NLXL at ICFF in New York

NLXL transformed into a market leader within the niche wallpaper business: digital wallpaper collections. Now their collections are available at more than 2500 resellers in over 70 countries. At the ICFF in New York this Dutch Wallpaper company will introduce their latest addition: Remixed Wallpaper by Arthur Slenk. We are proud to share that Piet Boon himself will also attend this international tradeshow for a few days to promote both our NLXL Concrete Wallpaper and to share information about Huys, our Piet Boon® Studio residential development on Park Avenue South (huys-nyc.com). You can find us at the ICFF in hall 1, booth 1325.

Website Huys live

Live today, the full website of 404 Park Avenue South, also known as HUYS. Sales results as of today, 40% of the 58 apartments already sold. Big compliments to the Kroonenberg Groep. Very proud to be responsible for the design of HUYS. Check it out at huys-nyc.com.

Klink side table in bronze

After a successful introduction of the aluminium KLINK side table last year, we would like to introduce to you the cast bronze version. This eye catcher is an easy way to give your living room that valuable luxury touch. It is available in dark and light patinated bronze. For more information contact our store.

Opening Banksy meets Basquiat exhibition

New season RTL woonmagazine

April 13^th starts a whole new season of RTL Woonmagazine! This new season of interior transformations will be even more extreme and striking. Employing new trends in styling and interior design through distinct Piet Boon® features, each design will have the mark of our work. Specifically, hand crafted styling products by our Piet Boon® Styling team have been created to ensure a personal touch. Each episode will reveal how all the pieces work together to create stunning transformations. If you’re in the Netherlands, make sure not to miss it!

New in Piet Boon® Collection KEK with marble tops

We are excited to announce the KEK side table is now available with a marble top. In Piet Boon® interiors exclusive marbles are often used to enrich a space with refinement and luxury. For this reason, we added three of Piet and Karin’s favourite marbles to our well selected palette of Piet Boon® Collection materials. From today we offer the KEK side table in three colors with matching marble tops. Check out the three colors of marble in our collection.

Montel selected by Piet Boon®

Licensing would like to announce a new partnership with Montèl, a Dutch brand represented by Bram Nijman that for the past 26 years designs and produces their own furniture line of contemporary design at affordable prices. Piet Boon® has selected a sofa in the Montèl collection in two great natural shades. We are proud to announce that when each of the Piet Boon® selected sofas are sold, 25 Euros will be contributed to KIKA (The Children’s Cancer Fund) a charity close to Piet’s heart. As an added bonus, all buyers of the selected sofa will also receive the Piet Boon® Styling book by Karin Meyn. The sofa’s will be available from mid May.

New Delta Lloyd project

After designing the main entrance, the lobby and the company restaurant for Delta Lloyd, Piet Boon® Studio has now designed a new work environment based on the design concept "Het Nieuwe Werken" or “Flexible work-spaces”. Committed to creating a new way of working within the organization, Piet Boon® has designed flexibility into Delta Lloyd’s working environment allowing for a variety of office, meeting and training spaces. In the coming years the transformation will start to take place at the Delta Lloyd offices. We are proud that Delta Lloyd has selected Piet Boon®.

New in Piet Boon® Collection OUTDOOR BLACK

The successful Piet Boon® outdoor series is now also available in matte black. It is still the high quality Iroko wood you know from us, but impregnated with a black stain for an ultimate Piet Boon® look. The finish is chosen for its aesthetics and durability. Together with our 74 different outdoor fabrics you can make beautiful combinations. We hope you will be just as enthusiastic as we are. Check out the collection OUTDOOR BLACK.

Limited edition by DTCH

Dtch added a splash of color in their Piet Boon® collection that will add instant excitement to your interior. The cushion Satin Layer with architectonic pleats is now in stock in a striking petrol color. Available for a limited time only and exclusively in the Piet Boon Store and online at  Wehkamp or DTCH.

New styling Store

Karin went to the inspirational trade fair Maison & Objet where she bought lots of new styling items for the Piet Boon® Store, so again it’s worthwhile visiting our Store. Also a good opportunity to swing by is the Domani Event planned on the 9th and 10th of March, where together with all our partners at Skoon we can offer you professional advice on in- and outdoor lifestyle. Also our opening hours have been extended, just for your convenience! Please check the opening hours and location of the Store.

Arena project finished

Now that the rooms ‘Bobby Bar & Grill’, ‘Skybar’ and ‘Blue on the Fifth’ have opened their doors and the finishing touch has been given to the main enterance, the Arena project in collaboration with Ajax and michelin**chef Ron Blaauw is completed. In the Blue on the Fifth restaurant you can now enjoy some culinary delights in VIP atmosphere created by Piet Boon®. Check the new rooms on the Amsterdam Arena website.

New Piet Boon® fireplace collection by Tulp

Piet Boon® and Tulp Firemakers have teamed up again. Our latest range of fireplaces, Strips, uses clean architectural lines, timeless design and quality. This new line is unique in its appearance, versatility and color. Besides in black also available in white.

More info  www.tulp.eu

Rent a Piet Boon® villa on Bonaire

For all of you still seeking for a little unspoiled, palm trees swaying island escape your busy life, we invite you to take a look at our website  www.pietboonbonaire.com.

Thirty years ago, Piet lost his heart to the water sports paradise, both above and below the water, Bonaire. He even constructed his own private residence on this island. Nowadays, visitors can see his signature  throughout Bonaire and can even experience a dream holiday in a beautiful luxury beach villa, designed by Piet Boon®. His timeless designs use local materials such as coral, palm leaves, concrete and wood to create beach houses where cooling island breezes sweep right indoors. The villas offer a perfect retreat for even the most discerning guests.

Formani hardware Series TWO

After the successful introduction of the first line Piet Boon® hardware by Formani, we felt it was time for the addition of Series Two. The shape of the door handle is simple and sophisticated and it has a great comfortable grip. The combination of stainless steel and oak in hardware is unique. The entire Series Two is available in three variations: matte black oak combined with stainless steel, natural oak combined with stainless steel and completely satin stainless steel.

With a promising response to the new Series Two on Bau Munchen (World’s leading trade fair of architecture, materials and systems) we are excited to introduce this new product to you. If you would like to see more, please have a look at  Formani Series Two by Piet Boon®.

Presentation American Book Center

We are proud to share that from the 7th of February the window at the American Book Center in Amsterdam will be dedicated to our latest book Piet Boon Styling by Karin Meyn, for two weeks. The American Book Center is housed in a beautiful building on the pretty, tree-lined Spui square - a paradise for book lovers, right in the heart of Amsterdam. Customers from all over the world love to browse the shelves in this special store with a book selection that is much more eclectic than your average bookstore.

The window display of handmade paper birds are especially designed by the Piet Boon Styling team for this purpose. If you are in Amsterdam, please check it out!

