource list for people
that would be visiting Rotterdam with
my favourite spots. Busy as I am I created
the concept but had my daughter Sammie
do the writing. You can find it here:
Together
with Tangerine
BOO decorated the "Centrum
voor Jeugd en Gezin" in
MiddelHarnis.
Susan
completed her retail design master.
photo:
Hans Oostrum Fotografie
After
two years, an amazingly short period,
Susan recently successfully completed
her Retail Design Master at the Piet
Zwart Institute in Rotterdam after her
Interior Design Bachelor.
Retail Design is one of the most challenging
areas of interior architecture. The
retail area gives the designer the possibility
to get to know all the different parties
involved.
BOO's
5th!
We
almost forgot, but thanks to the Chamber
of Commerce who was so kind to send
us a reminder we now know that July
was our 5th anniversary!
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