Alfred van Elk industrial design is a Dutch design studio creating unique products for international companies and brands.
With more than 25 years of experience in product and furniture design Alfred van Elk is a dedicated consultant and designer for innovative and durable product design.
Legends inspire new icons, since 1951
The first course for industrial Design in the Netherlands celebrates her 60th anniversary with an exhibition in the gallery of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. The exhibition by the Post Graduate Course Industrial Design not only shows present and past of the course itself, but also that of industrial design in The Netherlands in general. Important designers like Friso Kramer, Frans de la Haye, Gerrit Rietveld, Wim Rietveld, Willem Gispen and Kho Liang Ie were involved with the Post Graduate Course Industrial Design either as a teacher or student. The course also expresses her vision on design seen in the objects by new design talent.
Alfred van Elk finished the course with honours in 1986 and joint the academy as a teacher since 1998. For the exhibition the Inventum Café Invento coffee pad machine and the Pharaoh furniture line, designed by Alfred van Elk, have been selected.
The exposition is held from 4 until 24 November 2011. The opening will be on Friday 4th of November at 16.00 hr.
www.kabk.nl flyer legends inspire new icons
Arnhemse Nieuwe 2011
Design Platform Arnhem yearly organizes Arnhemse Nieuwe, a selection and presentation of young design talent, graduated at the ArtEZ art school in Arnhem. From the field of product design Alfred van Elk is asked to take part of the selection committee.
Recent years have shown that Arnhemse Nieuwe positively contributes to the professionalism of the nominees. Arnhemse Nieuwe therefore not only stands for talent but also for the high quality of the selection and organization members.
On Tuesday, September 20 the eight selected designers (fashion design, graphic design, architecture, interaction design and product design) present themselves during Arnhemse Nieuwe 2011 in Showroom Arnhem.
September 13 to 24, their graduation work will be exposed in Arnhem Coming Soon and Dudok in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
For more information: www.arnhemsenieuwe.nl www.artez.nl
Feadship sustainable superyacht concept
Inspired by nature, Breathe is a new environmentally friendly yacht
concept launched by yachtbuilder Feadship.
With sustainability as a basic theme, Studio de Voogt, Feadship's internal
design studio, asked Alfred van Elk industrial design to support the development
of this yacht. Together with Feadship's designers a future vision has been
developed and a concept has been created with biomimicry as a starting point.
Biomimicry concerns sustainable innovation with nature as a source of inspiration.
Breathe makes use of natural energy sources, available in
the yacht's direct environment like sun, wind and streaming water. Principles
and processes originated in nature are
integrated in the design to gain unique durable features.
From 22 to 25 September 2010, Breathe was presented at the
Monaco Yacht Show.
More
information: www.feadship.nl
Throne 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
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)
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.
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
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New product identity for Meyn
Meyn Food Processing Technology invited Alfred van Elk industrial design to develop a new product identity for their entire product line. Matching brand content, a unique family look and feel for all visible elements of the product range has been created.
With new defined product values for the appearance of the line, an original identity has been created as a starting point for future 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.
Alfred van Elk industrial design is now working on new design concepts for the product line, matching the created identity.
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.
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.
New design 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
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
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
Beachlife featuring Pharaoh
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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