Aldo Bakker PAUSE
2016
24 x 3 x 28 cm
9.4 x 1.2 x 11 in
A richly illustrated book presenting art critic Hand Den Hartog Jager’s reflections on the form, material and art historical context of Aldo Bakker’s works. Providing a new angle on Bakker’s design and ideas, this book is sure to delight a wide audience.
Dutch designer Aldo Bakker (b. 1971) is famous for the creation of experimental shapes that blur the boundaries between art and design. Familiar objects obtain surprising new forms in the hands of this extraordinary designer. He established his international reputation in 2010 with the Copper Collection, a series of everyday products made from the unusual material copper. Bakker’s works can be found in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Vitra Museum in Weil am Rhein, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
Text: Hans den Hartog Jager, Alice Rawsthorn
Graphic Design: Geoffrey Brusatto
Photography: Erik & Petra Hesmerg
Renderings: Stefan Tervoort
Artist
Aldo Bakker
Aldo Bakker, born in the Netherlands in 1971, is a designer whose objects challenge the way we perceive and interact with the material world. Known for his bowls, pitchers, stools, spoons, and tables, Bakker creates works that blur the boundary between utility and autonomy. His practice is defined by an exquisite command of form, colour, and material, combined with an almost unsettling insistence that objects are not passive commodities but independent presences with their own integrity and character.