By Maarten Baas Kitchen cupboard - / 16 items (4 people) by valerie objects Grey/Silver/Metal

valerie objects Kitchen cupboard Grey/Silver/Metal Metal. Dimensions: Box : 28 × 15 x H 7 cm. Dutch designer Maarten Baas is known for his iconoclastic, whimsical creations that disrupt traditional typologies. Through his controversial experimental work, Maarten Baas overturns preconceived ideas. He has forged his own world, happily pushing the boundaries of design to show another reality made up of strangeness, optical effects, illusion, play. In collaboration with the Antwerp label Valérie Objects, Maarten Baas has created a complete set of tableware : objects with assumed irregularities and a „handmade“ feel. As ever, Maarten Baas likes to jostle the lines, create irregularity and asymmetry to make his objects more human. To design his collection of steel cutlery, Maarten Baas favoured spontaneity over perfect symmetry by drawing spontaneous freehand sketches with irregular shapes. They have been literally translated into cutlery, making these objects the materialisation of imperfect sketches. In a world where machines are made to produce straight lines, Maarten Baas' irregular shapes are a real technical challenge to achieve. The imperfect, asymmetrical lines, irregular edges and rugged contours of this cutlery set break with the very strict, linear environments that make up our daily life. By favouring naturalness and irregular shapes rather than perfection, these objects communicate an artisanal idea, far from the usual codes and wise rectilinear lines. These cutlery items break with strict geometry and make it possible to compose a table like no other.