Accessoires > Ineke Hans Collection > Crash Car

Crash Car, 2001
from the Black Beauty children's collection

When first playing with cars, kids usually move just up and down with their car. The truck has a little driver that can go in and out.
Collection of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 

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

dimensions:
23 x 14 x h: 10,5 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.