The more defined a design brief, the easier it is to design a product. When having doubts you just choose for the most practical solution. Nevertheless, ‘practical’ is not the best-chosen characteristic to describe ‘Stairway to heaven’. I mean; a safety-ladder lit with carnival lights hanging from the ceiling, how functional is that? The choices made during the design process are though. It all started with a new safety ladder we ordered for the studio and carnival lights we used for a different project. When they arrived it suddenly seemed like the perfect illogical combination to make. Rawness and glitter. ‘Stairway to heaven’ became a brilliant and attractive object, there to illuminate an Industrial theater-café in Schiedam (Wennekerpand). 'Stairway to heaven' was formerly produced under the name 'Downstairs'. Production discontinued.
Former distillery Wenneker is considered to be the new temple of culture of Schiedam giving home to a cinema, theatre, centre for visual arts, dance studio and Grand Café Wenneker.’ Interior Design by Con’Fetti, Tables by Onno Donkers-Vormgeving, QUELLE FÊTE (disco ball) by Rotganzen. Stairway to Heaven has won the first Frame Moooi Award.
