Five key projects by Dutch designer and Dezeen Awards judge Piet Hein Eek
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has joined Dezeen Awards 2023 as a judge. Here he selects five projects that best reflect his studio's work. More
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Furniture brands raise prices due to "excessive rise" in cost of materials and transport
Leading furniture and homeware brands including IKEA, Piet Hein Eek and Axor are raising prices by up to eight per cent due to global shipping issues and material shortages. More
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Live interview with Piet Hein Eek as part of Virtual Design Festival
Designer Piet Hein Eek spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Philips TV & Sound as part of Virtual Design Festival. More
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IKEA's latest collaboration with Piet Hein Eek celebrates imperfections
IKEA and Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek have created a range of furniture and homeware that showcases imperfections, rather than hiding them. More
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Piet Hein Eek and Iggie Dekkers convert Friesian barn into rustic guesthouse
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek and architect Iggie Dekkers have transformed a century-old barn in the Friesian village of Woudsend into a guesthouse designed to showcase an aged timber roof. More
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Piet Hein Eek designs oxidised copper wallpaper for NLXL Lab
London Design Festival 2016: Oxidised copper and sheets of cork are among the textures replicated by Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek for wallpaper manufacturer NLXL Lab (+ slideshow). More
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Making designer furniture with scrap wood was "totally new", says Piet Hein Eek
Most Loved: in this exclusive movie, Eindhoven designer Piet Hein Eek says the furniture he started making from recycled timber in 1989 took off because it stood out against the uniformity of other products. More
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Piet Hein Eek unveils first collection with IKEA
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has revealed the first products from his ongoing collaboration with IKEA – a collection of furniture and homewares based on traditional Indonesian and Vietnamese crafts. More
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Piet Hein Eek expands range of moulded ceramic lamps as part of 2016 collection
Milan 2016: Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has launched a range of new furniture and accessories, which includes a simple table lamp with a moulded ceramic shade (+ slideshow). More
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"Most buildings are drawings filled in by engineers" says Piet Hein Eek
Dutch Design Week 2015: Dutch furniture designer Piet Hein Eek has joined the debate about whether non-architects should design buildings, saying most architects are "not interested" in construction. More
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Piet Hein Eek extends wallpaper range for NLXL with brick and marble graphics
Dutch Design Week 2015: Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has partnered with manufacturer NLXL to create a collection of wallpapers that resemble architectural materials such as marble, brick and wood. More
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Piet Hein Eek begins long-term collaboration with IKEA
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek is creating a collection of limited-edition furniture for IKEA, set to launch in 2017, as part of a wider collaboration with the Swedish company. More
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Piet Hein Eek converts former mill buildings into holiday rentals in rural France
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has spent 10 years renovating an old mill in France's Dordogne region into a pair of holiday homes that visitors can rent (+ slideshow). More
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NLXL Lab launches one-off wallpaper patterns by designers including Piet Hein Eek
NLXL Lab has collaborated with designers including Thomas Eurlings and Piet Hein Eek to create a series of wallpaper patterns and murals. More
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Piet Hein Eek's first eyewear range debuts at Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week 2014: Eindhoven designer Piet Hein Eek has created a line of spectacles and sunglasses with frames made from two strips of titanium for Amsterdam brand More Eyewear. More
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Piet Hein Eek prints Rijksmuseum artworks onto flatpack stools
Dutch Design Week 2014: The most recognisable paintings from the art collection of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum are printed onto the seats of these plywood stools by Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek. More
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Netherlands design duos to present rugs at Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week 2014: Rug company ICE International will launch a set of eight different carpets by individuals from four "design couples" – including Piet Hein Eek, Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk – at next week's Dutch Design Week. More
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Piet Hein Eek and Roderick Vos collaborate with disadvantaged makers for Social Label initiative
Dutch designers including Piet Hein Eek and Roderick Vos are brought together with workshops for makers with disabilities in a new initiative called Social Label (+ slideshow). More
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Piet Hein Eek uses offcuts from his scrap wood furniture to make Waste Waste 40x40
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has created a collection of furniture made by meticulously gluing together tiny squares of wood, which are cut from the waste material of his famous scrap wood furniture. More
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Eindhoven designer Piet Hein Eek: "I always want to make my own stuff"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: next in our series of movies from Eindhoven, Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek discusses his fascination with waste materials and explains how he set up his huge studio complex in the city to manufacture his own products. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More
