Maarten Baptist Dutch designer (1976) graduated the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2002 at the department Man & Living.
Maarten develops icons for day-to-day activities, each with an elegant sense of presence. Often a tiny detail will be off-key, making his pieces charmingly different. ‘I try to keep a sense of wonder alive about the things around me and I translate that wonder into my products.’ Fresh yet organic shapes pervade his work, bringing each piece a feel of timelessness.
In order to keep an open mind, Maarten established a studio where ‘anything can happen’, and decided against having his own private workshop. Instead, he collaborates with the craftsmen or industries that he considers fit a particular project’s needs. Capitalising on the advantages this objectivity brings, he stretches the limits of the production process and encourages craftsmen to push their capabilities. Maarten stays closely involved throughout; he remarks jokingly ‘I am a designer, not a stylist’. A true perfectionist, he insists on a refined finish for all products, whether produced en masse or in a small edition. ‘I make use of the fact that the smallest change can have a tremendous effect on the entire process.’
Products in his wide range go from drinking glass sofa chair coat-rack cabinets coffee cup cutlery carafe tableware clock garden table
Postal address
Pisanostraat 126
5623 CE Eindhoven
The Netherlands
Studio address Eindhoven
Vonderweg 1 space 111
5611 BK Eindhoven
The Netherlands
Contact details
Email: i at JOINE.nl
Phone: +31 (0)40 257 22 58