After reaching peak popularity in the 90’s, wallpaper is back.At the forefront of the 90’s revival, Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has released a bespoke collection of wallpapers that resemble rich architectural materials ranging from marble to brick to wood.Merely describing it as wallpaper almost does Eek’s creations a disservice, as the designs are so intricate and life-like in their conception that they deserve to be recognised as more than just wallpaper.The collection itself consists of eight designs including black marble, white marble, black brick, silver brick, burnt wood and blue painted wooden floorboards, with an exclusive new pair of designs yet to be announced.All of the rolls are created from a tromp l’oeil effect, which makes them appear three dimensional although they remain on entirely flat.Renowned designer Eek, who previously worked alongside the Dutch Wallpaper Company to release a range of aged-wood designs, sourced the images of bricks and blue timber from his own hotbed of inspiration- his workshop in Eindhoven.

“We have a lot of brick walls.Not the nice New York exposed brick kind, but the ugly kind.We decided to simply paint them black,” explains Piet.Meanwhile, the imagery for the black and white marble effect wallpapers were scanned from the floor of an old building in Amsterdam, proving that the most beautiful treasures can be found almost anywhere."A lot of companies have made marble reproduction products, but never in the way we envisioned it," claims Eek."So we decided to give it a try.When the printing proofs came in we had the exact same thrill as we had five years earlier with the Scrapwood Wallpaper.You just want to install it everywhere." The wallpapers has been installed in Eek’s factory in Eindhoven ahead of inaugural Dutch Design Week, which takes place from the 17th of October to the 25th October 2015.Home Lighting Some designers are featured more than once on upcycleDZINE.Not because there isn’t enough upcycle design to be found, but because the originality and quality of their upcycle designs.

And today’s featured upcycling project is by Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek.He’s known for using materials and objects that are already out there, “what the world provides”, and turning it into new design products like chairs, tables and lamps.After creating upcycle design made out of wood and metal waste, he took on another challenge using hand blown Murano glass.A Meccano-like system for Veronese glass lighting Paris based Veronese is a company that makes glass lighting using Murano glass.They do this for more than 85 years.Veronese teamed up with Piet Hein Eek for a project that’s called Past & Future.Video © Merci shop Paris It all started when the son and creative director of the Veronese family business, Ruben Jochimek, wanted to give a second life to thousands of extra glass pieces that were produced since 1931.The ‘treasure’, an incredible amount of chandelier ornaments of a bygone age, was laying in the basement of their Parisian store.Piet Hein Eek: “All I had to do was to think of something to compose the glass pieces.

It became a Meccano like system around a vertical axis that will let you put together all kinds of different objects.” The light creations are outfitted with LED lighting.The system consists of brass discs into which several glass pieces can be placed.It’s a very versatile and customizable building system which let’s the designer play with size, ornaments and colours.Each design is completely unique and new and at the same time it has a vintage style to it.mobel as landau onlinePhotos © Veronese and Merci shop Paris During the Salone del Mobile 2017, the Past & Future collection will be part of the Euroluce lighting exhibition.mobel reiter wienDesign by Piet Hein Eek | Commissioned by Veronese Share this: Griffith Stool: fire hose furniture by Oxgut Hose Co.landhausstil mobel in holland kaufen

DIY: Drawer Lamp by Catherine HugPiet Hein Eek’s body of work has been dedicated at large to re-using materials like wood to create unique designs.During this year’s Milan Furniture Fair, he showcased his studio’s new designs at the Spazzio Rossana Orlandi.After purchasing a big quantity of beams, Eek began a long process of designing, experimenting and producing that resulted in furniture pieces like benches and armchairs that salvage the material and make beautiful pieces of green design.gebrauchte möbel augsburg kaufenThe Dutch designer created a series of objects made from salvaged old wooden beams that preserve their large size and shape.gebrauchte möbel verkaufen wuppertalEach one of his chunky-looking beam furniture shown follows a simple aesthetic that barely changes the original form of its elements.möbelhäuser in usa

The limited number of beams makes these benches and armchairs a limited edition collection.Going further into simplicity, the one beam bench is constructed from a large wooden beam and then painted in bright colors.These benches don’t have any determined size, since the measure of each beam may vary.Piet Hein Eek’s design approach honors reclaimed materials and puts them under the spotlight of design’s biggest event.January 2016Maison & Objet, Scènes d`Interieur, ParisHall 7 Booth J 155 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAST:2015Piet Hein Eek Art Gallery, Eindhoven, NLKunstmand Ameland, Ameland, NLChristmas Edition 2015, Handwerksforum Hannover, DEZeughausmesse, Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin, DEDutch Design Week, Piet Hein Eek Art Gallery; EindhovenMaison&Objet, Scènes d`Interieur, ParisSpazio Rossana Orlandi, Fuorisalone MilanoEUNIQUE 2015, Applied Arts & Design, KarlsruheMe and my doll @ Blue & Pink / Rethink!Gender Design ExhibitionAlexa Lixfeld x Marienberg @ Czech Selection, Maison & Objet, ParisAlexa Lixfeld @ showUP, Amsterdam 2014-Alexa Lixfeld awarded Hessian State Award for Arts & Crafts-GlassWood awarded FORM 2014 - Form From Industry and Crafts-Gravity awarded FORM 2014 - Form From Industry and Crafts-Me and my doll @ Für Kinder gestaltet, Galerie Handwerk, München-Me and my doll @ The Great Small, Gender Design Exhibition, Hong Kong-Alexa Lixfeld @ IFFT / Interior Lifestyle Living, Tokyo-Alexa Lixfeld @ Modern Crafts, Tendence Trade Fair, Frankfurt -Just one percent @ DesignXport / Hamburg-Tutor @ Canterbury School of Architecture, University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Canterbury, UK-LGW-HAM @ LUV INTERIOR, Hamburg-Me and my doll @ Un/Tragbare Kleider - Museum für Arbeit, Hamburg-Me and my doll @ Little Art Lovers -  Stilwerk Limited Edition Design Gallery, Hamburg 2013            -Designer / Consultant  @ One Village-One Product (OVOP) Project, Hanoi, Vietnam-Panel guest @ „The future of content is context“ conference, University of St. Gallen (HSG)-Social Impact Enterprise scholarship, level II-Social Entrepreneurship scholarship, Hans-Sauer-Foundation-Me and my doll @ Piet Hein Eek, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven-GlassWood @ Piet Hein Eek, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven-GlassWood @ Woodmood.

