NEW DANDELIGHT AVAILABLE! | 22-06-2007

The new and improved Dandelight is now for sale from our website. Other products coming soon.

About

To download our C.V. click: C.V. Drift

About DRIFT

“We are curious about the future, not only the new technologies that are changing design, but also the evolutionary developments in nature and human culture. We strive to find the perfect combination of knowledge and intuition, science fiction and nature, fantasy and interactivity. Our goal is to create a dialogue between the viewer and the objects we create, embodied in tangible objects that refer to realities that are often impenetrable and difficult to understand.” - Ralph Nauta & Lonneke Gordijn

The studio was founded by Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn, both graduates of the Design Academy of Einhoven. The duo's skills are complimentary; Nauta's precise knowledge of craft, materials and production techniques; Gordijn's intuitive awareness of concept and composition. The resulting works are an intriguing amalgamation of fantasy and increasingly relevant reality. They question relationship between nature, technology and humankind.


“In this time of information overload and exaggerated senses, we hope that our work emphasizes the metaphysical quality of human sensations, that it establishes a point of balance in the midst of the contradictions of daily life, and that it stresses immaterial - spiritual and emotional - values. Because of these goals, light has been one of our favourite mediums; light expresses emotions in a very direct way.”


Studio DRIFT’s work includes the DANDELIGHT, FLYLIGHT, FRAGILE FUTURE, SHYLIGHT, OILLIGHT and the GHOST Collection.

Since 2006 their work has been exhibited at leading museums and fairs worldwide, including the Victoria & Albert Museum London, Museum of Arts & Design New York, World Expo Shanghai, Design/ Miami, Salone del Mobile Milan, Design Week Tokyo and Design Act Moscow.

DRIFT has been awarded several times for their designs, including ëLight of the Future’ from the German Design Council in 2008 for FRAGILE FUTURE. Most recently, Nauta and Gordijn's FRAGILE FUTURE Concrete Chandelier has won ëThe Moet Hennessy - Pavillion of Art and Design London Prize 2010’ and has been acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.


DRIFT FRAGILE FUTURE is represented by Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London.

CONTACT

STUDIO DRIFT

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DRIFT HEAD OFFICE:
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Media

DEUTSCHE WELLE | DRIFT | EUROMAXX - LAY OF THE LIGHT | --

A video about Studio DRIFT, a designer duo from the Netherlands. Watch the video of Studio DRIFT by Deutsche Welle

ONE MINUTE WONDER | 2011 | --

One minute wonders is just that. A series of video portraits of wondrous people, telling their personal story in 60 seconds flat. Watch the video of Lonneke Gordijn filmed by One Minute Wonder

TAIWANESE NEWS ITEM | DRIFT INTERVIEW ON TAIWANESE NEWS | --

We were interviewed during our FOO presentation in Milan 2011. To see this scroll to 2.55 min in the video.

To see the video click: DRIFT on Taiwanese news

DEZEEN SCREEN | INTERVIEW: RALPH NAUTA AND LONNEKE GORDIJN OF DESIGN DRIFT | --

This video was filmed by Dezeen at Ventura Lambrate during Milan 2011 design week features Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn of Design Drift. Talking about their Fly Light and Fragile Future.
to see the movie click: dezeen screen

TED X AMSTERDAM | FRAGILE FUTURE DESIGN FOR DREAMERS | 07-12-2010

Lonneke Gordijn talks about her design philosophy by explaining her project Fragile Future on the world famous TED stage.

to see the presentation click: TED X 2010

RTL Z NEWS | INTERVIEW ABOUT STUDIO DRIFT | 30-11-2010

During TED X were Lonneke Gordijn was speaking Ralph Nauta was interviewed about our studio DRIFT for 15 min.

