Airframe 01

In collaboration with: Baars & Bloemhoff
Year: 2015
Dimensions: 115 x 54 x 184 cm
Materials: Decospan oak veneer, oak wood, polyster, steel cable
CNC milling: Bone interieurwerken
Photography: Raw Color & Studio Mieke Meijer
Status: prototype (for sale), please contact us for more information

Baars & Bloemhoff commissioned six designers to design a product based on their material collection. The results were exhibited during Dutch Design Week 2015 as part of the exhibition Transitions at Broeinest Eindhoven in which the decorative and constructive characteristics of the applied materials became visible.

Studio Mieke Meijer took on the challenge of creating a cupboard that manages to be lightweight and yet stable. Meijer drew inspiration from the wings of the kind of aeroplanes produced at the beginning of the 20th century: light, wooden structures covered with textiles. An experimental quest to strike the right balance between stability and ideal weight resulted in a cupboard design, dubbed Airframe 01, weighing only 18.5 kilos.