tom frencken tom frencken
sep 02, 2008

tom frencken

‘odes’ series

tom frencken is a dutch furniture designer who graduated last year. his furniture designs are simple and often reference the past. his ‘odes’ series, for example, pays homage to the work of ray and charles eames and dutch designer, mart stam. the simple tubular steel frames echo the to work of stam, while the curved plywood acknowledges the eames. his dining chair design is also very eames-like, recalling their ‘lcw chair’. however more of frencken’s own humour is evident in his pregnant mary sculpture.

http://www.tomfrencken.nl

‘fold’

‘fold’

‘pregnant mary’

dining chair

dining chair

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