To see the intervuwe. (in dutch) click: RTL Z news item

FLY LIGHT FILM | WATCH IT REACT TO LONNEKE | 20-03-2010

To see our new Fly light move click: Fly Light film

CHANNEL 4 NEWS ITEM | V&A EXPO IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS | 19-09-2009

Jane Withers curated the show In Praise of Shadows for the V&A Museum in London. We were selected to present our Fragile Future III from 19 till 27 Sep. To see the channel 4 news item about the expo click: Channel 4

VERNISSAGE TV | INTERVIEW WITH DRIFT | 24-07-2009

We were interviewed by Vernissage tv, during the Design High exposition from Carpenters Workshop Gallery at the Louise Blouin Foundation,
To see the the interview click: interview Drift

DEAD OR ALIVE | MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN | --2010

Published by MAD New York 2010
page 46, ISBN 978-1-890385-20-0

LIMITED EDITION | PROTOTYPES, ONE-OFFS AND DESIGN ART FURNITURE | --2009

Published by Birkhauser Verlag AG Basel 2009.
page 82/133, ISBN 978-3-7643-8895-2

ONCE UPON A CHAIR | DESIGN BEYOND THE ICON | --2009

Published by Gestalten, Berlin 2009
page 84, ISBN 978-3-89955-256-0

INSPIRATIONS | RE-GENERATION | 01-09-2009

Published by Maison & Oblet Paris 2009
page 57

STAR PIECES | THE ENDURING BEATY OF SPECTACULAR FURNITURE | --2009

Published by Thames and Hudson, Uk 2009
page 47, ISBN 978-0-500-51482-5

DESIRE | THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME | --2008

Published by Gestalten, Berlin 2008
page 108/109, ISBN 978-3-89955-218-8

CREATE. | EATING, DESIGN AND FUTURE FOOD | --2008

Published by Gestalten, Berlin 2008
page 53 ISBN 978-3-89955-231-7

WALLPAPER ASIAN | SHIRAZ PORTFOLIO | 01-09-2008

Ghost Chair by Drift.

DESIGNER | BACK TO BASICS | 01-09-2008

The Module Kitchen was designed by Ralph Nauta for people who enjoy the basic necessities in life.

ARCHITECTURA (ROMENIA) | TSUNAMI WITH METHAPHORS | 01-08-2008

Compared to the over-commercial presence of Moooi, Design Drift saves the reputation of Dutch creativity.

BRIGHT | MOST BEAUTIFUL FROM MILAN | 01-07-2008

Drift wants to make the impossible possible.

DESIGN ART AND BUSNESS (KOREA) | MILANO REPORT | 01-06-2008

VON HAUS (ARGENTINA) | GHOST COLLECTION EN MILAN 2008 | 01-06-2008

Architecture and interior design review. Magazine from Argentina

BOX (MILAN) | WAITING LIST | 01-05-2008

Unexpected mix of natural and artificial. Drift combines delicasy and technology to give orgin to hybrids worthy of the best science-fiction films.

PI | YOUNG TALENT | 01-05-2008

A passion for observing and designing

TASARIM | STUDIO DRIFT | 01-04-2008

MARU - KORIAN INTERIOR MAG | FURNITURE | 01-03-2008

Drift is working towards an ecologically efficiant and soocially responsible practice.

PROCBET (RUSSIA) | | 01-03-2008

ISRAEL, INTERIOR MAG. | 22+2 PART 1 | 01-01-2008

EIGEN HUIS EN INTERIEUR | VERLICHTINGSONTWERPER | 01-01-2008

You can turn a lightbulp in a vase, but that does not make it a lamp.

DAX | PRODUCT INFORMATION | 01-12-2007

The Ghost Chair from Design Drift.

FRAME | I SAW A GHOST | 01-12-2007

With the Ghost chair we want to make clear that it is time to free ourselves of old styles and trends and to start designing our own future!

EIGENHUIS EN INTERIEUR | NL DESIGN TALENT | 01-12-2007

Echt talent is dun gezaaid. Maar nog voor ze boven het maaiveld uitsteken, spot eigenhuis en iterier ze. De ontwerpers van de toekomst; Ralph Nauta.

ELLE WONEN | EXPO ELLE WONEN HUIS. | 01-12-2007

Cadeau-idee.

EXPLORE | PORTRET SCIENTIST@WORK | 01-10-2007

If you have a good idea, it's best to sell it yourself.

DEPARTURES (RUSIA) | NEW | 01-09-2007

This magazine is to hard to read for us.

BRIGHT | POETISCHE PLUIZENBOLLEN | 01-08-2007

Een tegenhanger van de wegwerpmaatschapij waarbij alles vervangbaar is.

TECHNISCH WEEKBLAD | FRAMED DESIGNES NEW INLINE SKATE FRAME. | 28-07-2007

Als je in loondiest bent, wordt het nooit je eigen product, hoe hard je er ook aan werkt. Uiteindelijk staat de naam van iemand anders erop.