More info on the American Book Center; www.abc.nl

Pinterest

Pinterest is a virtual pinboard, that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, hobbies, and more. On Pinterest Karin Meyn likes to share all her inspirational moments, thoughts and projects with you. She loves to stimulate and show people from all over the world how to be creative and redecorate their surroundings by taking simple steps (eg. little changes, combine old items with new items). Come and take a look at the inside of our styling projects, get inspired and get to know us better by following us on Pinterest!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

We’d like to wish you all a happy, successful and inspirational new year!

Japanese porcelain by Scholten&Baijings

Starting today the beautiful porcelain of the Japanese ’1616 Arita’ can be ordered at the Piet Boon Store. This is one of the oldest porcelain manufacturers of Japan. The company which was founded in 1616 is known of the high quality hand painted porcelain dinnerware. The set of Scholten & Baijings, ‘Colour Porcelain’ consists of three designs: Minimal, Colourful and Extraordinary. The name of each design indicates the degree of finishing touch (colour, pattern, details). Together with plates, mugs and bowls they also designed dishes, candleholders, vases and a tea set. The collection is made in typical Japanese colours as aquarel blue, light green, red/orange and ochre yellow.

Luxury residential building New York

Brought in to provide the Piet Boon® design philosophy of “simple sophistication” to New York City, we have had the great opportunity to design the transformation of 404 Park Avenue South from a seventeen story office building into a luxury residential building called ‘Huys’ (pronounced ‘house’) offering everything from studios to 4 bedrooms.

Built on a reputation of total design concepts, our work at Huys is no exception. From the exterior design to the interior residential and amenity plans, finishes, and including the public space styling of furniture and accessories we have created a total Piet Boon® design.

Respecting the original architecture, we retain the building’s ornament and bone structure while the windows are enlarged and will be opened out to bring new life to the façade. Continued in the interior, our design allows for light filled interiors emphasizing high ceilings with exposed beams and warm natural finishes.

Corporate building Riverdale

This month (January 2013) we will start with the construction of the Headquarters and Distribution Center of Riverdale at Nootdorp. The exterior as well as the interior of the building has been designed by Piet Boon®. Through a stepped green gable, which crawls along the building like a Balinese rice field and the horizontal segmenting of the long building, it perfectly meets the requirements of a highly visible prime location. The office which forms one of the five segments of the building has a distinct identity due to the horizontal alternating layers which clearly distinguish the floor, the parapet, and the glass façade.

Photographer Rahi Rezvani

Our front page cover this month was shot by the very talented artist Rahi Rezvani. Rahi Rezvani (1978, Iran) is an Iranian artistic image maker based in The Netherlands. Rezvani’s work is mostly dark and consists of high contrast black and white portraits, filmic still lives and scenic images.

Using both modern and historical photo techniques, Rezvani has created an unique esthetically visual language. With his black eyes and black beard, shy way of speaking, he looks like he is stuck in his own magnificent fantastic mind. The fantasy place where he broods amazing images depicting beauty and framing them with his own emotion and energy.

We are very impressed by his work and we are not the only ones, with a client base know all over the world such as, Willem Dafoe, Ruud van Nistelrooy and …

To see his work go to www.rahirezvani.com

Redecorated Piet Boon® Store

The Store has been redecorated with a lot of new collection items. This month the real eye catchers in the Store are the bronze KLINK side table, the DIEKE sofa of velours fabric and the beautiful inspiration styling boxes from Karin.

New KEK side table

This month we would like to introduce to you the KEK side table.

The beautiful KEK is characterised by it’s sober and functional form. The tabletop’s shape, made of steel, gives the simple design a defining look. When developing this side table, the aim was perfect proportions and maximum functionality.

-         Price €345,-
-         Available in Black & White
-         Tabletop 36x36, height 50 cm

Amsterdam Arena

The Piet Boon® Studio designed the new construction and the renovation of the main building of the AA. The building has six floors, consisting the head entrance, traffic zones, multifunctional rooms, restaurants, bars, restrooms, counters, etc. The AA is of international allure, partly due to the sustainability policy. This is also one of the reasons why we were contacted for advice. It is the home base of AJAX (football club), which makes it more special, because Piet is a loyal supporter!

The AA is a location for events of several categories: from Champions League matches to Sensation White to product launches of multi-nationals.

New book, Piet Boon® Styling by Karin Meyn

During an exclusive press lunch at Piet and Karin’s home, Piet and tv-personality Nicolette van Dam, presented Karin with the first copy of her book Piet Boon® Styling by Karin Meyn.

Since 1986 Karin is the creative director and leads the styling department of the company. In the beautiful book Karin shares her experience gained over many years and she shows the reader how to create a vivid interior with simple means and resources.

Even before publication the the press were very enthusiastic. There was great praise for the unique quality and the refinement of the style as well the international appearance of her work. Check her new website here.

New partner Ned Ship Group

New side table at Piet Boon® Collection

Side tables are an important part of our interiors. They provide for a fanciful and  flexible setting. We have increased the collection with two new designs of which we would like to introduce to you this month one of those.

KLINK a compact side table with the friendly price of € 345,-.

KLINK, is an elegant aluminium cast of a moulded tripod.

This side table can already be ordered and is available in December. Next month a new release.

Where were we last month?

We recently visited Willowsford in the state Virginia (at a one hour drive from Washington, USA), together with K. Hovnanian Homes. Willowsford, voted “Community of the Year”, is a high end development with a rich history and situated in a remarkable natural landscape. The community has formulated tight regulations for the architecture to guarantee unity between the image and the surrounding landscape.

K. Hovnanian Homes asked Piet Boon® to design two pilot villas fitting within the regulations and combining with the local style, but still are totally Piet Boon’s. Earlier this year Piet Boon® completed a successful project of villas for K. Hovnanian Homes in Arizona.

Gerd Kanz

Gerd Kanz is the maker of one of our most favourite works of our own art collection. The intense, almost glowing blue, the special texture and tactility of his work have an enormous impact on the setting, without being dominant. During the years it has shown to be a perfect combination in different settings. It is one of the artistic works that keeps fascinating us.

Kanz is not only a painter, but also makes objects.

New agent Germany

Due to the growing demand from Germany for our furniture, we have decided to join forces with the very experienced agent Henk Luiken. Together with Henk, we will work in close cooperation to meet the demand of the German market.

Want to contact Henk Luiken? Please sent an email to h.luiken@pietboon.com

PUUR audio, video & domotica

The new PUUR showroom is located at the headquarters of Piet Boon® in Oostzaan. In the beautiful building various partners in the field of interior design and (garden) architecture come together to meet all your needs regarding high quality housing.

