Maarten Baas Furniture
Dutch, b. 1978
Furniture designer Maarten Baas doesn't subscribe to conformist notions of beauty and symmetry. He finds appeal in the character of aged patinas and wear from usage. As such, Baas doesn't seek to create furniture or decorative objects that are perfectly proportioned — for proof, look no further than to the unconventional cabinets of his Close Parity collection or the chairs with oddly shaped backrests he designed for Lensvelt.
Baas breaks unspoken rules, and his influential work is as much art as it is functional design — he’s garnered support from likeminded creatives in his field such as Phillippe Starck and Marcel Wanders, and explores how he might put unusual materials to work such as clay or charred wood in the construction of his chairs and table lamps.
Baas was born in Germany and grew up in the Netherlands. After graduating high school, he began his studies at the Design Academy in Eindhoven. Before he had even graduated, Baas made an impression on instructors and students alike with his graduation project.
Using pieces of secondhand furniture he had procured online — some of which was manufactured by IKEA — Baas scorched the wood all the way through with a blowtorch. He soon found a way to preserve the wood once it was burned through, and this led to his inaugural Smoke series. The chairs and a lighting fixture from this line were put into production by Moooi, a furniture brand Wanders cofounded with Revised’s Casper Vissers in 2001. Hospitality guru Ian Schrager got in touch, and a pool table from the collection was custom-made by Baas for the Gramercy Park Hotel.
Since Smoke, Baas has produced numerous pieces, with his best-known efforts involving the repurposing of existing furniture and modifying it to look the way he wants. Ever the innovator, Baas introduced a series of clock designs as part of an art installation that began to take shape in 2009 at the Salone Del Mobile in Milan.
The designer’s clocks see an incorporation of video and other technology. Each piece, such as the ten-foot tall model installed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in 2016, presents the illusion of human figures toiling to keep time behind its face by way of a 12-hour recorded performance.
Baas’s works are held in the collections of many notable museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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Creator: Maarten Baas
Moooi Smoke Dining Armchair in Abbracci, Black Upholstery with Burnt Wood Frame
By Moooi, Maarten Baas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Don't burn the diner — burn the dining chair! The beauty and character of burned wood is now captured in a long lasting material, creating the strange sensation of sitting on burnt furniture...
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Contemporary Clay Coffee Table Multileg by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant tables are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual hand mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Moooi Smoke Armchair in Shade Pitch Black Upholstery by Maarten Baas
By Moooi, Maarten Baas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Furniture finished with fire. The beauty and character of burned wood is now captured in a long lasting material, creating the strange sensation of sitting on burnt furniture Maarten Baas interpreted his fascination for the element fire with a groundbreaking approach. Capturing the burning flames into the solidity of wood. Each chair is unique due to this exceptional production process. Just like the Phoenix, the Smoke objects are reborn from their ashes, gaining new vitality and beauty in a very unusual way.
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Material: Burnt wood finished with epoxy resin, fire retardant foam, leather upholstery
Upholstery: Shade pitch black...
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Contemporary Clay Side Table by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant tables are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual hand mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Contemporary Plain Clay Desk Light by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
This desk light comes from Maarten Baas’s Plain Clay collection. This collection was originally developed for the Mendini restaurant in the Groninger Museum.
Unlike the Clay Serie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Contemporary Plain Clay Table with Light by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
This table with light comes from Maarten Baas’s Plain Clay collection. This collection was originally developed for the Mendini restaurant in the Gron...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Contemporary Clay Table with Drawer by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant tables are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual hand mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Moooi SLT Chaise Longue Left in Solis, Paper Upholstery with Wood & Steel Frame
By Maarten Baas, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The something like this sofa is a celebration of the designer's love for sketchy drawings translated into a soft unusually modelled sofa.
Additional information:
Material: Wood a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Moooi SLT Chaise Longue Left in Divina Melange 3, 620 Upholstery and Steel Frame
By Moooi, Maarten Baas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Something Like This sofa is a celebration of the designer's love for sketchy drawings translated into a soft unusually modelled sofa.
Additional information:
Material: Wood a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Moooi Smoke Dining Chair in Abbracci, Black Upholstery with Burnt Wood Frame
By Maarten Baas, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Don't burn the diner — burn the dining chair! The beauty and character of burned wood is now captured in a long lasting material, creating the strange sensation of sitting on burnt furniture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Upholstery
Contemporary Plain Clay Floor Light by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
This floor light comes from Maarten Baas’s Plain Clay collection. This collection was originally developed for the Mendini restaurant in the Groninger Museum.
Unlike the clay seri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
Contemporary Clay Floorfan by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant Floor fans are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual han...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
Moooi Turbo High Table in Wooden Frame by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Spontaneous and refreshing, the car’s abstract design conveys the uncontaminated simplicity of childhood’s thoughts and dreams. A candid sketch of a car roars to life and parks itsel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Wood
Contemporary Clay Dining Chair by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant chairs are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual hand mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
Contemporary Clay Table with Drawer by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant tables are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual hand mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
Maarten Baas 'Clay' Piano Stool for BAAS
By Maarten Baas
Located in Tilburg, NL
Maarten Baas 'Clay' Piano Stool, Classic Clay Collection, New - Current Production, The Netherlands.
