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.
Big Dining is a low-slung dining table
"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."
Studio Rens has also created a trio of cuboid vases
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 present...