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31.01.2018
IKEA hack
IKEA hack
Bas van Beek paired one of the store’s cheapest vases
with the vase Hella Jongerius designer for IKEA to copy
her famous Dutch Design icon. Van Beek is notorious
for his ‘rip-offs’, which comment on the tendens among
famous designers to create exclusive and, above all, expensive products.
IKEA ingredients:
article
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report
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participant
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for sale
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academy
The Department of Hybrid Space focuses on the study of the transformation of physical space in the information age. Students present…
bio
Christophe Coppens was born in Belgium in 1969 and trained as a theatre director and actor. He was soon directing his own plays as…
artist
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