Dutch designer Maarten Baas tells the stories behind his Smoke furniture collection and Something Like This sofa for Moooi in our latest Design Dreams talk. Tune in from 5:30pm UK time to watch the talk live from Milan.
The livestream has now ended but you can still watch it here or on Dezeen's Facebook page.
Baas will speak to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about his career to date and the pieces he has designed for Moooi at the Dutch brand's exhibition at Milan design week.
Born in the Netherlands in 1978, Baas graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2002, and found immediate fame with his graduation project Smoke, a collection of burnt furniture. It led to a solo exhibition at Moss gallery in New York and kickstarted a longstanding partnership with Moooi. Maarten Baas will talk about the Something Like This modular sofa he has designed for Moooi
Baas will discuss the Smoke collection, as well as his Something Like This modular sofa, which was unveiled during Milan Design Week last year.
The event is part of an ongoing collaboration between Dezeen and Moooi called Design Dreams, exploring how successful designers turned their dreams into reality.
Baas found fame with the Smoke collection, which was launched by Moooi
Baas is the fourth designer to feature in the series, after Luca Nichetto, Arihiro Miyake and Rick Tegelaar.
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