Marten Baas (Maarten Baas), feeling the image, immediately proceeds to work: twists, bends, breaks and burns. He does not take orders from large furniture productions, is deaf to expert advice, does not recognize sketches. And insists that his activity is positive.

Martin Baas was born on February 19, 1978 in Arnsberg (Germany). He graduated from the Design Academy in Eindhoven (Design Academy Eindhoven) in 2002. And then he created the legendary Smoke series. Instantly this collection of black, broken and burnt furniture has become world-famous.

Успехом отмечены и следующие серии — Clay (2006) и Real Time (2009). В 2009 году Мартен Баас получил титул «Дизайнер года» на выставке Design/Miami. Его работы находятся в крупнейших музейных cобраниях: V&A, MoMa, Rijksmuseum и Музей декоративного искусства в Париже. Неудивительно, что все главные коллекционеры современного дизайна обожают уникаты Бааса: его вещи есть у Бреда Питта, Канье Уэста, Яна Шрагера и Адама Линдеманна. Дизайнер успешно сотрудничает с Louis Vuitton, Swarovski, Dior, Dom Ruinart, Berluti.

Chair from the collection of Smoke, Moooi. 2002

“I am most inspired when my objects like others. I was really looking forward to this from SMOKE. I thought that my neighbors would buy it, but none of them knocked on my door. But I learned about galleries, museum workers and collectors. "

“I can hardly be called a pyromaniac, but I like to observe how fire destroys a thing. And then it turns into something completely new, no less beautiful than before. What I do, by a happy coincidence, it seems, is design. My method is like cooking, and things are like food. You will not eat something even, rectilinear and perfect in form. It is unpleasant. And I like organic forms, but cracked, with a wormhole.

A good cook doesn't need a recipe. He acts on a whim, guided by experience, takes those ingredients that are on hand. I do not make sketches, just invent what I want to get, and - for the cause. Or I explain the idea to my producer Basu den Herder, and he is looking for a factory with the necessary technical base for me. In the Clay collection I molded everything from clay myself, so there are no two identical objects. Treasure is things made from furniture production waste.

Series of chairs and chairs Clay. Metal frame, plastic. Handwork. 2009

"Treasures" were released as long as the factory left a certain form of waste. I collect rubbish on the flea markets and make of it the pyramids. Items change their purpose: the violin becomes a hanger, the chair becomes a shelf. Chaos and disorder - that's what I can't work without. In general, I am a very punctual and obliging person - if I apply gloss on my workplace, literally an hour later chaos reigns there, because this is the most productive environment for me.

Das Pop Light, a collection of ceiling (175 × 270 cm) and floor lamps for Lasvit. 2015

My ideal is a garage-workshop with tools, workpieces, parts, where something is constantly customized, honed, and knocked together. So I liked working in Shanghai, everything is intertwined: handicraft workshops, mass production, old crafts and high-tech. In Holland, we will not meet such a colorful mixture ”.

Folding Chair Beach chair. Project Nomades for Louis Vuitton. 2015 Carpet Ciliophora for Nodus. Wool. 2015