Kiki & Joost Founders Detail How They Reclaimed a 19th-Century Dutch Farmhouse
September 28, 2019
By Kurt Stapelfeldt
The living area of the couple’s residence, a renovated 19th-century barn 20 minutes away. Photography by Valentina Sommariva/Living Inside; production: Alice Ida Salerni.
For most of the 20th century,埃因霍温是电子巨头飞利浦的家园，使荷兰城市成为创新技术和设计的中心。因此，它仍然是今天的二十年，在跨国公司百百周后，留下失业和空房地产，不仅达到了已经重新定位空置建筑物的智能公共/私人创业伙伴关系，而且还要感谢Design Academy Eindhoven是世界上最受尊敬的学校之一。
两位Dae Graduates，Kiki Van Eijk和Joost Van Bleiswijk，体现了这座城市丰富的设计文化。他们在商业和生活中的合作伙伴，他们单独或共同工作Kiki & Joost，他们的家具品牌，纺织品，照明等产品。这对夫妇的工作室/车间/陈列室在前飞利浦实验室蔓延超过9,600平方英尺，这是一种适当的研究和实验所涉及的研究和实验。yabo刀塔2“这座建筑充满了创造性的人和公司，”van Eijk报道“，一切都从DJ到制造商。”Kiki＆Joost甚至在现场生产了一些生产。
荷兰产品设计师Kiki Van Eijk和Joost Van Bleiswijk在他们的艾因霍温室。Vallindina Sommariva的摄影/内部;生产：Alice Ida Salerni。
The couple’s home—amid fields 20 minutes away—is also reclaimed: a dilapidated but landmarked 19th-century brick-and-timber barn, much of which had to be reconstructed. “Basically, we built a new house inside an old shell,” van Bleiswijk explains. “Most of the interior—walls, doors, even the steel staircase—was done by us in our workshop.”
Open and flowing, the 4,520-square-foot, two-story residence centers around a double-height living area with an enormous window wall overlooking the artfully unkempt back garden—van Eijk’s domain—and the countryside beyond. The light and airy interiors are furnished with a who’s-who of contemporary Dutch design. “It’s a combination of our own prototypes and pieces we’ve swapped with other designers, some vintage and industrial items, and things we’ve found while traveling—really personal stuff,” van Bleiswijk says. “But it’s a family home, not a showroom. With two young boys, above all it has to be a comfortable house.”
The residence occupies a landmarked 19th-century barn, whose dilapidated interior had to be completely rebuilt. Photography by Valentina Sommariva/Living Inside; production: Alice Ida Salerni.
The carved wood sculpture, Chinese Still Life, is by Emile van der Kruk. Photography by Valentina Sommariva/Living Inside; production: Alice Ida Salerni.
Van Eijk designed Hydrangea—a biomorphic-shape hand-knotted wool-and-viscose rug—for Nodus. Photography by Valentina Sommariva/Living Inside; production: Alice Ida Salerni.
A vintage storage unit is repurposed as a vanity in the master bathroom. Photography by Valentina Sommariva/Living Inside; production: Alice Ida Salerni.
Van Bleiswijk的不锈钢NSNG Candelabrum是他没有螺钉的一部分，没有胶水系列，没有任何类型的固定剂的碎片。Vallindina Sommariva的摄影/内部;生产：Alice Ida Salerni。
A portrait of van Eijk by photographer Sabine Pigalle presides over the dining area’s Heavy Metal table and Spartan chairs, both by van Bleiswijk. Photography by Valentina Sommariva/Living Inside; production: Alice Ida Salerni.
The master bedroom has many pieces by van Eijk, including her wool-and-viscose Townhouse rug for Nodus on the floor, Knick Knack ceramic pots on the dresser, Soft Table Shade ceramic lamps on the nightstands, and Memories of a Panorama textile hanging on the wall. Photography by Valentina Sommariva/Living Inside; production: Alice Ida Salerni.
The Construction series of floor lamps that van Bleiswijk designed for Moooi evoke vintage erector sets. Photography by Valentina Sommariva/Living Inside; production: Alice Ida Salerni.
Housed in a former Philips laboratory, Kiki & Joost’s studio and workshop features an amusing enfilade of smashed doors by van Bleiswijk. Photography by Valentina Sommariva/Living Inside; production: Alice Ida Salerni.
Van Eijk’s ceramic Soft Pot Green is also available in black, bronze, and white. Photography by Valentina Sommariva/Living Inside; production: Alice Ida Salerni.
一对夫妇在访问菲律宾时发现的雕像。Vallindina Sommariva的摄影/内部;生产：Alice Ida Salerni。
A window wall opens onto the back garden, which is intentionally kept in a state of elegant dishabille. Photography by Valentina Sommariva/Living Inside; production: Alice Ida Salerni.