At the PUUR showroom of 250m2 all possibilities in the field of ​​audio, video and home automation are demonstrated. We invite you to come along for an unforgettable musical experience in the Piet Boon® furnished living and study room, with the newest high-tech music systems. Furthermore, the showroom features a dual, fully finished theatre room. Sink into the luxurious seats, select a movie, and let yourself be carried away by the beautiful visuals of the Image and Mozaex,  the stunning sound from the Arcam / Revel combination and the unrivalled, state-of-the-art Meridian system.

Also located in the building: Piet Boon® Store, Nijboer and Interior Design, Lavital Beds, Bod'or Doors, Martijn de Wit Floors, Kitchen [zone], Van Haneghem Landscaping and Architectural Consultancy BBTH.

Delta Lloyd

The Piet Boon® Studio division is very pleased with the developments of this month. Which include the completion of two contemporary custom-made office buildings for the Dutch insurance company Delta Lloyd. These office buildings meet the standards of our clients, we accomplished a workspace that is light, inviting but still has a modern atmosphere.

Jeong Myoung-Jo

Styling is constantly searching for unique art objects. Art, more than anything else reflects identity and personality, and plays a major role in all our projects.

Jeong Myoung-Jo’s life-size hyperrealist oil portraits immaculately portray Korean women in traditional dress. However, Jeong distinguishes her portraits by uneasily forcing the focal point away from the familiar, the visage, to the back. Though Jeong distinguishes the women through their dress, her deliberate removal of the face and any movement allows viewers to reflect on their own position in time, as characters looking forward, but always bound by the past.

Looking for an Interior Architect

For our growing business we are looking for a talented and experienced Interior Architect with strong project management skills and who can turn any briefing into a Piet Boon® experience.

Responsibilities extend to defining the creative strategy within given projects, leading the process from briefing to construction, and inspiring the creative team - with potential to becoming the lead architect within it. Together with the CDO or Design Director you lay the groundwork and are therefore a key player within the team.

If you are interested in applying or want to receive more details on the job description, please send your digital portfolio with relevant cases to lovetowork@pietboon.com. Please indicate in the portfolio your process of design from concept to result by thinking, sketching, references up to the finished design.

Requirements:

- Master Degree and experience in interior architecture design.
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in interior design.
- Strong understanding of the creative process.
- Concept developing experience and ability to visualize the idea.
- Experience in total concept design.
- Ability to work autonomously and in team.
- Find your way in an Apple environment.
- Vectorworks, sketch-up, sketching, Photoshop and In design are preferred.
- Fluent in English and one other language.
- Based in The Netherlands.

All-New Range Rover event

After the spectacular introduction of the All-New Range Rover in London, Land Rover Netherlands decided to have their introduction for the Benelux at the Piet Boon® store. It was a great honor for the Piet Boon® Group and for Piet, who is connected to this prestigious brand as an ambassador of a couple of much discussed limited editions, to welcome more than 700 guests during the event. For this special opportunity the store was redesigned into a sophisticated temporary showroom where guests could comfortably be introduced with the All-New Range Rover.

Taipei apartment

We also presented our plans for a new project in Taipei.

This is our first project in Taipei, which will be completed next year. Signature elements have been combined with rich materials to create a luxurious residence. We look forward to sharing with you the end result upon completion.

Wehkamp.nl premium selection

Wehkamp, offering a selection of exciting premium brands, is new partner for us. With 1,6 million regular customers, 115 million hits a year and sending 7 million parcels a year, it is the largest online retailer in the business in the Netherlands.

This is the first platform where our Dutch customers are able to buy all Piet Boon Licensing products at a unique one stop shop. The partners, who are part of the launch of August are Piet Boon® Lighting by Maretti, Piet Boon® Bathware by Formani, Piet Boon® Books, Piet Boon® Blinds by DTCH, Piet Boon® Concrete Wallpaper by NLXL. More products will be added.

Why don’t you visit us at  wehkamp.nl

Store accessories

One of our most important goals for the Piet Boon Store is to constantly change the presentation of our collection with inspiring new interior design arrangements. Integral to the whole is the sale of hand selected exclusive accessories by our Styling department ranging from, pillows, fragrances (Dr.Vranjes and Fornacetti), books, gifts and beautiful objects.

Styling book by Karin Meyn

The long awaited styling book by Karin Meyn, Piet Boon’s wife and creative director at Piet Boon® is expected to hit stores in mid October. In het first book Karin gives her definition of Styling and shares her tips and tricks, gathered over the past 25 years as creative director of the company. With her unique talent to combine materials, color, furniture and carefully selected objects, art and interior accessories, she has been instrumental in defining the Piet Boon style.

The 192 page coffee table book is filled with gorgeous photography meant to inspire readers to change a house into a personal and warm home. See  a preview of the styling book.

RTL woonmagazine 2012

We are looking forward to another exciting season with an interior program on the Dutch network RTL TV. Starting August 25th we will give the audience in eight episodes a great insight behind the scenes of our design studio, in the way we think and into our philosophy.

With our team we will tackle a wide scope of make-overs of interesting projects. From the conversion of a snackbar into a stylish small holiday retreat near the beach, to an apartment and a compact family home with a troublesome greenhouse with a seemingly uncontrollable leak. Real challenges for our team, but like last season the smiling faces afterwards are the best reward we can wish for. We also consider it a great opportunity for our company to show we can and are willing to work and think from any budget.

Concrete wallpaper

The Piet Boon Wallpaper Collection by Dutch label NLXL was highly successfully introduced last May, during the New York design week at ICFF.

Piet Boon: “We were absolutely stunned when we first visited NLXL. Both production methods, level of quality and the company's unique expertise and passion were a real eye opener. We are very proud of our Concrete Wallpaper. The result is amazing in every aspect. One really has to touch it to feel the difference with the real thing.

Concrete with its sober, subdued character is one of my favorite materials’. NLXL is known for the launch of the Scrapwood Wallpaper collection in 2011, brainchild of founder Rick Vintage and designer Piet Hein Eek.

Outdoor kitchen

Recently, our Belgian dealer ‘SB interieur’ launched a beautiful solid outdoor kitchen made from teak wood and stainless steel. Sliding the steel top will reveal a luxury stove and a professional bar. Especially for this outdoor kitchen Piet Boon designed an elegant outdoor stool. This simple slender stool is based on the practical Piet Boon RIK chair and is available in our store.

Blinds by DTCH

In cooperation with DTCH®, Piet Boon® has designed a sophisticated collection of curtains, wooden and aluminium blinds, roller-blinds and cushions. Strong architectural lines were the inspiration for this collection. De collection has been designed around the theme 'Pleat', with pleats, clean lines and subtle stitching. The collection has a subdued colour palette with a white, a deep blackish grey and light grey (mist, graphite and white). The different colours and materials from a matte coloured wood, a rough canvas to a sophisticated satin are easily combined. Piet Boon blinds by DTCH® makes it possible to use them in the entire house and create a different ambiance for every room.

The collection is exclusively available in the Piet Boon® Store and on the DTCH website.

