Maarten Baas
Maarten Baas (born 19 February 1978) is a Dutch furniture designer. He is known for his Real Time series of clocks in which people paint the time by hand. His career path was influenced by mentors like Jurgen Bey, colleagues like Bertjan Pot, and artists like Erwin Wurm.
Also recorded as Maarten Michaël Baas
Maarten Baas
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- Name
- Maarten Baas
- Born
- 19 February 1978
- Birthplace
- Arnsberg, West Germany
- Education
- Design Academy Eindhoven
- Known for
- Furniture design
- Awards
- Designer of the Year (2009)
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- designer · clockmaker · performance artist · installation artist · conceptual artist
- Fields
- product design · industrial design
- Honours
- honorary citizen of North-Brabant · Dutch Design Award Product
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Maarten Baas (born 19 February 1978) is a Dutch furniture designer. He is known for his Real Time series of clocks in which people paint the time by hand. His career path was influenced by mentors like Jurgen Bey, colleagues like Bertjan Pot, and artists like Erwin Wurm.
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He attended the Design Academy Eindhoven and lives in Utrecht.
Maarten Baas studied at Design Academy Eindhoven and Polytechnic University of Milan. The field of work recorded is product design and industrial design. Places of work recorded in the authority are Eindhoven and 's-Hertogenbosch. Employment is recorded with Cor Unum. Works named in the authority record are Real Time. Work by Maarten Baas is recorded in the collections of Design Museum Gent, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Distinctions recorded are honorary citizen of North-Brabant and Dutch Design Award 'Product'.
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• Name — Maarten Baas • Born — 19 February 1978 • Birthplace — Arnsberg, West Germany • Education — Design Academy Eindhoven • Known for — Furniture design • Awards — Designer of the Year (2009)
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- 1."Maarten Baas", Netherlands Institute for Art History, 18 October 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- 2.Alice Rawsthorn, "A world in Smoke and Clay", International Herald Tribune, 5 November 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- 3.Hohenadel, Kristin. A New Clock at Amsterdam's Airport Features a Man Painting the Minutes by Hand. Slate Magazine. 7 July 2016.
- 4.Maarten Baas interviewed by Nodus. Nodus Blog. 30 June 2021.
- 5.Amadour. 15 Minutes With Maarten Baas. Los Angeles Magazine. March 10, 2023.
- 6.Kunstwerk Intellectual Heritage hangt dan eindelijk aan de Bibliotheek Neude. duic.nl. 8 March 2023.
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