lucas maassen + sons: furniture factory

'furniture factory' by lucas maasen + sons
all images and film © mike roelofs


'furniture factory' is a collection by dutch designer lucas maassen and his three sons. maassen employed his sons
julian and maris, both age 7, and thijme, age 9, to paint the pine wood furniture built in the factory. as noted in a contract
the boys signed with their father, each son receives a stipend of 1 euro for every piece of hand-built furniture they paint
and may only work three hours per week, as allowed by dutch child labor laws. due to the condensed time frame
in which the brothers and father are able to create, the speed of production is a highly influential factor in the aesthetics
of each LM+S piece.



painters thijme, julian and maris



a work in progress









a finished shelving system by LM+S



finished mirror



completed blue chair from the collection



the contract agreed upon by lucas and his son, julian



film elaboration of the project