FLORIDA INSIDE OUT | DON'T BOX ME IN | 01-07-2007

There's no need to feel confined when it comes to lighting as designers continially innovate.

WONEN ENZO | YOUNG DOGS | 01-06-2007

Tord Boontje, Marcel Wanders, Richard Hutten en Hella Jongerius have to watch out, a new genaration designers is ready!

D CASA (ITALI) | OH LA LA! | 26-05-2007

Nummero uno in Milaan

IMPULS | EINDHOVEN'S DESIGNER SCOORS IN MILAAN | 01-05-2007

I felt that it could be even better.

ELLE WONEN | YOUNG TALENT | 01-05-2007

Een discussie losmaken met hun ontwerpen, de mensen aan het denken zetten: dat drijft Drift, een designbureau uit Eindhoven.

VENTIQUATTRO | IMPRENDITORI DI SE STESSI | 01-04-2007

Picture by Alice Fiorilli

FRAME | THE GREAT INDOORS | 01-03-2007

Outdoor bench for turtledoves goes to a spider.

ELLE | FAIR MILAAN NIEWS | 01-08-2006

De mooie dingen worden verkocht, de diepgaande ontwerpen niet. Soms denk ik er serieus over toch maar iets moois te maken. Dan kan ik tenmiste geld verdienen. (Ralph Nauta)

ICON | DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN | 01-01-2006

The Verhoeven twins, Lonneke Gordijn and others - could define Dutch Design for another ten Years, and keep Design academy Eindhoven and the Netherlands at the head of the European design culture.

Store

DANDELIGHT

> PRICE 85,- Euro

'Dandelight' is handmade in our Studio in the Netherlands.
Dimensions: 11x18x 5 cm,
Including: packaging and 9V battery

Material: bronze, electronics and real dandelionseeds.(these seeds are lasting, because they are secured to a led-light. However this part is very fragile, and requires an accurate application)

If you have any questions don't hesitate to call or e-mail us. Contact information can be found on the site.

GLASS BELL FOR DANDELIGHT

> PRICE 60,- Euro

Dimensions:
made to fit exactly over our Dandelight.

We offer this glass dome to protect the delicate Dandelight for situations where needed.

Material: Glass.
Including: packaging
Dandelight sold separately.

GREENCELL BATTERY

> PRICE 12,50 - Euro

Specific 5 9V batteries for extra use with the DANDELIGHT.
shipping not included

FRAGILE FUTURE 3

> PRICE ON REQUEST, LIMITED EDITION

According to a space and atmosphere we can design a composition from just a few (minimal 3 modules), up to large numbers of modules. One module is a visible circuit with 3 dandelion LEDs. A module can be attached to the next (in five different ways), while the power continues through the 3D bronze structure.

Lonneke Gordijn will personally design a Fragile Future installation for a requested location. For edition and commisioned pieces please contact us.

GHOST CHAIR

> PRICE ON REQUEST, LIMITED EDITION

This Ghost Chair is the first of a limited series. There are 8 different inside shapes for the table Ghost Chair. At this momant we also have a King and Queen Ghost Chair and to top the collection of a stool. To see more different shapes check the Drift collection.

Delivery time is between 8 and 12 weeks.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to call or e-mail us. Contact information can be found on the site.

OIL LIGHT

PRICE ON REQUEST

'Oil Light' is a lamp that changes shape according to the oil price.
Dimensions: depending on the oil price
Including: packaging

The OILLIGHT you order will be a reference of the oil price on the day you order it. For more information check the Drift collection.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to call or e-mail us. Contact information can be found on the site.

WATER WEB BENCH

> PRICE ON REQUEST

There are three different patterns avalible in white, gray and black. Other colors and patterns on request.

Water pump and algae solvent are included. Delivery time is between 8 and 12 weeks.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to call or e-mail us. Contact information can be found on the site.

PORTFOLIO

Work

COUNT SHEEP

Count Sheep is a filmprojection made for a building in Eindhoven. This animation is about Lonneke's fantasy of what is happening behind the blind walls of this business premise. The film is projected on the building, but the only way to see it is within the boundaries of your own shadow.
You never see the whole animation at once. You have to walk up and down the wall. Together you'll see more.

