Floris Hovers:
The designs of Floris Hovers – furniture, lighting and models – are surprising in their disarming simplicity. Not abstract minimalism, but the final result of a prolonged process of reduction. What remains is the essence – an almost cartoon-like composition of form, construction and colour. Achieved in an interplay between man and machine. Many of his products betray a somewhat naïve, playful approach. ‘My designs must be readable and recognizable’.
Kranen/Gille:
Floris Wubben tries to get the most out of the applied materials and craftsmanship within every design. He likes it when the result in designs will not directly be related to functional objects, but rather being viewed as sculptural objects. In his work of designing he tries to put a certain material into new perspectives. While transforming and combining materials, new purposes will arise naturally. By using uncommon materials, applications or combinations for a certain design, he focuses on diminishing prejudices and on giving these materials a new face.
Floris Wubben: www.floriswubben.nl - naam lamp
Floris Hovers:
The designs of Floris Hovers – furniture, lighting and models – are surprising in their disarming simplicity. Not abstract minimalism, but the final result of a prolonged process of reduction. What remains is the essence – an almost cartoon-like composition of form, construction and colour. Achieved in an interplay between man and machine. Many of his products betray a somewhat naïve, playful approach. ‘My designs must be readable and recognizable’.
Kranen/Gille:
Floris Wubben tries to get the most out of the applied materials and craftsmanship within every design. He likes it when the result in designs will not directly be related to functional objects, but rather being viewed as sculptural objects. In his work of designing he tries to put a certain material into new perspectives. While transforming and combining materials, new purposes will arise naturally. By using uncommon materials, applications or combinations for a certain design, he focuses on diminishing prejudices and on giving these materials a new face.
Reglaze series Charlotte Landsheer Floris Wubben: www.floriswubben.nl - naam lamp
Cor Unum Ceramics
Founded and based in The Netherlands, we produce ceramics designed by leading international designers, architects and visual artists. We take social and cultural responsibility for the legacy of the ceramic crafts. Our mission is brought to the market through a team consisting of professionals, students, people with distance from the labourmarket, designers and volunteers. We share one common passion: everyone deserves a place, everyone has got a talent and anyone can contribute to make the world somewhat nicer. That’s our long story short.
www.corunum-ceramics.nl
About us
The cross fertilization between professional designers of our time, the knowledge of the craft of ceramic artcenter Cor Unum and the talent trained on art schools in the Netherlands, will increasingly result in innovative products, new design traditions and fruitful collaboration between independent artists and the ceramic production process. Implicity this is the ambition of Cor Unum and it illustrates how designers of our time prefer to work: in co-creation in order to inspire new shapes and designs. This results in Cor Unum being the linking pin of a movement that guarantees a meaningful role for the traditional ceramic craft in state-of-the-art design.
Floris Hovers:
The designs of Floris Hovers – furniture, lighting and models – are surprising in their disarming simplicity. Not abstract minimalism, but the final result of a prolonged process of reduction. What remains is the essence – an almost cartoon-like composition of form, construction and colour. Achieved in an interplay between man and machine. Many of his products betray a somewhat naïve, playful approach. ‘MyLandsheer designs must be readable and recognizable’. Charlotte Director
Kranen/Gille:
Floris Wubben tries to get the most out of the applied materials and craftsmanship within every design. He likes it when the result in designs will not directly be related to functional objects, but rather being viewed as sculptural objects. In his work of designing he tries to put a certain material into new perspectives. While transforming and combining materials, new purposes will arise naturally. By using uncommon materials, applications or combinations for a certain design, he focuses on diminishing prejudices and on giving these materials a new face.
