dutch designer maarten baas presented a specially-commissioned cabinet at design miami 09, where he received the ‘designer of the year’ award. photo © james harris

maarten baas at design miami 09 the ‘designer of the year’ exhibition features works by maarten baas

maarten baas at design miami 09 maarten baas photo © james harris

maarten baas at design miami 09 maarten baas photo © red eye productions

maarten baas at design miami 09 ‘the shell’ by maarten baas

maarten baas at design miami 09 ‘the shell’ is a metal cabinet that surrounds a wooden interior, it has a faceted inner and outer surface

maarten baas at design miami 09 close-up

maarten baas at design miami 09 the cabinet features an irregular shapes of steel welded together

in celebration of maarten baas’ nomination, the french ‘tools’ galerie in paris hosts an extensive exhibition of his works, on show until 23 january 2010.

born in germany and raised in the netherlands, maarten baas graduated from the design academy in eindhoven in 2002. the exhibition includes works from his graduation at design academy eindhoven, the smoke series (2004), treasury (2005), clay (2006), sculpt (2007), until baas stepped into the role of a film director, exploring different ways to express time in the video clocks ‘real time’ (2009).