U WOOD C

Many children spend too much time inside the house using computers. Social contacts are often by sms or msn. Children don't develop the social and creative skills they need anymore.
U Wood C stimulates kids to play outside. These toolboxes use the wannahave image of a skateboard to create a trend in building huts. The box provides only the most necessary tools for building wooden constructions, which stimulates creativity and inventiveness. A new healthy trend is created. Playing outside becomes hot again!

The toolbox comes in different colours and materials such as the ultimate carbon, so it can be customized in any way you like.

FRAMED

Framed is an inline skate company owned and launched by Ralph Nauta.
Framed designs and produces PATENTED inline stunt skate frames. Normal frames are made of one part ABS, we combined the strength of aluminium with the sliding capability's of ABS.

My frames are more ridged for speed, stronger for hard impacts and the ABS part that wears out can easily be replaced. The ABS part can be quick changed for an other part so you can skate other obstacles. You can choose from anti-rocker, 4-down and freestyle.

Framed has also a clothing line and sponsors the 3 best inline skaters of the Netherlands. Sven Boekhort (former World Champion) Adil Farhouni and Edwin Wijering.

For more info: Framed

Collectie

SHYLIGHT

SHYLIGHT is a light hidden in a cocoon. It is based on the natural process by which flowers attract and repel pollen-gathering bees. It falls out of its ëcocoon’, open sits petaals and floats own to show all its splendor. At the slightest danger Shylight flips up and retreats into its shell.

SHYLIGHT unfolds its blossom by a systems of springs. The lampshade is made out of many layers of pure silk, kept apart by arms that connect to the springs. The silk is stitched in such a structure that it dances with every movement. Gravity lets SHYLIGHT slide down and a motor controlls the upward movement. The brightness of the LED and the speed of the movement are fully programmable and can be controlled by I-phone or Ipad.

A group of SHYLIGHTS can be programmed to perform a choreography together on a piece of music. Imagine a hall with a field of Shylights hanging from the roof, all moving together…

Watch the video of SHYLIGHT at Design Days Dubai 2012

FRAGILE FUTURE III

FRAGILE FUTURE III tells the story about the amalgamation of nature and technology. In the distant future these two extremes have made a pact to survive. FRAGILE FUTURE III combines an electrical system with real dandelions in a light sculpture that is predestined to overgrow a surface.

This system is different from the earlier versions because we can build up 3D constructions with the newly developed modules. Therefore we have total freedom in creating different light installations. This project is a collaboration with the London based Carpenters Workshop gallery. The installations are limited and can be bought true them. We also produce custom installations on commission. The installations are delivered on Plexiglas so they can be easily installed and reinstalled. 5 Spare Dandelion light bulbs are included.

One module is a visible circuit with 3 dandelights. This module system is ease to attach to the next one (in unlimited different ways), meanwhile the power will always continue correctly true the installation. So it is possible to create a composition from just a few, up to 500 modules, according to the space and atmosphere.

FRAGILE FUTURE III is far less fragile then FRAGILE FUTURE I and II. Therefore easy to install and maintain. FRAGILE FUTURE I, II and III are limited and built by our company.

for info and rates please contact: Carpenters Workshop Gallery.

FLYLIGHT

To see the movie full screen click: Fly light film

FLYLIGHT is an interactive light installation composed of a minimum of 180 glass tubes.The glass tubes that light up and respond to the viewer are inspired by the behavior of a flock of birds and the fascinating patterns they seem to make randomly in the air. Actually this behaviour is not as accidental as it looks; birds have to keep a safe distance from each other. What will happen if an intruder interrupts their flight? This is what the viewer will experience when approaching the FLYLIGHT. We converted this bird-behaviour into a digital DNA and translated it into understandable visualisations with light. Each light is controlled individually, but the behavior is not programmed to a repeated pattern.Time after time the birds have to choose their way within the borders of the installation.

The lights can see their environment through sensors that translate the information into a computer simulation, which drives the electronics of the lights.

The first designs for FLYLIGHT were commissioned in 2007 and have further developed into the current form, which was shown at Salone del Mobile 2011 in Milan for the first time outside the Netherlands.We are currently working on customized FLYLIGHTS for private houses and public spaces in China, Israel, Russia and Europe.

