Франс de la hae (Frans de la Haye) was to be born in the Renaissance, when a creative person knew everything. So, in 1985, the designer came up with a gas station, where four types of fuel are on the same column - his idea became an international standard. Still de la hae designed street lights, invented a new construction technology, made a cart for postmen, a wind generator, two models of beds for the company AUPING and many other useful things
SALON: Tell us how you create things. - Every year I give myself some task. I see something, read, and suddenly I understand: "Here is a suitable topic." For example, refueling. Once I ran a car and put diesel on a boot. But a liter of oil poisons a million liters of drinking water! So, we need a cleaner refilling ... I usually write myself a letter in which I describe what the subject should be. In general, before you do something, you need to think. For example, with the director AUPING for a long time we talked about how the world is developing, how people get married, have children, how the central heating system affects life.S: Excuse me, but what about the central heating? - Previously, the bedrooms were very cold, people dived into bed, wrapped in a blanket and fell asleep. Maybe they did something else ... but nothing that would imply the ability to sit in bed and read. The Auronde model, which I made in 1973, took into account these changes. Then I came up with another bed. Royal is an adjustable grid base to which tables, lamps and anything can be attached. In addition, all four sections of this bed are each controlled by its engine using the remote control.S: Why do you make beds with a mesh base? It seemed to me that it was yesterday ... - You are deeply mistaken. The mattress provides microcomfort, and the grid, repeating the contours of your body, creates macrocomfort. In addition, unlike a bed with a slatted base, there are no problems with ventilation - this is important from the point of view of hygiene. In addition, the grid is incredibly durable. One autumn, I saw children who laid the foundation of the Auronde model over a pit and the four of them jumped on it. I talked with them, and one of them said: "We jump on this bed all summer." You know, I was very pleased to hear that.