Richard Hutten

Richard Hutten Playing with Tradition

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Previously exhibited at Basel 2021.

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“For many years I had the idea to do something with traditional oriental carpets. I have an antique Persian carpet at my home, which I still find the best carpets to have. the idea behind the carpet was to build a bridge between the old and the new, east meets west. from this starting point, I looked at various ways to give a reinterpretation. I came up with the idea to stretch the carpet at a certain point. I found it’s very important where to start the stretching. On the traditional side I kept the fringes, ons the contemporary side I made a clear cut.”

Hand-knotted wool.

Richard Hutten

designer

“Traditionally design is about solving a problem. I don’t solve problems; I create possibilities”. Rotterdam based Richard Hutten is well known for his conceptual, sustainable and playful designs. As a true innovator, he has established himself as one of the leading international figures in the field, continuously pushing the boundaries of design. As a founding member of the famous Droog design movement in 1993, he has put his mark on the design field ever since.

Born in The Netherlands in 1967, Hutten graduated of the Design Academy in Eindhoven in 1991, the same year he started his design studio. With a team of experts he is working across furniture, product and interior design. Many of his products have become successful design icons, selling over 1,000,000 units world wide.

His work is held in the permanent collections of over 50 museums around the world making him one of the most collected living designers. The list includes MoMA New York, Victoria & Albert Museum London, Chicago Art Institute, Stedelijk Amsterdam, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Vitra Museum, Design Museum London, Design Museum Gent and Centraal Museum Utrecht.

His impressive list of clients are leaders in their field and include Karl Lagerfeld, Moooi, OMA/Rem Koolhaas, Christofle, Moroso, Kvadrat, Muji, Rabobank, The Standard Hotel NYC, Gemeentemuseum The Hague, MVRDV, Centraal Museum Utrecht and HRH Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands.

In 2008 he became the Art director of Holland’s second largest furniture brand Gispen and since 2017 he has the same role at CSrugs."