The spontaneous and naïve designs of Maarten Baas’ Clay series express artistic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
Lensvelt Maarten Baas 101 Upholstered Kvadrat NITTO 0857 + Booklet
By Maarten Baas
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Maarten Baas 101 Chair Upholstered Kvadrat NITTO 0857
The 101 chair designed by Maarten Baas for Lensvelt. The chairs are available in 8 differently shaped backrests, classified A...
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2010s Dutch Maarten Baas Furniture
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Steel
Lensvelt Maarten Baas 101 Upholstered Kvadrat Star 2 0357 + Booklet
By Maarten Baas
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Maarten Baas 101 Chair Upholstered Kvadrat STAR 2 0357
The 101 chair designed by Maarten Baas for Lensvelt. The chairs are available in 8 differently shaped backrests, classified A t...
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2010s Dutch Maarten Baas Furniture
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Steel
2022 Maarten Baas for Moooi SLT Double Love Seat Sofa Element S3 in Indigo Denim
By Maarten Baas, Moooi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a SLT Double Seat Sofa made with a wood and steel frame and indigo denim fabric. The sofa was designed by Marcel Wanders and produced by Moooi in the Netherlands....
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2010s Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Steel
2022 Maarten Baas for Moooi SLT Chaise Lounge Right Side S2 in Indigo Denim
By Moooi, Maarten Baas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a SLT Chaise Lounge made with a wood and steel frame and indigo denim fabric. The chaise lounge was designed by Marcel Wanders and produced by Moooi in the Nether...
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2010s Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Steel
Moooi Turbo Low Table in Wooden Frame by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Spontaneous and refreshing, the car’s abstract design conveys the uncontaminated simplicity of childhood’s thoughts and dreams. A candid sketch of a car roars to life and parks itsel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Wood
Classic Clay Dining Chair Black by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The spontaneous and naïve designs of Maarten Baas’ Clay series express artistic vulnerability. Each piece is handmade of industrial clay, covering a steel fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Maarten Baas Furniture
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Clay
MAARTEN BAAS & CLAUDY JONGSTRA, Early CLAY stool, edition of 3
By Maarten Baas
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This stool is an early piece, signed and dated, part of the CLAY series, which Baas designed in 2006. An absolute rare and important piece of Dutch Design. There are 3 examples of th...
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Early 2000s Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Wood
Contemporary Plain Clay Dining Chair by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
This Dining Chair comes from Maarten Baas’s Plain Clay collection. This collection was originally developed for the Mendini restaurant in the Groninger Museum.
Unlike the Clay Ser...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
Contemporary Clay Bench by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant Benches are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual hand m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
Smoke Cabinet by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Uccle, BE
“Smoke” Cabinet by Maarten Baas.
Pre-existing two-drawer cabinet, carbonized and then covered with transparent epoxy resin.
Bronze handles.
Unique exemplar produced at Baas and den H...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Bronze
Maarten Baas Signed Limited Edition Arne Jacobsen Series 7 Chair
By Arne Jacobsen, Maarten Baas
Located in Dronten, NL
Limited Edition made in 2009 of the iconic Arne Jacobsen series 7 chair.
To pay tribute to this design, Fritz Hansen choose 7 designers from the young generation to pick out their fa...
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Early 2000s Danish Scandinavian Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Steel, Chrome
Lensvelt Maarten Baas 101 Upholstered Kvadrat Star 2 0177 + Booklet
By Maarten Baas
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Maarten Baas 101 Chair Upholstered Kvadrat STAR 2 0177
The 101 chair designed by Maarten Baas for Lensvelt. The chairs are available in 8 differently s...
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2010s Dutch Maarten Baas Furniture
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Steel
Maarten Baas, sweepers clock, signed& numbered, icon Dutch contemporary design
By Maarten Baas
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Sweepers Clock by Maarten Baas, original signed and numbered CD of one the most iconic pieces of 21st century dutch design.
2023 was a great year for Baas. First a mind-blowing collaboration with G-star during Salone Del Mobile in April and in summer opened his soloshow It’s About Time in museum Voorlinden.
In 2002 Baas graduaded form Design Academy Eindhoven in 2002 with his Where there’s Smoke Collection. To this end, he modified design classics such as the Rietveld chair with a gas burner. He became world famous with his blackened furniture. His work is included in the collections of the MoMA in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Many travelers know his Schiphol clock, the three-meter high clock that has been installed at Schiphol Airport since 2016.
The Millen House...
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Early 2000s Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Other
Lensvelt Maarten Baas 101 + Booklet
By Maarten Baas
Located in Amsterdam, NL
101 chair wooden
The 101 chair designed by Maarten Baas for Lensvelt. This type of chair is ideal for any modern interior bringing a touch of nature back into the desired space. T...
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2010s Dutch Maarten Baas Furniture
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Steel
Contemporary Plain Clay Dining Chair with Arm by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
This Dining Chair comes from Maarten Baas’s Plain Clay collection. This collection was originally developed for the Mendini restaurant in the Groninger Museum.