Where were we last month?

We are jumping in and out planes, crossing time zones. From a luxurious penthouse in a state-of-the-art exclusive project on a historical site in Taipei, to the Big Apple. At Park Avenue we are transforming a former office building into 60 luxury apartments, elsewhere in town we completely redo a formidable, beautiful townhouse.

Back in our own hemisphere we are engaged in the design of a games building. An extension to the glass houses of a Scottish mansion which includes a cinema, family room, pool and four luxury guest suites.

Our plane to Hong Kong is almost ready for take off. More about that next time.

Arizona project

In a ground breaking collaboration with K. Hovnanian® Homes® we have developed and built Line K, a new community of luxury homes in Scottsdale, Arizona’s exclusive Pinnacle Peak Place. It is the first time an Arizona homebuilder developed an entire community of semi-custom homes featuring (quote): ‘interior and exterior designs by a luxury brand of this calibre’.

The launch was broadcasted by FOX Broadcasting Company and presented to their audience as a highly innovative and creative approach to designing villas. Click here to see more

Piet Boon® Store redecoration

Spring is in the air - time for a fresh and bright redecoration of our Piet Boon® Store. We took the opportunity to expand the scope of the Piet Boon® Collection furniture line, including the latest additions like the FEDDE series, in all the new fabrics.

Movable walls have been used by our styling team to break the store apart into various settings, styled with home accessories such as pillows, throws, carpets, art and objects in earthy tones, fresh pastels and bright accents. We would love to welcome you to the world of Piet Boon®.

Click here for our address and opening hours.

New fabric series at Piet Boon® Collection

Piet Boon® Collection is known for its unique fabric collection. True Original fabrics with a solid appearance and a very natural but luxurious look.

This month we expanded our collection with seven new fabric series. Different materials, appearances and prices; yet all in the same beautiful blend of colors, perfectly matching the Piet Boon® style. From an affordable but high-quality brushed cotton to a luxurious classical velour, and a soft but very strong felt to a shiny delicate satin fabric.

All samples of the new fabric line will be sent to selected retailers worldwide this month. Please drop by at our Piet Boon® Store for an early preview!

Where were we last month ?

Just like any other month of the year, last month has been busy. Members of our Studio and Styling team have been flying from Asia to the United States and back.

They went to Arizona, where we are involved in the development of 20 residential houses in a gated community in Scottsdale. We are excited that, within a few weeks, we will finish the interior of the model house, entirely designed and styled by our team.

In Taiwan we attended the kick-off of a project in a very special area in Taipei. We have been asked to design and style a penthouse apartment in a five story building that is currently being developed.

After months of work, we styled and delivered an exciting private residence in the center Paris. Also we styled and delivered a Bonaire beach house and re-styled a residence for our upcoming styling book.

Last, but most certainly not least, last week we finalized the re-decoration of the entrance, lounge and restaurant area of Delta Lloyd headquarters. Even closer to the studio, also our project with Amsterdam Arena, home of AFC Ajax, is taking shape.

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FEDDE series

We are happy to introduce to you, the latest addition to the Piet Boon Collection: the FEDDE series; consisting of a sofa, loveseat, fauteuil and a pouf.

The compact yet distinguishing shape, not to mention its rather friendly price, make the FEDDE series perfect for Living in Small Spaces. The loose covers also make the series well suited for beach houses; especially in one of our new brushed cotton fabrics.

Click here for our address and opening hours.

Save the Date

As you might have read, we have so much to show you in our Piet Boon® Store already and there is more to come. We are planning a Spring event, on Friday the 8th and Saturday the 9th of June, to show you everything !

We will not tell you yet what to expect, but save the date and sign up to our newsletter to stay updated on the latest developments.

De Intuïtiefabriek

Ever since they launched their first project ‘Metropolis’, a landscape of tableware, we are a big fan of De Intuïtiefabriek; a collective of four female designers: Amba Molly, Carolina Wilcke, Eefiene Bolhuis and Eva Gevaert.

To them, as it is to us, design is all about craftsmanship; the touch of material and the actual act of making things. It’s their aim to create perfectly crafted products, from which you can feel the love with which they were made. They create a pure, precise and almost fragile feeling, taking the observer into a beautiful new world.

Their latest project, a commissioned piece for Chateau de la Resle in France, concerns a breakfast buffet made of solid oak, coated steel, porcelain and glass.

See their website for more information.

Book launch event GHQ

Our new book, Piet Boon 3, was celebrated with a great book launch in our Global Headquarters end of November. At this event our guests, as well as our partners Land Rover and Technogym, KitchenZone, Bod'or, Van Haneghem and Lavital, together with our dedicated team, were the reason that this event was both successful and enjoyable. Furthermore we would also like to thank Rafaele Uva from Cucina Uva from Neck for the delicious catering.

Where were we last months?

November was a busy month for both our Studio as Styling team. Some of the Studio team members went to New York and Arizona in order to follow up on the process of our projects there, and some went to Monaco to review a new project.

Piet was invited at the prestigious Trespa Design Center in New York talk for an interested audience. Together with the international acclaimed artist Rachel Hovnanian, who’s work we greatly admire and is part of our art collection, the evening was highly educational and enjoyable.

November 11th, De Dag van de Duurzamheid (Day of Sustainability) Piet Boon signed the Green Deal with Amsterdam ArenA, iconic landmark of the city of Amsterdam and the international sports world. Amsterdam ArenA has developed an ambitious 5-years plan to make the stadium more sustainable. The goal for 2015 is to be CO2 neutral, produce less waste and use less water. To achieve that ArenA signed a Green Deal with 34 partnering organizations who will actively help achieve that goal. Recently Piet Boon signed a contract with Amsterdam ArenA for the interior design of the expansion and renovation of seven floors of the main building of ArenA.

As always our Studio Team members are busy travelling abroad to visit our different projects. December was no exception, and team members went twice to New York for a technical meeting. Other team members went to Denmark, visiting a tab factory near Aarhus, and having an inspiring architectural tour through Copenhagen.

The last meeting abroad in December took place in Londen, having a technical meeting with a client, the local architect, suppliers and the contractor to review plan and status of the building.

Introducing the SAAR table

To complete the SAAR family we have created the perfect table. The table is a simple 3 piece wooden table, but has a catch. The legs of the table are adjustable. With the legs placed more towards the middle of the table you can sit comfortably at both heads of the table. You can place the legs at the end of the table top creating more seating space along side the table. Or for example in smaller homes you can place on leg at the end of the table top and one leg more towards the middle creating optimal usage of space.

You can choose from a variety of different woods, oak, botane and walnut. This enables you create the perfect combination between table and SAAR chair.

Come to our store for a demonstration, or get in touch with one of our Collection retailers. Want to know more right now? check out our SAAR table product page and download the leaflet.

