URBAN LIVING ROOM

Urban Living Room is a living room of contemporary Dutch design. A design which focusses on hospitality and small-scale meetings in the big city. It is a social design offering a cosy, temporary space in an urban environment. Here is where people can meet together in a friendly environment.   The Living Room travels from one place to another, from one city to another. Wherever it goes it adds a layer which contrasts with the local environment. The bright, single colour and the cosy, interior feeling make it stand out in urban landscapes, in parks, in natural spaces and in exhibitions.   Join in, play and have fun It is a social meeting point. That is why all kinds of activities are programmed on a small scale.
  For example, you can play table games, listen to children's stories and enjoy live music by local musicians.   Public space With the growth of residential areas and increasing economic interests, public space is now under a lot of pressure.   We design a public living room as a temporary social action. An action on a public space where people can get together and have fun and show convincingly to whom the city's public space belongs: the people. The city residents gain a temporary meeting place as a social assertion.   Social context The world is being built up very fast. People are living closer and closer together as cities continue to expand. How do you maintain links with the city when it is changing so quickly? The large scale of the city demands the opposite: a home. To feel at home is a very special feeling. By placing a living room in an unexpected place, we give you a chance to feel at home. The aim of this project is for us to explore this feeling. Contact between people is very important for the development of a city, especially on a cultural and social level. The urban Living Room is a perfect example of how to promote this type of contact. It is a project by Studio ID Eddy and Studio Kortmann.
  www.urbanlivingroom.org   FADER SHELVES – Bas Kortmann These shelves "fade away" going from a light rack to a structure which is more and more transparent. The word "Fader" refers to the practical form of the works by Doesburg and Mondriaan. www.studiokortmann.nl   ROCKING BENCH - Daniel White / J.I.P A rocking chair for two. www.whitewebsite.com   EASY CHAIR – Jan Melis en Ben Oostrum Easy Chair is a comfortable open chair covered in wool made completely of polyurethane foam. www.janmelis.nl - www.boontwerpt.nl   DELAY SOFA – Bas Kortmann The Delay Sofa lets you rest after an exhausting day. Lay back in style on the comfortable cushions with a drink on the cold steel armrest. www.studiokortmann.nl   JERRY LIGHT – Eddy Kaijser Jerry Light modular and stackable light design based on a drum. Jerry Light can be used as a building block for creating gigantic luminous walls. www.ideddy.com   ZZZIDT OBJECT – Richard Hutten / NGispeN Zzzidt-object serves as a stool, auxiliary table and a toy. A white Zzzidt can even be used as a light. www.ngispen.nl   OBI – Roderick Vos / Linteloo By giving volume to the prototypical plate for Balinese offerings, Roderick Vos has created a series of cheerful coffee tables. www.linteloo.nl   ENDLESS FLOW LOW CHAIR – Dirk van der Kooij The Endless Flow Rocking Chair is made from molten parts of recycled fridges. An extruding robotic arm of a CNC melts the parts and pours them with precision in a constant flow of recycled fridges to make each rocking chair. www.dirkvanderkooij.nl   DOMOOR – Richard Hutten / NGispeN The Domoor cup, also know as Dombo, is a cheerful cup for children with large ears for handles. www.ngispen.nl   BIOSPHERE – Ben Oostrum / Xala Biosphere D, a miniature greenhouse, perfect for storing and cultivating seeds as well as for keeping bought herbs fresh. www.boontwerpt.nl   GRANDPA’S MUG AND KETTLE Chris Koens and Ramon Middelkoop Old and used objects have an exclusive character and tell their own story.www.invotisorange.com   CAMPFIRE – Ramon Middelkoop and Susan Strampel Gather round this beautiful tea light and sing with your friends on a night in the open air next to the bonfire. www.invotisorange.com   BOWL - Daniel White www.whitewebsite.com   Studio ID Eddy was founded in 2000. After graduating from university in 1999, Eddy Kaijser (the founder) began creating artistic projects which he wanted to put into practice. Studio ID Eddy focusses on the public space. The studio initiates rising projects and procedures to change the public space and make citizens aware of their public space. The projects unavoidably raise a debate on the function of the public space, how we use it and how we want to use it in the future. The projects encourage new behaviour in people. So the projects have a strong artistic and social ingredient. The art-design projects may be interactive facilities, urban design, video and photography. Both temporary and permanent projects and products are put into effect. Studio ID Eddy takes part in these projects together with different design studios, design and sustainability universities, architects, manufacturers and local governments.