Welcome to Alfred van Elk industrial design, a creative and experienced Dutch industrial design studio.
With more than 25 years of experience in product and furniture design, Alfred van Elk industrial design is a dedicated consultancy for innovative and durable product creation.
For product and project information take a look at products. For more information and news please contact the studio.
June 1, 2010 / Throne published in Design and Design Book of the Year
The
website designanddesign.com
day by day shows
a graphic design and a product or packaging design side by side.
In the Book of the Year (volume two) 730 of last year's designs are presented,
including art object 'Throne' designed by Alfred van Elk.
This work, a
vision on the ideal society,
has been designed for
Symposion
Gorinchem, an international art event in the Netherlands.
Throne is made
by
wood manufacturer JéwéRET and located
in the central hall of the Camphusianum Gymnasium in Gorinchem,
the Netherlands.
More information: Symposion
Gorinchem Throne
March 3, 2010 / Siemens Trends & Trade about ease of use for domestic
appliances
Trends & Trade is a trade journal of BSH Home Appliances
in Amsterdam and is intended for dealers in the electronic retail and kitchen
market. In the section ‘De Stelling’ Alfred van Elk and other
specialists were invited to respond on the thesis: “Consumers attach
a lot of importance to the user-friendliness of household appliances”.
BSH
Trends & Trade (Dutch)
February 15, 2010 / Alfred van Elk industrial design selected for My Own Business Card
"The most ambitious project for a designer is undoubtedly the design of its own business card". With this message author and designer Marc Praquin opens his book 'My Own Business Card, Designers Only'. In the book a selection is shown of more than 200 business card designs of international designers, among which Alfred van Elk.
The house style of Alfred van Elk industrial design is developed in collaboration with Maurice Ciapponi of Studio Raar.
My Own Busines Card is published by Index Book and can be ordered at Design and Design.
January 2, 2010 / Nederlicht, 100 years of Dutch lighting design
With more than 100 lighting fixtures of Dutch designers, the exposition ‘Nederlicht’ at the Gorcums Museum gives an interesting overview of developments in lighting design in the Netherlands throughout the years. For this exposition a floor version of Manhattan lighting, over 20 years ago designed by Alfred van Elk for Philips, has been selected. This lighting fixture is part of a series of consumer luminaires, consisting of wall lighting, table lamps, floor lighting and suspended lighting fittings. Later developed series were prepared with infrared and could be remotely dimmed and turned on/off.
These ranges were manufactured by Philips in 1989 and put on to the market world-wide. The series was recognized with the Norwegian Design Award.
Next to designs of Philips, lighting objects are shown of, among others, Rietveld, Gispen, Lumiance, Droog Design and Moooi.
The exhibition is open from December 11th 2009 until February 7th 2010.
Gorcums Museum, Grote Markt 17, 4201 EB Gorinchem, The Netherlands
www.designws.com
October 2, 2009 / New product identity design for Meyn
Meyn Food Processing Technology invited Alfred van Elk industrial design to develop a new product identity with a unique family look and feel for the entire product line, matching the brand experience.
With new defined product values for the appearance of all visible elements of the product range, an original identity has been created as a starting point for product development. This gives Meyn the opportunity to broader express it’s corporate identity, to increase recognition and to sustain it’s position as an innovative and leading brand.
At this time new products for the product line are being developed, matching the choosen identity.
June 12, 2009 / www.alfredvanelk.com selected for Web Design Index
The website of Alfred van Elk industrial design has been selected for the new edition of ‘Web Design Index by Content 04’, an overview of the state of the art in international web design. The catalogue is the fourth in a series which has become the industry standard in tracking trends in web design.
Every year, a selection of outstanding web designs are presented and grouped in more than 20 categories, such as art, fashion, architecture, interior and product design, music, photography, etc.
Selection for the Web Design Index is based on design quality, innovation, and effectiveness.
You can purchase a copy at pepinpress.
April 20, 2009 / Design and Design Book of the Year
The designanddesign.com website is focused on the community of designers worldwide and was created to showcase their latest and most innovative design work. Every day it features two design pieces selected from graphic, packaging and product design of international designers.
The Book of the Year shows 730 fresh designs, including work designed by Alfred van Elk industrial design.
