‘the amsterdam armoire’ image © designboom
dutch design duo scholten & baijings ‘the amsterdam armoire’ is now in production for british design and manufacturing company established & sons. presented during milan design week 2010, the wardrobe unit is a typically traditional dutch design taking on a contemporary form. it consists of two upper doors, a drawer over the full weight and two lower doors.
scholten & baijings trademark grid pattern is found on the front of the armoire which is made from high pressure laminate (HPL) sheet. the unit’s front legs are two round feet made of hand-blown glass in light pink. featured inside each of the doors, is a black and white picture of a still life. these six images were made in collaboration with dutch photographers maurice scheltens and liesbeth abbenes, and depict the couple’s work.
‘the amsterdam armoire’ image © designboom
a view of the upper doors image © designboom
side view image © designboom
detail of the light pink hand-blown glass feet image © designboom
back view image © designboom
rendering of ‘the amsterdam armoire’
rendering of ‘the amsterdam armoire’ and six still life images
