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This site was updated in March 2009.
The old website was up for quite a long time and people were thinking I had moving problems all the time and that I hadn't made anything exciting in over a year, but quite a lot of that is solved now and there are quite a few new things on this website now.

Just like the old site, this site is supposed to tell a bit about me and even more about my work.
For the people who don't know me, or my work (what are you doing on this site anyway?) I'm a designer and I (mostly) design furniture and lighting for a living. On the last website I had quite a theory about my designs and my way of designing structural and non-structural skins.
Nowadays I would like to describe my method of working a bit more broad. Nevertheless I am very interested in skins of the structural an non-structural kind.
During my study at the Design Academy Eindhoven I really enjoyed being taught how to weave and knit and I still think this is reflected in my work. I think that one of the reasons why textile is so interesting to me is that it is interesting on all levels. If you look at it with a magnifying glass, or just up close, or from a distance, as a piece or garment that someone is wearing or as a curtain with a nice texture on it seen from the other side of the room.
When creating a textile one starts with a fibre, that becomes a yarn, that can be woven or knitted into a piece of textile that can be sewn together into a piece of clothing, a curtain or whatever. If you take a good fiber and make logical decisions while processing it, it almost can't go wrong. I think this approach can be applied to more than just textiles.
In my work I often start with materials or smaller parts that I try to bend into something bigger and functional that hopefully is also interesting on all levels.

Ok, so it's just a theory. Don't study it too hard. I consider theories something to think about and something to discuss when not designing.
When it comes to designing one should just design without being blocked by too much theory.... only when your stuck, desperate or drunk one should spend more than 15 minutes concerning design theories. I still believe the best designs come from the heart and not from the mind.

contact:
Schie 34
3111 PN Schiedam
The Netherlands
P +31(0)10 4765 042
F +31 (0)10 4760 631
M +31 (0)6 2468 3576
him@bertjanpot.nl

work: (Starting with the most recent stuff.)

T.B.C.E.C., 2009