Designers Jos Kranen and Johannes Gille explain how they moved from creating bespoke design pieces to industrial products, such as their new The Party lights for Moooi, in our latest Design Dreams movie.
The two designers are founders of Kranen/Gille, a design studio focussed on interior products based in Den Bosch in The Netherlands.
The pair, who met when studying at Design Academy Eindhoven, made their name by creating one-off pieces for museums and galleries. But they recently worked with Moooi to create a series of industrially produced products.
Dutch design studio Kranen/Gille designed a collection of wall-mounted lamps for Moooi called The Party"In our earlier days we worked a lot with galleries, in a higher-end market," explains Gille in the movie, which Dezeen filmed for Moooi at Kranen/Gille's studio in Den Bosch. "But over the years we came to love the idea of making products that are more accessible to a larger audience."
The Party, a collection of wall lamps that resemble shocked faces, was announced yesterday at events taking place in Moooi stores around the world, as part of a new product launch strategy by the Dutch brand.
"The Party consists of five ceramic hats with an LED source inside them so the light comes out of their mouths and eyes," says Gille.
The collection, designed to resemble shocked faces, launched worldwide yesterdayThe pair exhibited prototypes of the lights in Milan earlier this year,&nbs...