23 February 2007
Function Tiles is an oldie but a goodie. It’s a tile system from 1997 by Droog Designers Peter van der Jagt, Erik-Jan Kwakkel, and Arnout Visser that makes the tiles work more functionally, thus the name “Function Tiles”. The concept is brilliant. That is, getting more out of your shower or bathroom with limited space. Or, does the system function for minimalists that need tons of gadgets but want to hide them? However you spin it, the idea is really, really cool. I mean, how cool would it be to have a tv built into your shower? Pretty damn cool. BTW, it’s not available, so if someone could please manufacture this soon, that would be goo.
OK, sure, the project was designed a decade ago, and I’ve really been trying to keep my design searching very fresh, but I’m starting to take my guards down and looking for older, fantastic designs. I don’t know if I would ever go as far as having anything as popular as a LeCorbusier chair on the site, but preserving the memory of a project like this seems like a good goal.
Object: Function Tiles
Designer: Peter van der Jagt, Erik-Jan Kwakkel, Arnout Visser
Manufacturer: Droog Design
Year: 1997
URL: www.droogdesign.nl
Lust Factor: Warm
Categories: Architecture | Ceramics | Droog Design | Lust Factor: Warm | Smooth | White
People who viewed this also viewed:
Comments: 2 Comments
December 4th, 2008 at 2:55 am
I was first introduced to these at the Design Museum in London in 2002 and it still blows my mind and inspires my current work so preserve on!!
December 12th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Hello i’m a tiler from London. Im very impressed with some of your designs above. I was wondering if maybe there was someway of doing some of them with different, sligtly higher standard tiles? There could be a massive market for them here? I really like some of your ideas and I also have got a few of my own. Please get back to me via Email, It would be much appreciated. Thank you very much.