Music by: A bird came FLYing: Anne van Schothorst

GHOST COLLECTION

The GHOST Collection is a futuristic concept of a chair, a 3D image captured within the boundaries of its outer shell. Specialists from Europe handmade the chairs using the best materials available. A unique 3D technique is used to form unusual subsurface drawings inside the solid Plexiglass chairs. The image of the inner ghost is created by a reflection of light on tiny air bubbles. GHOST Collection is an experiment in shape, high tech production methods and crafts.

The collection exists of 8 table chairs, two different arm chairs: the Queen chair, the King chair, and a stool. The initial concept behind these particular pieces comes from the old times when Kings reigned their kingdoms. The first chair was actually a throne for the King and only he was allowed to sit down. The other guests had to remain standing as a sign of decency, however during fancy dinners people were allowed to sit. All the chairs in the dining room were part of one collection, but from the shape you could see the social position. Of course the King’s chair was the biggest and together with the Queens chair, the only chairs with armrests. The guests at the table could sit on simple chairs with only a backrest. The waiters sat on stools against the wall, ready to jump up to serve the King.

The GHOST collection consists of 11 items and will be released in a limited edition of 8 and 2 AP. In the future we would like to add a few items to the collection including a table, lamp and closet.

OILLIGHT

Oil is used in a lot of materials and products around us. The price of a drum oil is getting higher all the time because of the rapidly sinking oil reserves. Instead of consuming less, the world population is being motivated to buy more oil based products to stimulate the economy.

OILLIGHT is a series of unique lamps made from Nylon, an oil based material. The shape and size of the lamps are directly related to the oil prices. When the oil price rises, one can buy less oil, and therefore less lamp for the same price. The day price of the oil determines the size of the lamp. When the oil price is $100 per barrel, the lamp exists of 100 little drums. Therefore OILLIGHT reflects the direct influence of economical change.

To check the size of the lamp you can order now or to download this widget click: oil price

DANDELIGHT

DANDELIGHT is a little luminous dandelion. This little piece of real nature lightens up by batteryfood. The real dandelion seeds are one by one connected to te L.E.D.

The DANDELIGHT tells the story about the amalgamation of nature and technology. In the distant future these two opposites have made a pact to survive. DANDELIGHT combines a electronic circuit and real dandelions in a little light sculpture.

We ship the DANDELIGHT world wide. To order it go to our web shop.

WATER WEB BENCH

This loveseat came about with the idea of people who are in love. Being playful and teasing one another, attracting yourself to each other. Sitting on this bench has a similar playful feeling - playing with the water and the water playing back. Water is pumped from inside the bench, up to the seat and flows through the web. You can follow the water flowing underneath you and see it sparkle as the sun bounces off of it.

While designing this piece, we were looking for a pattern that emphasizes the combination of man vs. nature. We stumbled upon a research of NASA back in the seventies whereby spiders were given drugs to see how they would react. Once receiving the drugs they started to make webs; depending on the drug type and the amount of drugs the spider had received, it did the best it could do. The most contradictory facts are the marijuana nor speed slowed the spider, it was the caffeine that created the most unconventional web. We decided to show this direct influence of man on nature in our patterns then the Water Web Bench was born.

There are three different web patterns with 3 bench colors. 23 RAL colors available on request.
WATER WEB BENCH is the first product that Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn designed together, a true loveseat!

FRAGILE FUTURE II

FRAGILE FUTURE II tells the story about the amalgamation of nature and technology. In the distant future these two extremes have made a pact to survive. FRAGILE FUTURE II combines an electronical system with real dandelions in a lightsculpture that is predestined to overgrow a surface.

One module is a visible circuit with four dandelights. This module system is ease to attach to the next one (in seven different ways),twhile the switch-leg will continue. So it is possible to create a composition from just a few, up to 50 modules, according to the space and atmosphere.

FRAGILE FUTURE II is also a limited installation with a far less fragile electrical system then FRAGILE FUTURE I. Therefore easier to built and install. Both FRAGILE FUTURE I and II are built by the designer Lonneke Gordijn, for info and rates please send her a mail to lonneke@designdrift.nl.

FRAGILE FUTURE I

Limited Edition of 200 Modules for around 8 installations.

FRAGILE FUTURE tells the story about the amalgamation of nature and technology. In the distant future these two extremes have made a pact to survive. FRAGILE FUTURE combines an electronical system with real dandelions in a lightsculpture that is predestined to overgrow a surface. Electronics are driven by the natural survival instincts.