Unlike the Clay Ser...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
In stock Classic Clay Dining Chair Blue by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The spontaneous and naïve designs of Maarten Baas’ Clay series express artistic vulnerability. Each piece is handmade of industrial clay, covering a steel fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Maarten Baas Furniture
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Clay
Ciliophora Round Carpet, Hand Knotted in Wool, 40 Knots, Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Ciliophora round rug, designed by Maarten Baas, presents an abstract design that creates a motif with an antique or tribal appearance.
"An abstraction of the smallest living creatur...
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2010s Indian Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Wool
Moooi SLT Footstool in Bearded Leopard Jacquard Mustard Upholstery & Wood Frame
By Maarten Baas, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Something Like This sofa is a celebration of the designer's love for sketchy drawings translated into a soft unusually modelled sofa.
Additional information:
Material: Wooden...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Upholstery
Smoke Chairs by Maarten Baas for Moooi, 2000s
By Moooi, Maarten Baas
Located in Renens, CH
Maarten Baas (the Netherlands) designed the Smoke series furniture for his 2002 graduation project at the Design Academy Eindhoven. Baas is considered one of the most influential Dut...
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Early 2000s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Leather, Wood
Clay Floorfan Medium White by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The spontaneous and naïve designs of Maarten Baas’ Clay series express artistic vulnerability. Each piece is handmade of industrial clay, covering a steel fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Maarten Baas Furniture
Materials
Clay
Contemporary Plain Clay Bar Stool by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
This bar stool comes from Maarten Baas’s Plain Clay collection. This collection was originally developed for the Mendini restaurant in the Groninger Museum.
Unlike the Clay Series...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
Moooi SLT Chaise Longue Right in Denim Indigo Upholstery with Steel Frame
By Maarten Baas, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The something like this sofa is a celebration of the designer's love for sketchy drawings translated into a soft unusually modelled sofa.
Additional information:
Material: Wood a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Upholstery
Contemporary Clay Bookshelves by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant Bookshelves are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
Contemporary Clay Low Seater, Armchair by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant Low Seaters are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created thro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
Clay Floorfan Medium Green by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The spontaneous and naïve designs of Maarten Baas’ Clay series express artistic vulnerability. Each piece is handmade of industrial clay, covering a steel fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Maarten Baas Furniture
Materials
Clay
Moooi SLT Chaise Longue Left in Divina 3, 623 Upholstery with Steel Frame
By Moooi, Maarten Baas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Something Like This sofa is a celebration of the designer's love for sketchy drawings translated into a soft unusually modelled sofa.
Additional information:
Material: Wood a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Upholstery
Moooi SLT Chaise Longue Left in Divina Md, 193 Upholstery with Steel Frame
By Moooi, Maarten Baas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Something Like This Sofa is a celebration of the designer's love for sketchy drawings translated into a soft unusually modelled sofa.
Additional information:
Material: Wood and steel frame construction, foam
Upholstery: Divina MD...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Contemporary Clay Low Rocking Chair by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant Rocking chairs are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
Moooi Smoke Chair '2004' by Maarten Baas, Dutch Design, Post-Modern
By Moooi, Maarten Baas
Located in CULEMBORG, GE
Manufactured by Moooi in 2003-2004, Maarten Baas’ series of Smoke Chairs are made of expensive leather in a burnt wood frame — a truly original and unique ...
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Early 2000s Dutch Post-Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Leather, Wood
Maarten Baas ”Sculpt" Office Desk, 2009
By Maarten Baas
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
Title: sculpt office desk
Series: sculpt
Edition: 3/8 (+2AP)
Material: steel with a dark walnut veneer finish
Size: 160 x 85 x 74 (w x d x h).
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Early 2000s Dutch Maarten Baas Furniture
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Steel
Smoke Armchairs by Maarten Baas for Moooi, 2000s
By Moooi, Maarten Baas
Located in Renens, CH
Maarten Baas (the Netherlands) designed the Smoke series furniture for his 2002 graduation project at the Design Academy Eindhoven. Baas is considered one of the most influential Dut...
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Early 2000s Dutch Post-Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Leather, Wood
Maarten Baas Unique Where there is smoke cabinet, iconic dutch design
By Maarten Baas
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
MAARTEN BAAS, EARLY SMOKE CABINET
Important and rare piece of Dutch design of one of the most influential design of our time.
Provenance. From a hairdr...
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Early 2000s Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Wood
Maarten Baas Where there is smoke chair, dutch design
By Maarten Baas
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Since graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven with his “Smoke” series, Maarten Baas has pushed the boundaries of art, design and aesthetics. “Smoke” is an investigation into beauty ...
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Early 2000s Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Wood
Contemporary Plain Clay Console with Drawer by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
This Console comes from Maarten Baas’s Plain Clay collection. This collection was originally developed for the Mendini restaurant in the Groninger Museum.
Unlike the Clay Series, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Maarten Baas Furniture
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Metal
Maarten Baas furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Maarten Baas furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Maarten Baas furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Maarten Baas were created in the modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Jesse Sanderson, Simone Bonanni, and Marcel Wanders. Prices for Maarten Baas furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $316 and can go as high as $60,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $5,826.
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