Introducing the KEKKE table

News from Licensing

Recently Licensing has added two great new partners to its portfolio. One of them is NLXL from the Hague. NLXL is known in the market for producing and distributing Scrapwood wallpaper for Piet Hein Eek.This wallpaper is already available in over 24 countries. Some of the well-known resellers for the Scrapwood wallpaper are The Future Perfect (New York), Merci (Paris), Tom Dixon (UK) and The Frozen Fountain (Amsterdam).The Piet Boon® team is already designing a very special range of Piet Boon® wall paper. The wallpapers will be for sale from June 2012 onwards.

At Piet Boon® we love shutters and it is about time we came up with a special range that fit our design philosophy. Zonnelux and Piet Boon® have joined their forces and will be able to present to you a full range of shutters around september 2012.

Fleur Goedendorp

One of the art pieces from Dutch artist Fleur Goedendorp's Accessory Collection, has given us great inspiration for one of our styling projects.

Graduated with an Bachelor in Product Design from the ArteZ School of arts in Arnhem, Netherlands, her work has been exposed in both medias as well as in exhibitions; among others "Exhibition 2F2M" with Droog design in Las Vegas, at the Dutch design week in Eindhoven and during Amsterdam International fashion week.

Coming from a product design background, the constructions that she has developed were originally meant for an interior product purpose. But When she then looked closer at the shapes and textures that she had made, she found movement in these constructions, as well then knew how to influence and expand that movement. These newfound volumes began to interact with the volumes of the human body, giving them the look and feel of richness and wealth.

The richness and wealth of these pieces are not to be found in the materials, but in the love and attention for the making process. Therefore the pieces are made out of cheap basic materials like paper, foam rubber and meat rope to emphasize the craftsmanship. Because as Fleur says: 'wealth is craftsmanship'.

All pieces of this collection are inspired by wealth from the golden ages to military costumes and African jewellery. The foam rubber collar on the picture is made out of hand cutted foam rubber bands, knotted together with 884 knots. The collar has been produced while following the shape of the human body.

www.fleurgoedendorp.nl

Piet Boon Book 3 launched

Our long awaited long awaited third monograph 'Piet Boon Book 3' has finally been launched in the Netherlands and will very soon hit the international book stores as from now on and throughout the beginning of next year.

Piet Boon Book 3 presents the most beautiful and recent projects for luxury villas in Portugal, South Africa, Denmark and South Korea, but also a compact city apartment in Amsterdam and a beach villa in Bonaire.

Piet Boon Book 3 is a must and source of inspiration for all design aficionados and those who love the timeless Piet Boon® style.

Buy the book in our Piet Boon® Store or order Piet Boon Book 3 online in Dutch or English.

Portfolio website update

Last month we released an update to our website with some new features to inform you even better and keep you updated even more; like today.

New projects like the Asia Residential Resort in Korea, the Lake Side Villa in Denmark and the Floating Home in The Netherlands have just been published to the Portfolio.

Where were we last month

October has been a busy month on the travelling scheme for the Piet Boon® team, travelling from Paris to Arizona. In Paris all deliveries for furniture for a private residence took place and our Styling team members went there to be present and to follow up.

Other of our team members went to Arizona for a development of 20 residential houses in a gated community in Scottsdale. Last we were in the South of the Netherlands for a onsite meeting, to start the design on a large office/family house which used to be a farmhouse.

Lars Zech

The sculptor behind these beautiful, pure and meditative wood bowl sculptures is Lars Zech; living in the South of Germany near Stuttgart. His atelier is situated close to the Black Forest, where he buys old trees that have been cut down due to disease or security reasons.

Each sculpture is made out of one piece of wood, weighing up to 800kg. By turning this old wood into beautiful sculptures, the beauty of the tree will be maintained for ever.

www.larszech.de

Piet Boon 3 available now

Website update

Half a year ago we launched our renewed pietboon.com website. Today we release an updated with some new features to inform you even better and keep you updated even more.

As you can see, Piet Boon® Store has been added to our top menu. This way we make it easy for you to find our store and pay us a visit whenever it suits you on Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm; or on Thursday from 6 to 9 pm by appointment only.

Besides that, Newsletter and Press have been added to our bottom menu. Sign up to the Piet Boon® monthly newsletter now and stay on top of our news and get updated on our latest developments.

We will continue updating our website and publishing new projects and products. So, sign up to our newsletter and read everything about it first.

Collection Photography

We have been busy reshooting all Piet Boon® Collection products.
Currently all products are shot and look amazing.

The images are shot by Stefan Ammerlaan, a photographer renowned for his use of light and texture.

Want to see the result? Keep an eye on the website as we will upload the new images soon.

Amsterdam Arena

Breaking News - we have just secured a project with the Amsterdam Arena whereby the Head Building, which is now 15 years old, will be renovated. Piet Boon® is the selected Interior Designer for the concept of public areas within the new Head Building.

The Amsterdam Arena is home to AFC Ajax.  A multi-functional stadium, outside of Ajax, the facilities are rented out and used by the KNVB, Mojo Concerts, ID&T, Rocket Productions & Events (plus).  Yearly the facility hosts 80 events with 2 million visitors; plus 100,000 visitors for business events and 80,000 visitors for daily tours.                                                                                                     
A new State of the Art facility will be created whereby sustainability is core to all decision-making. The concept is planned to be completed and implemented next year (2012).

La Chapelle Antwerpen

Design to Dine, unique collaboration of Sergio Herman, Nick Bril and Piet Boon

Together with Dutch 3-Michelin stars Chef Sergio Herman and his right hand chef Nick Bril, Piet Boon has embarked on a high-profile project in Antwerp. La Chapelle, the stately and elegant chapel of the historical Military Hospital in Antwerp, will be transformed into a stylish restaurant that can compete with the best establishments in Europe.

Both international grandmasters found each other years ago in their pursuit of perfection, love for craftsmanship and attention to detail. La Chapelle, headed by Nick Bril, will bear the unique signature of Sergio Herman and his renowned creativity and high level of quality. The opening is planned for mid 2013.

www.lachapelleantwerp.com

Guy Leclef

We are big fans of Guy Leclef.

Essential, original, material, sensible - all the main characteristics of Guy Leclef's work. A genuine artist, constantly searching for the truth, he allows us to discover objects and structures as they really are.

Guy Leclef is obsessed by paper. He aims to give the collages a rhythm, rhythm as building material for a harmonic score. His paper collages are sometimes mannered, but never monotonous and yet it is pure simplicity.

With his book compositions he strives to put order amidst chaos. Adding colors only perpetrates his quest for harmony and peacefulness. As such, his creations will not leave us untouched. Besides being exhibited at our Headquarters, Guy also has exhibitions at RR Interieur, with www.Pas-Partoe.be in Mechelen (Belgium) in October 2011, Ensemble Christian Liaigre in November 2011, F. the Gallery, Delvaux and Pan Am.

www.guyleclef.be

A Keen Eye on Kurt Pio

Our Styling department has got a keen eye on Kurt Pio. Taken in by the beautiful and vibrant botanical paintings he creates.

