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Born in Enschede, the Netherlands, in 1968, Boontje studied industrial design at the renowned Dutch design academy at Eindhoven, before moving to London to enroll at the Royal College of Art. After graduating in 1994, he opened his studio in south London where he designed and produced limited-edition objects from recycled and ready-made industrial materials. Having forged, early on, fertile industrial partnerships with historic producers such as Swarovski in Austria, Moroso in Italy, and Kvadrat in Denmark, Boontje continues to realize a kind of industrialized fantasy world, replete with fairy-tale-like shimmering boughs of crystal copper-colored autumn leaves, pure gold vines overgrowing naked Edison light bulbs, gigantic copper garlands falling lazily over floral-patterened tables created with hand-hammered nails, and delicate tea chairs upholstered with hand-torn lacey muslins. |
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