Demakersvan biography sample
Had a nice interview for @peterprintnl in the studio about my work and the sample design created for the new sample book.
@peterprintnl invited me to be part of their new sample book....
It doesn't seem right that the three Dutch founders of the design firm Demakersvan ("The Makers of") should have the looks of Hollywood stars as well as the genius of the Eameses.
Joep and Jeroen Verhoeven, 35-year-old identical twins, are blonds with Robert Redford cheekbones. Judith de Graauw is a 36-year-old gamine in the mold of Audrey Tautou. Beginning from their student days at the Design Academy in Eindhoven—mission control for world-changing Dutch design—the trio was doing great work, and selling it.
Joep (pronounced "Yoop") came up with the firm's most famous and successful product so far: a panel of hurricane fencing whose wire is knotted like lace, creating a product that's a cross between a barrier and a doily.
Cities of Making est un projet de recherche européen d'une durée de deux ans et demi, étudiant l'in- dustrie urbaine dans le contexte de trois les villes."A chain-link fence, with a surprise added," is how Joep describes it. One architect who saw the prototype placed a big order, and the clueless new grads raced to set up a factory—in Bangalore, India—to fill it.
(Joep ended up living in In
