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Office set, 2001
from the Black Beauty children's collection

Set of school desk and chair including pencil. Suitable for children of sitting age and up.
Collection of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

material:
recycled plastic: wind-, water-, salt-, acid-, UV-resistant

dimensions:
desk: wide 50 x depth 40.5 x height 37.5 cm
chair: wide 33 x depth 30 x height 48 cm
sitting height: 22.5 cm

colour:
black

In the summer of 2001 Ineke Hans set up a children’s collection, Black Beauties. An unconcious start on this project was already made earlier. The first Black Beauty was Wet Step made in 2000 for friends who had got married and were rebuilding their bathroom. For the birthday of another friend who collected children’s chairs, Office Chair was made. Up/down Chair was on request....

All items are made of black recycled plastic: wind-, water-, salt-, acid-, UV-resistant. The material allows products to go outdoor and into wet environments.
The decision to make them in the black material came when designing colourful work in years before, and observing that most materials are available in white, natural and black. More importantly, the Black Beauties show that children do not only react to colours, but very often they respond to shapes, opportunities and ways of playing with things. In a way the project is closely connected to earlier projects like Seven Chairs in Seven Days and Under Cover Chairs, the designs being associative, clear and playing with functions.