April
25th to June 13th 2004
Jurgen
Bey
Jurgen
Bey was asked to design the reception space of the Interpolis office building
in Tilburg. The office space is ment for small meetings.
Interpolis, a Dutch insurance company, has its origin in the Dutch agrarian
world . Bey wants to bring this agrarian origin forward. The reception
chambers are treated as a Sunday chamber and contain the wealth and beauty
of a country interieur with his archetypische pieces of furniture.
The
"ear-chairs" Jurgen Bey designed, were inspired by similar traditional
European chairs.
Like the original examples with a curved shape around the head (next to
the ears, hence the name) Bey exaggerated this element. Different sizes
accentuate the degree of isolation the user wants from his co-workers.
In
the exhibitionspace of VIVID in Rotterdam a part of the Interpolis reception
chamber will be reconstructed. Completed with a number of related designs
the visitor will get a good
picture of Jurgen Bey's idea upon the (future?) workplace. |