The fragile installation protects itself by pretending to be out of order when someone comes too close (optional). This is the same mechanism as a poppy that drops its petal when you pick it, or a ladybird that acts as dead in your hand when caught.

Design by Lonneke Gordijn's for her cum laude Design Academy graduation project in 2005.

Both FRAGILE FUTURE I and II are built by the designer Lonneke Gordijn for info and rates please send her a mail to lonneke@designdrift.nl.

MODULE KITCHEN

The MODULE KITCHEN can be used the way a kitchen was meant to be: small animals can be skinned and cleaned after hunting, cutting vegetables can be done straight on the surface.
Cooking is not clean, it is a rough, messy and precise adventure, that needs the right equipment. The MODULE KITCHEN is for people who enjoy the basic necessities in life. Each kitchen function is a seperate module, so you can decide for yourself how to build your own kitchen. The different modules can be placed in may different ways, against a wall or free in a space, even outside. And you can change the setup all the time, because they are not unmovable build into a house. If you move to a new place, the kitchen can come with you!

Project

FLYLIGHT ISRAEL MUSEUM

FLYLIGHT is an interactive light installation composed of a minimum of 200 glass tubes.The glass tubes that light up and respond to the viewer are inspired by the behavior of a flock of birds and the fascinating patterns they seem to make randomly in the air. Actually this behavior is not as accidental as it looks; birds have to keep a safe distance from each other. What will happen if an intruder interrupts their flight? This is what the viewer will experience when approaching the FLYLIGHT. We converted this bird-behavior into a digital DNA and translated it into understandable visualizations with light. Each light is controlled individually, but the behavior is not programmed to a repeated pattern.Time after time the birds have to choose their way within the borders of the installation.

The lights can see their environment through sensors that translate the information into a computer simulation, which drives the electronics of the lights.

The first designs for FLYLIGHT were commissioned in 2007 and have further developed into the current form, which was shown at Salone del Mobile 2011 in Milan for the first time outside the Netherlands.We are currently working on customized FLYLIGHTS for private houses and public spaces in China, Russia and Europe.

Watch the video of FLYLIGHT in the Israel Musem

FLYLIGHT IN MOSCOW

FLYLIGHT is an interactive light installation composed of a minimum of 200 glass tubes.The glass tubes that light up and respond to the viewer are inspired by the behavior of a flock of birds and the fascinating patterns they seem to make randomly in the air. Actually this behavior is not as accidental as it looks; birds have to keep a safe distance from each other. What will happen if an intruder interrupts their flight? This is what the viewer will experience when approaching the FLYLIGHT. We converted this bird-behavior into a digital DNA and translated it into understandable visualizations with light. Each light is controlled individually, but the behavior is not programmed to a repeated pattern.Time after time the birds have to choose their way within the borders of the installation.

The lights can see their environment through sensors that translate the information into a computer simulation, which drives the electronics of the lights.

The first designs for FLYLIGHT were commissioned in 2007 and have further developed into the current form, which was shown at Salone del Mobile 2011 in Milan for the first time outside the Netherlands.We are currently working on customized FLYLIGHTS for private houses and public spaces in China, Russia and Europe.

Philosophy of Design are architects in Moscow who commissioned this FLYLIGHT in Fall 2011.

BOIJMANS VAN BEUNINGEN EXHIBITION

The Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, NL, held an exhibition, New Energy in Design and Art. Both OILLIGHT and FRAGILE FUTURE 3 were selected to participate in this exhibition.

The exhibition brings together experiments, tailor-made solutions and critical and poetic reflections about energy. All the ideas have a connection to real problems: wind energy, climate change, alternative biomass, and self-sufficiency.

SUPERDESIGN LONDON

We are pleased to announce that our GHOST Collection was a part of the SuperDesign exhibition in London, 13-17 October.
The GHOST Collection is a futuristic concept of a chair, a 3D image captured within the boundaries of its outer shell. The chairs are handmade by specialists from Europe using the best materials. A unique 3D technique is used to form unusual subsurface drawings inside the solid Plexiglass chairs. The image of the inner ghost is created by a reflection of light on tiny air bubbles.
Now in its fifth year, SuperDesign seeks to emphasize the current synergy between design and the visual arts with inventive ground breaking displays that present contemporary design in a fresh and invigorating light. Yearly, this exclusive show brings together collections from leading galleries and pioneering international designers at a crucial time in the art calendar year.

