The nice thing about making custom designs is that every new design sets a challenge. John van Hooft of Bakker Elkhuizen had an acoustic problem in his office and asked me to design an acoustic solution. I know my flowers and plants have a positive effect on the acoustics in any space, but this time the design would have to optimal for sound absorption. After some research I designed acoustic baffles; panels that can be hung in an open space. And off course I added a green touch to them; the baffles represent Frogbit, a common dutch waterplant (in dutch: kikkerbeet). The design is als green in terms of the used materials; the forgbit is made of recycled clothes from army uniforms and care uniforms produced by I-did. And the acoustic filling is made of recycled jeans. Now for sale in the shop.
frogbit acoustic
Project information
Year: 2023
Commissioned by: Paleis Het Loo
Sizes: length x depth x hight: 1200 x 600 x 340 cm
Materials: steel, truck tarp, wool, left over wallpaper of Paleis het Loo, silk, textile
Year | 2020 |
Size | leaves: 60 cm, 80 cm and 100 cm, flower: 45 cm |
Material | Steel, recycled clothes and FSC wood |
Photographer 1 | Etienne Oldeman |
Commissioned by | Bakker Elkhuizen |
Type | Multiple |