Eindhoven-based Studio Rens has created Re-Glow, a collection of blocky furniture and homeware clad in reconfigurable magnetic tiles that was unveiled at Dutch Design Week.
The Re-Glow collection brings together three furniture designs, created in collaboration with Dutch ceramics studio Cor-Unum and finished in contrasting tones of purple, yellow and green.
Each design consists of a steel skeleton covered with “interchangeable and customisable” handmade tiles held in place by magnets for easy assembly.
“The magnets click into a system so that you can build whatever you want,” Studio Rens co-founder Renee Mennen told Dezeen.
Central to the collection is Big Dining, a low-slung, geometric dining table with a pattern reminiscent of painterly brushstrokes.
“We push and pull glaze over the tiles so that each one is unique,” continued Mennen. “The furniture merges functionality with a striking visual presence.”
Vase 1/2/3 is a trio of cuboid vases that can be used together or independently. Each is finished in the same colourful tiles as the dining table.
“Like building blocks, the vases can be combined in various ways, adding a playful element to any space,” explained Mennen.
Re-Glow’s third component is On Display, a rectilinear tray composed of reconfigurable tiles. The tray was designed to allow for flexibility in food or decor presentation.
For Dutch Design Week, the studio is presenting its Re-Glow collection alongside a piece of custom wall art and a series of framed textiles, also finished in inky purple and blue hues.
While Studio Rens first collaborated with Cor-Unum to create bespoke tiles in 2021, Re-Glow is the studio’s first project that applies the tiles to furniture.
“These designs take the original tiles concept a step further by applying it to larger interior objects, breaking free from the wall and into the heart of the home,” said Studio Rens.
Described as “colourful to the core”, Studio Rens is a design research studio that fuses bright-hued patterns with mathematical precision.
Elsewhere, Dezeen’s design and environment editor Jennifer Hahn has rounded up six key trends from Dutch Design Week, which concludes on Sunday. Among the many projects on display this year is RePit – a plastic-free filament for 3D printing using waste date pits.
The photography is courtesy of Studio Rens.
Dutch Design Week 2024 takes place in Eindhoven from 19 to 27 October. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.