Floris Wubben: www.floriswubben.nl - naam lamp
Cor Unum Mobile Gallery
The objects of the most talented Dutch designers, with whom we work in co-creation, join us when visiting national and international design fairs and – events. In and around the Cor Unum Mobile Gallery the unique products designed by the avant-garde of the Dutch Designers is being presented: Mae Engelgeer, Jeroen Wand, Floris Hovers, Floris Wubben, Roderick Vos, Alex de Witte, David Derksen and Kranen/Gille. They all have an ambition in common with Cor Unum (which means ‘all of one heart): to explore the possibilities of the ceramic production process. They all are continuously in search of innovation within the ceramic craft. They all know there’s still a world to win when it comes to expressing designs in ceramics. And their designs are the main passengers of our Mobile Gallery.
Our designers: Zweitse Landsheer Jeroen Wand Kontantin Grcic Kiki van Eijk Joost van Bleiswijk Electricband Studio rENs Ron Arad Charlotte Landsheer Ettore Sottsas Lars Spuybroek Floris Hovers Gijs Bakker Arian Brekveld Bruno Ninaber van Eijben Ben van Berkel Floris Wubben MVRDV (Winny Maas) NL Architects Ben Oostrum Ruudt Peters Alex de Witte
Roderick Vos Kranen / Gille Ross Lovegrove Richard Hutten Marlies Neugebauer David Graas Albert Kramer Beppy Schut Theo Potmeer Anthon Beeke Collectief La Bolleur Deborah van der Schaaf Jan des Bouvrie Noes Butter Hozan Zangana Walther van Ekkendonk Marleen Mans Heetman / Patijn Patrick Hartog Rita Kok Maarten Baas Lara de Greef
Lene Brigitte Knudsen De Makers Van Wieki Somers Satyendra PakhalĂŠ Erick van Egeraat Holland Vormgevers Geert Lap Simone van Bakel Benno Premsela Allesandro Mendini Mae Engelgeer David Derksen Marc Newson Jasper Morrison Mischa Vos Renate Vos Amandi van Loon Merel Cremers Lisette Marit Bokma Jennifer de JongeÂ
Floris Hovers:
The designs of Floris Hovers – furniture, lighting and models – are surprising in their disarming simplicity. Not abstract minimalism, but the final result of a prolonged process of reduction. What remains is the essence – an almost cartoon-like composition of form, construction and colour. Achieved in an interplay between man and machine. Many of his products betray a somewhat naïve, playful approach. designs must Landsheer be readable and recognizable’. Jug and ‘My Mug Zweitse
Kranen/Gille:
Floris Wubben tries to get the most out of the applied materials and craftsmanship within every design. He likes it when the result in designs will not directly be related to functional objects, but rather being viewed as sculptural objects. In his work of designing he tries to put a certain material into new perspectives. While transforming and combining materials, new purposes will arise naturally. By using uncommon materials, applications or combinations for a certain design, he focuses on diminishing prejudices and on giving these materials a new face.
Florisnew Wubben: www.floriswubben.nl - naam lamp Ton Musch - www.roderickvos.nl Brand model with Cor Unum modeler
Roderick Vos
I don’t want to be constantly entertained, or to entertain others. I want to make you happy with beautifully useful pieces. Objects that exude aesthetic pleasure. Strong shapes that feel beautiful, good and true. Such sensations are nothing to be ashamed of. You won’t find me daydreaming at my drawing board. I like to see the factories, the machinery and talk to the people who work there. I am inspired by both old and new production techniques. After all, product innovation begins with an awareness of materials and techniques.
Kranen/Gille:
Floris Wubben tries to get the most out of the applied materials and craftsmanship within every design. He likes it when the result in designs will not directly be related to functional objects, but rather being viewed as sculptural objects. In his work of designing he tries to put a certain material into new perspectives. While transforming and combining materials, new purposes will arise naturally. By using uncommon materials, applications or combinations for a certain design, he focuses on diminishing prejudices and on giving these materials a new face.
www.jeroenwand.nl Floris Wubben: www.floriswubben.nl - naam lamp
Jeroen Wand
Jeroen Wand studied product design at the Academy of fine Arts and Design in Maastricht (NL), in 2008 he graduated with an MA at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam (NL). Currently, Jeroen Wand lives and works in Eindhoven. Studio Jeroen Wand creates products and objects where traditional combinations of materials and techniques are modified, altered or reinvented, culminating into unconventional production processes such as paper laminating or plaster rotation moulding. The work of the studio is the result of experiments and research where the method of production directly influences the form and function.
