Maarten Baas (; born 19 February 1978) is a Dutch furniture designer.
He is known for his
Real Time series of clocks in which people paint the time by hand.
His career path was influenced by mentors like Jurgen Bey, colleagues like Bertjan Pot, and artists like
Erwin Wurm. He attended the
Design Academy Eindhoven
Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE) is an interdisciplinary educational institute for art, architecture and design in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The work of its faculty and alumni have brought it international recognition.
History
The Design Academy E ...
and lives in
Utrecht
Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...
. His work often relates to his youth, where Baas works to "balance skilled technicality with the purity of child’s spontaneity."
Above the entrance of the main public library at the Neude, Utrecht, the Netherlands, his neon lighting artwork ''Intellectual heritage'' was installed in 2023.
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1978 births
Living people
Dutch designers
Dutch furniture designers
Dutch industrial designers
Polytechnic University of Milan alumni
Design Academy Eindhoven alumni