, Berlin-Associate Professor @ Technical University Braunschweig, Institute for Structural Design -Lecture on social design @ Alliance of German Designers annual conference-Workshop lecture social design & social entrepreneurship @ Social Pioneer, Hamburg-Entrepreneurship foundations award „Kopf schlägt Kapital“, nominated-Social impact enterprise scholarship, level I-Tableware presented by EatDrink Design, Kazerne @ Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven        -Gallery Lilly Zeligman presents Alexa Lixfeld @ AAF, Amsterdam-Early Bird, Designinsel, Hamburg-Home, Feat.by Dezeen, London-Maison & Objet, Now!Design À Vivre, Paris-research trip to Peru 2011-Jetzt!Zeitempfinden und Gegenwartsdesign, MARTa Herford         -Workshop lecture @ Project Wahlverwandschaft, in cooperation with Dutch DFA and Netherlands Consulate General, Designers Fair, Passagen, IMM Cologne-German Design Award, Nominated category Product Design-Designwalk @ Designers Fair, Passagen, IMM Cologne-Maison & Objet, Now!

Design À Vivre, Paris 2010        -German Design Award, nominated category Product Design -German Design Award, nominated category up- and coming Designer-Design Plus Award-Dolls included in the permanent collection of Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt -Musterwohnung @ Corbusierhaus, DMY Extended, Berlin-Beads Project @ Rossana Orlandi, Fuori Salone, Milan-Centerpiece @ Wallpaper´s Handmade Exhibition, Fuori Salone, Milan-NYIGF, Accent on Design, New York City-Maison & Objet, Now!Design À Vivre, Paris-Ambiente, A Mano, Frankfurt-Maison & Objet, Now!Design À Vivre, Paris    2009        -Nullpunkt Forum II: Lecture, Museum Marta, Herford-Nullpunkt Forum I: Panel Discussion, Museum Marta, Herford-Lecture @ Designers Fair, Passagen, IMM Cologne -Design Plus Award-Gute Gestaltung Award-Triennale des norddeutschen Kunsthandwerks-Design for children@ Corbusierhaus,  DMY, Berlin-Alexa Lixfeld @ Rossana Orlandi, Fuori Salone, Milano-Love Design, Fuori Salone, Milano-Nullpunkt, Nieuwe German Gestaltung @ MARTa Herford-Designboom @ ICFF New York-I Deko, Young Designer, Decoration and Design Fair, Istanbul-NEXT @ Ambiente Frankfurt-Maison & Objet, Now!

Design À Vivre, Paris-Designers Fair, Passagen, Imm Cologne 2008             -Visiting Professor at University of Fine Arts, Hamburg, Germany    -Lecture @ Master-Class Design Course, British Design School, Moscow-Lecture @ New Products in Construction Congress, Istanbul-Designblicke, Schüler-Design-Uni, panel discussion, Köln International School of Design-Panel discussion @ Kultwerkwest, Hamburg -Metamorphose Vessels included in the permanent collection of Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt-Form – Form aus Industrie und Handwerk Award-Design Report Award, nominated-Quelle Innovationsstiftung, Recognition Award-Material ConneXion, Certificate of Material Excellence, category process-IF concept award, shortlisted-AlexaLixfeld @ Kultwerkwest, Hamburg-Grassi Messe, Internationales Forum für angewandte Kunst und Design, Leipzig-Design Act 2008, Moscow-DMY, International Designfestival Berlin-Alexa Lixfeld meets Streetart, Vicious Gallery, Hamburg-Maison & Objet, Now!Design À Vivre, Paris-NEXT @ Decorate Life, Frankfurt-Salone Internationale del Mobile, Salone Satellite, Milan-New Products in Construction Fair, Istanbul 2007         -Founder/Owner at Alexa Lixfeld (from 2008: AlexaLixfeld Design GmbH)-Workshop @ University of Fine Arts, Hamburg-Lecture @ Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Haus, University of Arts /Design Center, Bremen-Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award, special mention-Young Professional, YDMI, German Design Council-IF concept award, category material-YDMI Workshop, German Design Council-Special show „Der gedeckte Tisch“, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg-Design Festival Hamburg-Designweek London: Talent Zone @ Tent London-DMY - designmai-youngsters, international designfestival, Berlin-Creacrete @ Material Vision, Fair Frankfurt-Designweek Tokio: Blickfang @ 100% Design, Tokyo-Material Trends, Hannover Messe-Talents at Ambiente, Fair Frankfurt EDUCATION 2001- 2006:        -Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands-Köln International School of Design, Germany-University of applied Arts, Pforzheim, Germany