Kranen/Gille:
Floris Wubben tries to get the most out of the applied materials and craftsmanship within every design. He likes it when the result in designs will not directly be related to functional objects, but rather being viewed as sculptural objects. In his work of designing he tries to put a certain material into new perspectives. While transforming and combining materials, new purposes will arise naturally. By using uncommon materials, applications or combinations for a certain design, he focuses on diminishing prejudices and on giving these materials a new face.
www.kranengille.com Floris Wubben: www.floriswubben.nl - naam lamp
Kranen/Gille
Kranen/Gille, founded in 2007 by Jos Kranen and Johannes Gille, is a design studio based in the south of The Netherlands. Kranen and Gille, who met during their education at Design Academy Eindhoven, always seek to combine various disciplines, craftsmanship and their own particular aestethics into appealing design objects. All their pieces seem to breathe industrial revolution with a whiff of natural structures reminiscent of the photography of Karl Blossfeldt.
Kranen/Gille:
Floris Wubben tries to get the most out of the applied materials and craftsmanship within every design. He likes it when the result in designs will not directly be related to functional objects, but rather being viewed as sculptural objects. In his work of designing he tries to put a certain material into new perspectives. While transforming and combining materials, new purposes will arise naturally. By using uncommon materials, applications or combinations for a certain design, he focuses on diminishing prejudices and on giving these materials a new face.
Alex de Witte and Toos Beekers Floris Wubben: www.floriswubben.nl - naamvan lampZeeland
- www.alexdewitte.nl
Alex de Witte
Alex de Witte is an industrial designer from Goes, The Netherlands. In 2003 he graduated from the Artimis Academy Amsterdam, where he studied the universal values in the perception of beauty amongst people and animals. Alex’s work is partly based on these values, but moreover he anticipates on occurrences during the design process. The latest work by Alex is the Mama Bowl, in which the design process led different lives because Alex anticipated on the occurrences during this process.
Kranen/Gille:
Floris Wubben tries to get the most out of the applied materials and craftsmanship within every design. He likes it when the result in designs will not directly be related to functional objects, but rather being viewed as sculptural objects. In his work of designing he tries to put a certain material into new perspectives. While transforming and combining materials, new purposes will arise naturally. By using uncommon materials, applications or combinations for a certain design, he focuses on diminishing prejudices and on giving these materials a new face.
www.floriswubben.nl
Floris Wubben
Floris Wubben tries to get the most out of the applied materials and craftsmanship within every design. He likes it when the result in designs will not directly be related to functional objects, but rather being viewed as sculptural objects. In his work of designing he tries to put a certain material into new perspectives. While transforming and combining materials, new purposes will arise naturally. By using uncommon materials, applications or combinations for a certain design, he focuses on diminishing prejudices and on giving these materials a new face.
Kranen/Gille:
Floris Wubben tries to get the most out of the applied materials and craftsmanship within every design. He likes it when the result in designs will not directly be related to functional objects, but rather being viewed as sculptural objects. In his work of designing he tries to put a certain material into new perspectives. While transforming and combining materials, new purposes will arise naturally. By using uncommon materials, applications or combinations for a certain design, he focuses on diminishing prejudices and on giving these materials a new face.
www.florishovers.nl Floris Wubben: www.floriswubben.nl - naam lamp
Floris Hovers
The designs of Floris Hovers – furniture, lighting and models – are surprising in their disarming simplicity. Not abstract minimalism, but the final result of a prolonged process of reduction. What remains is the essence – an almost cartoon-like composition of form, construction and colour. Achieved in an interplay between man and machine. Many of his products betray a somewhat naïve, playful approach. ‘My designs must be readable and recognizable’.