Kurt Pio specializes in acrylic painting, water color, charcoal and Japanese ink, and over the last six years most of his production has been in the form of commissioned art work from a varied and diverse range of clients such as: Tokyo Sexwale, Cecile&Boyds interior design (for Singita Private game reserves and their showrooms), Keith Design (for Southern Sun, Tsogo Sun and Zimbali Hotels), commissions for local homeware stores like Weylandts and Boardmans and the Anthropologie stores in the U.S.A.

His primary professional area of interest is natural history, mainly indigenous botany. This interest arose from the many hours he spent in his grandfather's garden, and the fascination with the rich diversity of fauna and flora that his home town, the beautiful Cape has to share. He also explores colonialism and the influences it had and still has on design in his country.

www.kurtpio.co.za

LINDA® iPhone App

If you live in the Netherlands and are a fan of both Piet Boon® and LINDA® Magazine, watch this space - you might get a personal message from Piet himself on your mobile device this month!

Together with LINDA® Magazine, we are offering one lucky winner a free consultation with our Styling department, here in our showroom at Skoon 78. Next to this, we'll take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of our Global headquarters, including our Studio, Styling, Collection, and Licensing departments.

So, if you love what we do here and desire some personal Piet Boon® attention in transforming your home, then sign up for LINDA®'s competition.

www.lindamagazine.nl

New Piet Boon® Collection Retailer

New retailer for Piet Boon® Collection Van der Donk Interieur

On the 4th of November a new Piet Boon® Collection retailer will open its doors, Van der Donk Interieur in Gorinchem, The Netherlands.
Not only will you be able to view the Piet Boon® Collection, but you will also find several collaboration partners there aswell.
Come to the opening on the 4th of November and you might even run into Piet Boon himself.

www.designmeubels.eu

RTL TV Program Update

As you've probably heard by now, we're filming a new TV series - a modern and more luxurious take on the previous 'TV Woonmagazine' format for RTL4. Featuring dream homes around the globe, our Styling team also roll up their sleeves to transform living and kitchen spaces with the Piet Boon touch.

We've just finished filming the first three episodes - a lot of hard work, but great fun to experience. Our 'Klusteam' (handymen) Bob, Renzo and Eric are also doing an amazing job and we can't wait to share all our work with you soon.

First program will air on RTL4 on August 27 (eight episodes to run through to October 25).

Artist Rachel Hovnanian

For many years now we have admired the work of American interactive contemporary artist Rachel Hovnanian. We have given several of her works prominent display at our Global Headquarters, drawn from her successful exhibition "The Power and Burden of Beauty". Exploring concepts of beauty, and the weight of beauty's toll, she renders her work in stark tones of black and white, stripping away the non-essential.

Rachel Hovnanian studied at the University of Texas in Austin where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She continued her studies in New York City at Parsons School of Design, The Arts Students League and the National Academy of Design. Her work is exhibited internationally, at Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong, Aina Nowack, Madrid, Artra in Antwerp and includes work on view at the Manarat Al Saadiyat, AbuDhabi, and is represented by Leila Heller, LTMH Gallery in New York.

www.rachelhovnanian.com

Mathieu Nab’s Sculpture in Our Showroom

Mathieu Nab is a renowned Dutch sculptor known for his magnificent sculptures made in marble, wood and stone. Mathieu applied to study art at the State academy of fine arts Amsterdam (Rijksakademie van Beelden Kunsten Amsterdam) where he began his training as a sculptor and graduated from in 1989.

His art pieces have since been exhibited in private and corporate buildings around the globe, including our own showroom at the Piet BoonÆ Global Headquarters in Oostzaan. Vistors to our showroom will be able to enjoy the beautiful "Circulo" sculpture (height 155cm), which captivates the viewer with its soft lines and feminine forms.

Made by azobe wood, a very strong and sturdy wood material that lasts for years, the sculpture can be placed both indoor and outdoor. Mathieu Nab found his inspiration for the "Circulo" sculpture from the beauty of the form and curls of a womanís hair, translating these sensual shapes into the wood. "Art is a way of life, a passion I express my feeling of wonderment and amazement for the beauty of life through my sculptures and wish to awaken it in others. That is my calling as an artist" (quote Mathieu Nab).

To see more of Mathieu Nab's intriguing sculptures visit www.mathieunab.com

Carpentier Haute Cuisine

Carpentier Haute Cuisine (Aalsmeer), kitchen retailer of Piet BoonÆ Kitchens by Warendorf, have recently renovated their showroom and will have their grand re-opening on September 24th. Here they will also unveil the new world of Piet BoonÆ, including kitchens, furniture and various accessories. Piet himself will also attend.

www.carpentierhautecuisine.nl

Prime Built-in Spotlight

Piet Boon has designed a brand new built-in spotlight in collaboration with licensing partner Maretti. Made of a special black structure, the light creates a beautiful and harmonios atmosphere especially once dimmed. The spotlight is also suitable for showcasing special objects such as paintings or other works of art.

Find more information about the new Prime built-in spotlight here.

Book 3 now in Production

You've probably heard a lot about our upcoming book, Piet Boon Book 3 - the third and most recent in a series of books that highlight Piet Boon® homes and buildings around the world. We've spent the last year photographing our latest properties in countries from The Netherlands to Korea, Portugal, the Caribbean, and Denmark in order to capture the true essence of Piet Boon® design and share it with you.

This past month we have been crossing the t's and dotting the i's on the final proofs and paper stock selections, and can officially announce that the book has gone into production. Be one of the first to place your orders - they can be reserved directly with us via t.swerink@pietboon.com

Book 3 will be in stores as of November 2011.

Click here to view more Piet Boon® Books.

New Piet Boon® TV Program

Piet Boon® and renowned Dutch television company, RTL, have joined forces to produce a rejuvenated version of the popular NL interior design program 'TV Woonmagazine'.

A modern take showcasing our "dream homes" worldwide, including Piet and Karin's own home, which highlights our design philosophy. As well as demonstrating how our design vision can be translated into your own home by providing a Styling make-over for a selected Dutch family within set budgets and requirements.

A more up-scaled interior program, starting August 27 to October 15. Eight episodes will be aired every Saturday at 18:55 on RTL4, with re-runs on the following Sunday, on both RTL4 and RTL8.

The program will also launch a dedicated website, which will feature a weekly column from Piet and/or a styling tip from Karin. With Karin's first book 'Piet Boon® Styling by Karin Meyn' coming out later in Spring 2012, this TV program will be the first in sharing her secrets with a public keen to hear her interior styling tips and tricks.

