01 / 2023
Lex’s method is raw and intuitive. He doesn’t try to
disguise his ideas behind cosmetic layers. Instead,
he trusts in his materials - wood, stone and metal -
to reduce things to their essence.
Lex intuitively changes establishing artefacts into
new distinctive shapes, without compromising
ergonomics or function. By carefully choosing and
combining materials, his designs for Banne have
all the ingredients to make them last a lifetime.
Lex graduated cum laude in 2009 at the Design
Academy Eindhoven and has received a diverse
range of accolades and commissions ever since.
He is considered to be one of the Netherlands’
top designers.
Designer
Lex Pott
The future of sustaina
ble design isn’t some
faraway abstract thing:
it’s the everyday
objects around you
right now.
Winner of the 2019 Dutch Design Award, Peter’s
work is founded on strong, single-minded ideas
- giving his designs a recognizable, often iconic
aesthetic.
Working out of his studio in his beloved West
Amsterdam neighbourhood, Peter is passionate
about changing the industry’s mindset around sus
tainable design. New ideas are key, but they have
to lead to products that last – not just in terms of
construction, but in how they look too. Through
his rigorous approach, Peter marries form, function
and construction to create objects that are both
new and yet somehow also timeless.
Designer
Peter van de Water
I’m a pragmatist. Let’s
just do what we can.
And if we can do it
better tomorrow, then
let’s just do that too.
Bas graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine
Arts in The Hague in 2010, and set up his epony
mous studio the same year. With an ever-growing
number of designs in production, Bas’ working is
gaining in reputation for its refreshing honesty. By
emphasising rather than concealing their construc
tion, his pieces offer a purity of purpose without
sacrificing character.
“Ever since I was young, I wanted to make the
spaces around me more pleasant. I’d always be
looking at stuff, thinking – how can I do that bet
ter?”
Designer
Bas Vellekoop
For me, the construc
tion determines the
design. Manufacturing
locally isn’t just more
sustainable - it’s more
flexible.