Kranen/Gille:
Floris Wubben tries to get the most out of the applied materials and craftsmanship within every design. He likes it when the result in designs will not directly be related to functional objects, but rather being viewed as sculptural objects. In his work of designing he tries to put a certain material into new perspectives. While transforming and combining materials, new purposes will arise naturally. By using uncommon materials, applications or combinations for a certain design, he focuses on diminishing prejudices and on giving these materials a new face.
Floris Wubben: www.floriswubben.nl - naam lamp- Antwerp design: Charlotte Landsheer Reglaze series is used in restaurant The Jane
Sergio Herman
Master Chef Sergio Herman runs restaurant The Jane in Antwerp. The dishes he creates are served on the beautiful, ceramic dinnerware set ‘Reglaze’ designed by Lotte Landsheer. Herman is one of the most talented Dutch Master Chefs, who combines food and art to an exceptional high culinary level. Sergio’s documentary, Fucking Perfect, released in 2015, lives up to its name, revealing a man obsessed with culinary perfection and willing to sacrifice much in his life to achieve it. As he says: looking everywhere, at any time as a starting point to create and to make it visible again.
David Derksen
Nature, and especially the principles and processes that are found in nature are David Derksen’s main sources of inspiration. This results in a strong focus on materials, how they behave and how they can be constructed. According to David Derksen, producing objects is like playing with the forces of nature. In his designs he tries to express the beauty of the material and the way it is produced. He graduated in 2009 at the Design Academy Eindhoven and completed his MSc degree in 2011 at Industrial Design TU Delft. Currently he is a guest teacher workspace in Rotterdam Currently he is a guest teacher Product Design at Willem de Kooning Academy and initiator of a collective workspace in Rotterdam, housing approximately 20 studio’s.
Mae Engelgeer
Mae Engelgeer is a textile designer from The Netherlands. Her studio is located near the city centre of Amsterdam. This is the place where she designs her collections. Mae studied textile design at an Amsterdam based Fashion Institute and also gratuated from the Master course at the Sandberg Institute were she explored the field of art and design. The developments and productions of most of the fabrics she designs take place at the TextileLab in Tilburg. She likes to design colorful and eye catching products which are like a piece of art in any interior. More and more she is asked for her graphic style, feeling with color by other parties and works on collaborative projects, such as with Cor Unum.
Reglaze servies
Porron
3Vase
Amandimanjula
Reddish
Base clock
Duo
Patent vase
Jheronimusvase
Blossom
Ron Arad
MaMa vase
Jug and Mug
Knick knack pot
Mecklamp
Swing Series
Colophon text: Frida Rouppe- van der Voort Charlotte Landsheer Monique Slabbers photographs: Marije Kuiper concept, styling and design: Marloes de Laat en Roel Vaessen Special thanks to: Sergio Herman, Roderick Vos, Jeroen Wand, Floris Hovers, Floris Wubben, Jos Kranen, Johannes Gille, Alex de Witte, Ton Musch, Toos Beekers van Zeeland Press: www.corunum-ceramics.nl/nl/press The mission of Cor Unum is supported by ambassadors and students, by designers and volunteers, by people with distance from the labour market and professionals. We all share one common ideal: everyone deserves a place, everyone has got a talent and everyone can contribute to make the world somewhat nicer. . . . . .
We We We We We
secure the ceramic craft for the future work in co-creation with state-of-the-art designers coach ceramic talent of the future link professionals to people with distance from the labour market promote ceramic innovative initiatives
Gruyterfabriek - ingang N Veemarktkade 8 5222 AE ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL)
+31 (0)73 3030058 info@corunum-ceramics.nl www.corunum-ceramics.nl
Floris Hovers:
The designs of Floris Hovers – furniture, lighting and models – are surprising in their disarming simplicity. Not abstract minimalism, but the final result of a prolonged process of reduction. What remains is the essence – an almost cartoon-like composition of form, construction and colour. Achieved in an interplay between man and machine. Many of his products betray a somewhat naïve, playful approach. ‘My designs must be readable and recognizable’.
www.corunum-ceramics.nl