DESIGN MIAMI/BASEL

In collaboration with the Carpenters Workshop Gallery we unveiled our latest chandelier design of the FF3 series during Design Miami/Basel, 14-18 June. It showed the FF3 Chandelier with the newly developed open frame structure, succeeding the chandeliers with concrete and plexiglass cores.

MILAN SALONE DEL MOBILE 2011

Studio DRIFT presented a selection of work at the collaborative FOO exhibition in Ventura Lambrate during Design Week Milan. We were very happy to host over 60,000 visitors to our exhibition. On show were our Flylight, Shylight, Fragile Future 3.10 and the Fragile Future 3, that was specially made for the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.

Flylight was awarded 'the top 20 best designs' by Yatzer & Designvlog.com

One of the reviews: de de ce Blog

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM

We proudly present our work Fragile Future 3.4 at the V&A Museum in london. Our work is part of the exposition In Praise of Shadows.

In Praise of Shadows is a project which has been organised by EUNIC - a network of European Cultural Centres - together with the support of the EC's office in London - to mark the initial phasing-out of low-efficiency light bulbs. The project is curated by Jane Withers and includes works by twenty European designers who bring imaginative thinking to the potential of low energy lighting. It is an opportunity not just to change a bulb but change the way we think about light - and darkness. The exhibition takes place in the Jones Galleries (closed for refurbishment) at the V&A, where the new lights will be like mysterious visitors in the darkened galleries.

For more info click: In Praise of Shadows

M.A.D. NEW YORK

We were asked to build our largest installation of Fragle Future III yet by the New York based Museum of Arts and Design. The show is caled Dead or Alive and is currated by David McFadden. We are showing our work among other artist like Damian Hirst, Nick Cave, Kate MccGwire and Levi van Veluw.

The exhibition explores a territory related to MADs Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, which featured contemporary works created from multiples of ordinary manufactured items. In Dead or Alive, the materials transformed by the artists are entirely natural. Once-living parts of flora and fauna are recombined and rearranged into works of art that address the transience of life, and all that is elegant and alarming about the natural world.

Dead or Alive, presented by the Museum of Arts and Design will run from April 27 through October 24, 2010.

Photos by Landon Norman
For more info click: Dead or Alive

MILAN SALONE DEL MOBILE 2008

We presented our Ghost Collection in our first solo exhibition during the Salone del Mobile in Milan. It was a great success! Drift has officially been launched as a Dutch Design company capable of designing and fabricating our own collections.

For more info click: Dezeen

DDW 2007 22+2 EXPO + XTRA

Together with Ann Maes we organized an exposition for the group 22+2. This group is a selection of Ann Maes and Richard Hutten to Design a children's chair with a double function. This expo was an introduction of the group. Next year we hope to present the 22+2 chairs to the public.

for more info chec:22+2

DANIELA GREGIS OFFICE

Custom made light sculpture, for fashion designer Daniela Gregis.
This sculpture was specific designed for her office in Bergamo near Milan.

For more info: DANIELA GREGIS

ARNHEM FASHION BIENNALE

This year's theme at the Arnhem Fashion Biennale was 'happy fashion'. The work of fashion designers was presented in different landscapes. We were asked to create one with 100 Dandelights.

For more info: Arnhem Fasion Biennale.

RICOPERTO

Humans live according to strict rules nowadays. The Wild is tamed for good! But the jungle is calling......

Ricoperto (the syntehtic jungle) was our expo at the Salone del mobile.
Milaan 2007 at Zona Tortona with
Cristian Kock and Alexander Pelican

For more info: ricoperto
Tales from Eindhoven

VOTING MACHINE

A voting machine for the Dirk Roosenburg price 2007. This is an award for architects in Eindhoven. The public could vote on the their favorite building.

We designed the machine, and also a bench in the shape of the city Eindhoven for the architect center Eindhoven.

STUDIO DRIFT

This is our Studio, for more info go to contact.

BEWOGEN

Bewogen door tiijd en ruimte (Moved by time and Space) is a multidisciplinary exhibition filled with movement, illusion and craftsmanship. Product design, fasion and food design are encircled by animation and sound design. The varying disciplines meet in a dialogue with each other and with the space of this former head office of Philips.

All designs show movement, some literally, some in their presentation. Others suggest movement and some move the public.

for more info: bewogen door tijd en ruimte