News
Nominated for Dutch Design Award!
We are very exited to announce that we are officially nominated for the Toon van Tuijl design award, part of the prestigious Dutch Design Awards. The nominated project is the Raaga disposable plate series made from pressed palm leaves. The Toon van Tuijl award is an award for sustainable design that optimizes the positive impack on the 3 P's. People, Planet and Profit.
You can buy these great plates at Hampi.
Giraffe lamp at Northern Lighting
We successfully pitched our design for this giraffe lamp series. In 2011 it will be part of the collection of Northern Lighting, a Norwegian design lighting brand.
In the jury
Last Friday we attended the jury of the television show 'Het Beste Idee van Nederland' (The Best Idea of The Netherlands).
60 semi finalist candidates presented their product ideas to us in a short pitch. We selected the happy few that go through to the finals, the live show in November. The show will start broad-castings on the dutch television from August.
Dutch Originals collection
We are happy to announce that we are currently commissioned to design for Dutch Originals.A full collections of contemporary furniture will be rolled out due in 2011.
Swinging bench presented at the Urban Design Fair
The prototype of our swinging bench for the public environment is presented to the world. You can find it at the stand of Falco at the Urban Design Fair in Amsterdam from the 13th till the 15th of April 2010.
It doesn't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing!
Hampi plates all over the place
We have been getting some design attention recently. Having read the articles on Hampi Plates by design blogs such as Design-Milk and Design Mag, the editors of Design Boom requested us for some samples. Clearly, they were impressed by the plates and decided to make the plates part of their exhibition at Seoul Design Fair, one of the leading design fairs in the world. The Kitchen Ecology Exhibition curated by DesignBoom was one of the most attended exhibitions at the fair.
Lili Lite exhibited at the WIRED gallery in New York
From 26th of November till 27th of December Lili Lite is being exhibited in an art gallery in New York City. This exhibition consists of a selection of the coolest products launched last year, made by WIRED magazine.
Lili Lite is also featured in the December issue of WIRED magazine and it's annual gift guide.
Please find it HERE.
Nomination for Horecava Innovation Award
Our design for Hampi products has been nominated for the Horecava Innovation Award 2010.
A jury of experts, journalists and entrepreneurs has selected our design in the category Interior & Design.
Please read more HERE and HERE
Check out the nominated design HERE.
Correnti products
We designed 3 new collections for Correnti, a high end custom made bathroom brand. Please check out more pictures in the furniture section on this website. For more info surf to the website www.correnti.nl which is designed by us as well.
Lili Lite soon sold at MOMA museum New York.
It is just a matter of time now that Lili Lite will be sold at the museum store of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Hampi plates kick off well!
The natural palm leave disposable plates designed by Studio Smeets Design are becoming the next hip thing in catering and beach-club land. Hundreds of thousands Hampi plates have been sold already!
Read the interview with the founders HERE.
Watch a movie of the production process HERE.
Sunny once so true, I love you
Filling up the batteries, soaking up inspiration in other cultures for yet another year of epic design challanges. From 23 juli till 10 of august we are on holiday, the studio will be closed.
Enjoy the sun!
Corian bathroom products
We have just started to work on a new account. Studio Smeets Design will be designing a new bathroom collection made out of Corian, an exclusive material from DuPont. We will also be designing the website to launch and sell these products. Besides that we will be closely involved in the market introduction and promotion.
Beer! What else?
We are currently working on a big account for one of the largest beer brewers in the world. Our designs have been picked up and will be rolled out globally. Unfortunatelly we are not allowed to show you any of the work yet.
Lili Lite launch huge success!
The launch of the Lili Lite is and overwhelming success. Blogs all over the world are picking up on it. For an impression click here.
Webshop lililite online
You can now order the lililte online via www.lililite.com
LiliLite is a reading light, a bookmark and a bookshelf combined into one smart product. A sensor turns off the light when an open book is placed on the shelf. When the book is picked up again, the light automatically turns on. LiliLite also has a switch to turn the light on and off manually.
LiliLite is a witty design that combines function and style in a simple but ingenious way.
Cradle to cradle design
Studio Smeets Design is currently working on a new project for Hampi Products. A fully biodegradable dinner plate series will be developed. Hampi plates are disposable plates made from naturally shed leaves of the Areca Nut tree, which grow abundantly in Tamilnadu, a state in Southern India. The leaves are collected from the ground and then pressed piece by piece. This process uses no toxins or other chemicals, only heat and pressure. The plates are therefore fully biodegradable and 100% chemical free. http://www.hampiproducts.com/
Watch a movie of the production process HERE.
Succesfull pitch
Studio Smeets Design pitched a couple of product ideas to Falco, one of the biggest street furniture manufacturer in the country. Falco is interested and are willing to take this product ideas forward. It will be available in their next years collection.
Swinging bench for the public environment
Running project
At the moment Studio Smeets Design has a project running to design new elements for a retro furniture company to expand their collection.
Keizersgracht!
We are very excited to announce that Studio Smeets Design moved to the beautiful and monumental building on the Keizersgracht 174 in Amsterdam.
Moroccan teahouse
Studio Smeets designed a moroccan teahouse interior for the Foundation for Refugees in the The Hague area.
Licenced to facilitate
Thijs Smeets is now licenced to facilitate brainstorm sessions. He succesfully completed the training at the creativity company.
Brainstorm facilitator
In the coming month Thijs Smeets will attend in a 4 day training from the creativity company to be taught in the theories and skills of brainstorm facilitating.
Website launched
www.studiosmeets.nl
www.studiosmeets.com
are online from today!
Product in production
Studio Smeets Design has managed to get another product in production. Technical drawings for a bedside reading light are sent off to the Chinese production partner. The lamp will be available for sale at De Bijenkorf department store in the 4th quater of 2007.
Due to confidentiality reasons, it's not possible to show any pictures of this product online at the moment.