maarten baas at design miami 09

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

the ‘designer of the year’ exhibition features works by maarten baas

maarten baas photo © james harris

maarten baas photo © red eye productions

‘the shell’ by maarten baas

‘the shell’ is a metal cabinet that surrounds a wooden interior, it has a faceted inner and outer surface

close-up

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).