Punt Vierkant brochure

Recently we finished our latest project on the beautiful island of Bonaire, Punt Vierkant. Five royal beach houses located at one of the most comfortable places on this caribbean island, according to Piet.

The houses have been build aiming at the sun, with maximum privacy. Actually, the new house of Piet and Karin on Bonaire was the inspiration for these beach houses on Punt Vierkant; of which some are still for sale.

Click here to download (pdf) the Dutch brochure or contact Rene Essink of Caribbean Homes at Bonaire for prices and purchasing information.

Francois van Reenen exhibited in our GHQ

Playful art sculptures by well known artist, Francois van Reenen, are exhibited at our new Global Headquarters at Skoon 78, Oostzaan. Two large-scale dogs (one in gold waiting patiently and the other in black standing on guard) are keeping a watchful eye over us and our office premises. Both sculptures add a fun twist to the interior design planned out by our Styling team.

Francois van Reenen is inspired by the American toys and comics of the 1950's, and is known for his work as an animator sculptor and painter. Located in Cape Town, South Africa, and having completed a degree in fine arts at Stellenbosch University in 1992, Francois has further been experimenting with 2D and 3D animation. For most of the creation processes he combines computer assisted design with the old school techniques. At the moment he is working on a larger life portrait titled "Sleeping dog" of Truman the French bulldog.

www.frank.co.za

Where were we last month?

July has been a busy month in particular for our Studio and Styling departments. The month started off with a Studio team visit to Edinburgh (Scotland) to present a fitted furniture design for a residential house.

Other Studio colleagues travelled to Zurich (Switzerland) to present the first design proposal for an office building which will be transformed into apartments. New York was again also part of the travelling schedule, where the final design for our 404 apartments on Fifth Avenue was presented, followed by a technical meeting thereafter.

The last two cities our teams visited in July were London and Antwerpen. In London we advised on a remodeling of a residential building, and in Antwerp we visited a new location for a high-end restaurant. In addition to the above, a lot of good design and projects going on in The Netherlands.

First dealers Piet Boon® Kitchens by Warendorf

The first kitchen dealers that will sell all three designs of the Piet Boon® Kitchens by Warendorf line are Kitchen Zone, Stormink and Carpentier Haute Cuisine.

These Piet Boon® kitchens can be experienced at first hand at KitchenZone in Oostzaan, Carpentier in Aalsmeer and Stormink keukenstudio in Gorssel. You can visit your nearest showroom for inspiration, as well as receive professional advice from our teams. For opening hours and contact details please check the websites of our three kitchen dealers:

www.stormink.nl
www.carpentierhautecuisine.nl
www.kitchenzone.nl

Piet Boon® Flooring by Solidfloor

On June 30th, our partner Fetim held an event for all their international dealers to introduce the new Piet Boon® Flooring.

With the participation of more than 100 dealers, the introduction was a big success and the response to our modern Piet Boon® collection is very promising. Impressed by the unique patterns and authentic colors, our dealers all recognized the potential to service a new market and a different customer.

To see all the new interesting patterns and colors, take a look at www.solidfloor.com/pietboon for more information.

Introducing the New SAAR Family

The SAAR family from our furniture collection is now also available in Stonewash leather (Cat. S), as well as in our full range of fabrics from the Piet Boon® Collection.

You can choose from a variety of different materials, fabrics, leathers and oak. Which enables you to assemble your perfect chair, with endless possibilities of mixing and matching materials.

The arm rests which until now were only available upholstered, are now also available in all Piet Boon® Collection oak colors.

Come to our showroom for a demonstration, or get in touch with one of our Collection retailers.

Book 3 - Latest Photography

Karin Boon and photographer Richard Powers continue to travel the world to capture the latest private residences and corporate projects designed and styled by Piet Boon®. The photography will soon feature in our upcoming Book 3.

This past month they photographed the spectacular resort model villa in Asia and a beautiful private residence just outside the city of Copenhagen (Denmark).

As reported in May, the model villa is situated in a high-end, ecologically based, private residence golf and ski resort and cosists of 149 luxury villas and apartments, including a museum of the famous Tadao Ando. The photography taken of the sample villa designed by Piet Boon® helps to illustrate the diversity of projects we undertake, as well as the firm foothold we have carved out for ourselves worlwide.

The Danish home is a warm and stylish family house, finished with contemporary and timeless materials, and very recognizable as a Piet Boon interior. The owners bought the neighboring property in order to make a large extension, including a separate swimming pool. After helping them with some exterior adjustments, we also created a completely new interior lay out (changing almost every room except the living area). This project is a prime example of Studio's collaboration with local architects, whereby the client gets the best of both worlds.

Click here to view more Piet Boon® Books.

Where were we last month?

In June our Studio team members visited New York, London and Asia. New York for an on-site technical meeting to follow up on our luxury apartment building project on Park Avenue. Then another on-site meeting in Asia to check in on work in development, and a private residence in Londen was also visited for an on-site meeting regarding technical as well as styling advice.

The Piet Boon® Team

We opened our doors to one of our preferred photographers for half a day to capture some stills and footage of our team at work. From our Studio department through to Styling, Collection, Licensing, and Brand Developmen, the photographs capture work in progess and are able to give you a sneaky peak into a-day-in-the-life-of Piet Boon®.

Van Haneghem Showroom Opens in GHQ

Van Haneghem is a garden specialist founded in 1965, and our third partner sharing our Global Headquarters with us. They can be found on the second floor of our building.

Being a garden specialist within design, construction and styling of gardens, Van Haneghem has both a national and international portfolio of private and corporate projects.

You can visit their new showroom for inspiration and advice on Thursday and Friday from 12.00 - 21.00, Saturday from 10.00 - 18.00 and Tuesday and Wednesday by appointment.

www.vanhaneghem.nl

NAI

The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) in Rotterdam is a museum, archive, library and platform for people of all ages with interest in architecture and design. The NAI building is currently closed for public due to a renovation after almost 20 years by the same architect who build it, Jo Coenen.

But when completed everybody can look forward to experience the entrance area, that will be given a complete overhaul. In the future you will be able to visit a new deluxe bookshop, a pleasant café-restaurant, and far more space for the educational programs.

The furniture of the Piet Boon® Collection is chosen by The NAI and interior architect Winka Dubbeldam.

You can experience the new NAI and find our furniture inside the new Restaurant/Cafe area as well as our Outdoor Collection on the terrace outside.

On the 1st of July 2011 the NAI will be open again for the public. For more information please visit www.nai.nl.

Piet Boon® Kitchens & Doors

KitchenZone and Bod'or have worked 24-7 over the last couple of weeks to get everything ready for their showroom opening in our Global Headquarters.

The retailer KitchenZone is a new point of sale in Holland of Warendorf Küchen GmbH, where you can find a variety of product lines exhibited. This includes the 3 designs of Piet Boon® Kitchens by Warendorf.

