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Wind by Maarten Baas

December 10th, 2007

Design Miami 07: Dutch designer Maarten Baas has created a limited edition of his Clay fans with a chrome glaze.

The fans, called Wind, come in three sizes and were presented by Moss at Design Miami over the weekend.

Here’s a bit of info from Moss:

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Wind by Maarten Baas, the Netherlands
a series of monumental electric fans, hand-sculpted in chrome-glazed industrial clay, applied over a metal skeleton

Each fan is hand-made by Baas; each size is produced in a signed and numbered limited edition of 8 pieces, exclusive to Moss. Maarten Baas’s work in clay address the issue of form-giving in industrial design, revealing, literally, the designer’s ‘hand’ in this intimate process, today normally concealed through the use of a computer (but there, none-the-less).

Baas’s use of the clay-modeling technique, traditionally employed in rendering the human form from life-study, magnifies the sculptural quality inherent in all functional objects.

Approximate heights:
Large: 75”
Medium: 60”
Small: 50”

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Posted by Marcus Fairs

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9 Responses to “Wind by Maarten Baas”

  1. Nuno Says:
    December 11th, 2007 at 11:54 am

    Maarten… we really dig your work, but please… try to do something a lil’ bit different this time.

  2. thecuteone Says:
    December 11th, 2007 at 12:13 pm

    that design sucks

  3. Jack Says:
    December 11th, 2007 at 3:19 pm

    Amazing in person. Maarten took the colored Clay fans to a new level with the chrome glaze. Very well executed!

  4. Brian Says:
    December 11th, 2007 at 5:14 pm

    Agreed. These pieces are actually stunning in person.

  5. Musser Says:
    December 11th, 2007 at 8:31 pm

    I hate it that I love these so much.

  6. tiffany Says:
    December 11th, 2007 at 9:06 pm

    normally i like his work, but in this case he tries to sell wind as art (what’s in a title…..)

  7. Will Says:
    December 12th, 2007 at 10:49 pm

    I am usually a big fan

    but it looks too influenced by the furniture Front did last yr

  8. Nathan Says:
    December 12th, 2007 at 11:11 pm

    @Will

    This isn’t the same at all. Just look at the finishing and production- and designproces.
    I like his work for the direct approach towards design.

  9. Pieter Says:
    April 21st, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    Does anyone know what this clay is?
    I love the result with this stuff!
    I’ve been looking for a material like this for a long time, but can’t find it.

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