February 1, 2009 / New design for ABB control boxes
ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies. ABB asked Alfred van Elk industrial design to design a new range of control boxes for the European market.
Recently these series have been successfully introduced in France.
More information
September 17, 2008 / New oyster packaging design
For Cooloyster Alfred van Elk industrial design developed a new packaging that ensures consuming fresh oysters at home, already opened at point of sale.
Cooloyster plateaus are made of 100% biodegradable and compostable material.
More information
August 20, 2008 / Three Good Industrial Design Awards
The Dutch Good Industrial Design Award (GIO), the only price for expertise of designer and client and with that an important Dutch quality mark, has been made known.
Alfred van Elk industrial design is among the winners with three products. In the category consumer products the Café Invento coffee padmachine, designed for Inventum and the Auping AVS bed base received an award. In the category project furniture the folding table for Kembo received recognition. The products were designed by Alfred van Elk and Mars Holwerda.
October 1 2008, the GIO Design Awards were officially conferred.
Auping AVS bedbase chassis
Kembo examination table
Inventum Café Invento coffee pad machine
June 30, 2008 / Beachlife featuring Pharaoh furniture
Pharaoh furniture is featured in Beachlife, the new book by Frame Publishers about the best designed interiors, architecture and outdoor furniture that fits on beaches and waterfronts.
Quote by Frame: “Clean, light and decorative, mosaic has been used for centuries to finish walls and floors. Giving the material an extra dimension, designer Alfred van Elk covered the svelte form of this Pharaoh chair with Opus Romano glass mosaic tiles from Bisazza. The low backrest or armrest gently curves like a glistening wave. Several chairs positioned back to back or side by side merge with one another to form a visual entity”.
Order the book online at framemag.com.
Pharaoh is selected for the Dutch Design Awards.
February 15, 2008 / Introduction Ontario bathroom line
The Ontario bathroom line, designed for Tiger, has been introduced at the
VSK, the exhibition for sanitary, heating, climate control and refrigeration
technology. The
accessories, designed by Alfred van Elk and Mars Holwerda, are part of Tiger’s
new collection for 2008.
De line is available in D.I.Y.shops and consists of planchet, bekerhouder,
zeepschaaltje, badhaak, handdoekrek, toiletrolhouder en toiletborstelgarnituur.
November 9, 2007 / Exhibition SML at Royal Academy of Art
The exhibition SML takes place because of the 325th anniversary of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Teachers, students and old-students created united work based on the theme Small, Medium, Large. Within the course Industrial Design an installation was made, showing the reach and variation of the profession, from art design to design for industry and from unique product to mass production.
As a part time teacher at the Postgraduate Course Industrial Design, Alfred van Elk shows the Café Invento coffee pad machine designed for Inventum as an example of an unique mass produced design.
www.kabk.nl
September 25, 2007 / Introduction Auping bed base support
The Auping AVS line with the new designed bed base support is recently introduced by Auping at the Woonbeurs, the Amsterdam interior fair.
The new designed chassis was developed in close cooperation with the Auping development team and considerably contributed to the successful introduction of the new bed model.
September 9, 2007 / Exhibition Symposion Revisited
'Throne' is designed by Alfred van Elk for Symposion Gorinchem 2005, the second edition of the international art event that took place in 1974 in Gorinchem, the Netherlands, with participation of many art disciplines.
Alfred van Elk is invited to join the exhibition ‘Symposion Revisited’ at the Affuitloods in Gorinchem, where a selection of work of contributing artists and designers is shown. As an art object ‘Throne’ is officially assigned to the Municipality of Gorinchem and will be located in the central hall of the Camphusianum Gymnasium.
The object is fabricated by the local wood manufacturer JéwéRET.
On August 19th 2005 the Symposion was officially opened by Queen Beatrix.
www.designws.com
August 5, 2007 / I.D. Annual Design Award for Kembo Table
The examination table, designed by Alfred van Elk and Mars Holwerda for Kembo, wins a spot among the winners of the Annual Design Review of I.D. Magazine, New York. The folding table earned an Honourable Mention Award.
The I.D Annual Design Awards are one of America's largest and most prestigious juried design competitions.
www.id magazine.com