At Bod’or you will have the opportunity to see and feel the new door designs (amongst them, the “New Amsterdam” which are also the selected doors for our new office space), together with a collection tailored to different interior designs. Each door from Bod'or is custom made to fulfill the need of each customer, from new construction to renovation, to the smallest detail of the original design.

www.kitchenzone.nl
www.bodor.nl

Our new Showroom is open!

We are very happy to welcome you to our new Piet Boon® Showroom.  Come by and experience the Piet Boon® Collection as well as get inspired by a variety of selected interior design items and accessories, handpicked by Karin Boon. Our showroom showcases our vision on color and style.

Click here to find us.

Piet Boon® Global Headquarters is open to visitors by appointment only.

Book 3 - Latest Photography

As mentioned last month, Richard Powers has been travelling all around the world with our Creative Director, Karin Boon, photographing the latest private residences and corporate projects designed and styled by Piet Boon®.

This past month Richard was shooting here on home-ground, as he photographed a recently completed Woonark and our new Piet Boon® Global Headquarters.

The Woonark is a contemporary, two level, 120m2 boathouse located on a harbour in central Holland. With a minimalist and modern interior fitting of it's surrounding landscape, it contains a master bedroom with dressing area, guestroom, laundry and storage area, large kitchen, and a covered terrace which becomes a living room during the warmer summer months. Basically a houseboat that has everything one could wish for in a home.

Our previously mentioned new Global Headquarters at 'Het Bos' (a 6662m2 office complex designed and styled by Piet Boon® in Oostzaan, Amsterdam Area) was also photographed for the upcoming Piet Boon Book 3. The book which will be launched in September/October this year.

Luckily it was a relatively sunny week for The Netherlands, so we were able to photograph (as always) using only natural light, which allows us to capture the moment as honest and authentic as possible - Typical Piet Boon®.

Click here to view more Piet Boon® Books.

Where were we last month?

In May the Piet Boon® team visited Paris, the French Alps and New York. Our Styling team went to Paris to follow up on the interior design and styling process in a private residence apartment, followed by a trip to the French Alps to review a winter chalet, that will be re-styled in the Piet Boon® atmosphere, including new floor layouts.

Some of our Design team members visited South of France for a technical on-site meeting, and other Design team members went to New York to a technical meeting to follow up on the process for the design of the luxury apartment building on Park Avenue.

Outdoor Catalog available now

The new Piet Boon® Outdoor Fabric Catalog has arrived and is now available at selected retailers!

If you are considering our Piet Boon® Outdoor furniture and want inspiration for new design styles for your terrace area, please take a look at our new Outdoor Fabric Catalog. Get inspiration on how you can update and create you own Piet Boon® style for this Summer by mixing and matching different fabrics on our outdoor products.

Piet Boon® Flooring by Solidfloor at Bijenkorf

As posted last month, Solidfloor has just opened a shop-in-shop in de Bijenkorf, Amsterdam. Amongst other Solidfloor products, the new Piet Boon® Flooring by Solidfloor collection is showcased. The range consists of five different designs available in eight natural and earthy colors.

You can find the collection on the third floor - in the furniture, carpets and flooring section next to the windows facing the Beurs van Berlage building. The presentation has already been a big success. We were glad to see that as soon as the stand went up, the first purchase of the "Herringbone floor" was already made.

Please click here for more details on retail points in your area.

Warendorf and Bod’or Showrooms

This month two of our Licensing partners, Warendorf Kitchens and Bod'or Doors, will both open their new showrooms in 'Het Bos'. The showrooms are situated in the same building as our Global Headquarters.

Amongst the product lines exhibited in their showrooms you will be able to find the three kitchen lines designed by Piet Boon®, a selection of our bathroom furniture, new door designs (amongst them, the "New Amsterdam", which are also the selected doors for our new office space), and other related Licensing products such as our door handles and bathroom accessories.

Please drop by to view the assortment.

Click here to find us or here to preview some Bod'or classics.

Pink Ribbon

Piet Boon® Collection will participate as contributor at the Pink Ribbon Event taking place June 4th, at Houweling Kunst van 't Wonen at Aphen a/d Rijn. The event has been initiated by Gert de Jeu, owner of Houweling Kunst van 't Wonen at Aphen a/d Rijn in order to fundraise money for breast cancer. For this event Piet Boon® will contribute with three DIEKE loveseats, whereby one of those will be painted live by Piet Boon together with a surprise guest.

For the next three weeks you can bid on one of the DIEKE loveseats, and last weekend in June they will all be sold on an auction to support The Pink Ribbon. Being hand painted by Piet Boon himself, the personal decorated DIEKE loveseat will be very unique and outstanding. Follow next months journal and read everything about how the event went.

Decoration of our canteen

The back wall in our new canteen at our Global Headquarters has been decorated by the known Dutch Illustrator and Graphic Artist Tiquestar Illuminat Rex alias Maurice  R. van  Zante.

We got familiar with Tiquestars work through advertising completed for Carhartt®, and love his masculine, pure and clean street art design. The wall graffiti decoration he has made in our canteen, is in great line with the aesthetic design of our interior design of the canteen as well as of the rest of our Headquarters. Besides the big graffiti wall decoration, our tables and chair setting are from Piet Hein Eek from his recession serie “Crisis”, and the lighting is from Moooi’s “Dear Inco” serie. The lounge setting is from our own Piet Boon® Collection, the Duko sofa.

See more of Tiquestar Illuminat Rexs work at tiquestar.com

We have moved and we are renting out space

It took us 2 days plus an Easter weekend to move into our new Global Headquarters at "Het Bos", but we're settling in and adding the finishing touches to our new facility. As previously shared, the 6662m2 office complex is located in Oostzaan (Amsterdam Area) and designed by Piet Boon®. Construction of the second complex will be finished at the end of the Summer, and we're looking forward to sharing the two complexes with other partners and companies interested in renting or buying space to work alongside us.

There are still some rental offices available in our building and the new complex will be for sale. If you're interested and would like to enquire for more details, then please do not hesitate to contact Paul Silva da Cruz.

l.ravestein@pietboon.com

New Piet Boon Book 3

The long awaited Piet Boon Book 3 will soon be published – available this Fall, October 2011. We've spent the last 10 months photographing a selection of some of the best residential homes and corporate projects designed and styled by our Piet Boon® Studio and Styling teams. From private homes in Europe and Africa, to a new residential resort in Asia.

Together with our new photographer, Richard Powers, the breathtaking photography captures the true essence of Piet Boon®.

Richard Powers is a world-renowned, self-taught photographer who grew into his career out of a passion for interiors and architecture. Travelling the world with the Piet Boon® team capturing places of beauty has been a unique experience for him, "wherever in the world I shoot a Piet Boon® house I feel instantly at home - their subtle approach to reflecting an owners personality and location is seamless and their attention to detail means I never have to compromise an angle".

richardpowers.co.uk