Close up: Maarten Baas

The 60-second interview

Netherlands-based designer Maarten Baas graduated from the Design Academy in Eindhoven in 2002. Success came to him early when his Knuckle candleholder was put into production by Pol's Potten, while still at college.

Since then he has gone on to garner much acclaim on the international design scene and has participated in exhibitions at the V&A and Design Museum in London and Moss and ICFF in New York, among others.

Baas's designs push materials to their limits; his work has an almost cartoonish sense of humour, and none more so than his wonderful new limited edition work for Established & Sons, 'The Chankley Bore'.

17 April 2008 | Design