Product

PWT lamps

"It happened again, I've lost myself in a technique. I always saw 3D printing as a technique that is only suitable for printing technical parts, not for aesthetics.
But as I started working at home more often during the first lockdown -with only a small workroom and one 3D printer- I started to get annoyed by my prejudice about this technique and I eventually became committed to disprove my own prejudice"

Pretty Weird Things is a collection of ingenious and fully 3d printed lamps. They are designed to achieve the best possible quality using the FDM 3d printing technique. I've designed and built a printer specially to fabricate these shapes.

Made to order. Inquiries via info@erikstehmann.nl

Year
2022
Material
PLA, PETG
PWT at DDW
PWT long in home
PWET in home
Erik Stehmann making PWT
Product

Toní

For years, Dutch iconic design brand Fatboy has been looking for a chair and table design completing their outdoor collection. On their invitation, I accepted the challenge and boldly designed Toní, an iconic aluminium outdoor collection, the bright and cheerful - new classic - bistroset!

The Toní collection is designed as the reinterpretation of the well-known bistro set, with it's typical round seated chair. We developed the chairs and tables with the focus on outdoor use, fresh and friendly appearance, a high practicality and great comfort. It's fully made from aluminum - lightweight and durable - and finished with the highest degree of exterior coating.

Available at www.fatboy.com

Year
2020
Material
Aluminium
Fatboy x Erik Stehmann - Toní
Fatboy x Erik Stehmann - Toní
Fatboy x Erik Stehmann - Toní
Fatboy x Erik Stehmann - Toní
Product

Showpik

Especially for my SHOW at the Dutch Design Week 2019 I’ve developed Showpik as a way to get rid off my leftover mirrors. Unique handmade mirrorball worm-like interior jewellery that come in different sizes, shapes and colors. 

Price on request

Year
2019
Material
EPS, steel wire, mirror
SHOWPIK gold by Studio Erik Stehmann
SHOWPIK pink by Studio Erik Stehmann
SHOWPIK yellow by Studio Erik Stehmann
SHOWPIK red by Studio Erik Stehmann
Product

SUPERTRACK

A racetrack of light! I’ve been playing with this idea for a few years now and finally came to a working prototype made from laminated birchwood. When you turn on the light, it will light up by racing the track led by led. All electronics are hidden within the 9mm wooden track, the only details are the small, light spreading, lens bulbs. 

Year
2019
Material
Birchwood, Steel wire
SUPERTRACK by Studio Erik Stehmann
SUPERTRACK by Studio Erik Stehmann
Product

Tinyboat

Tinyboat is a one-person boat, fully electric and fully functional. “I have a small house and a small car, but I love to be on the water, so I needed a small boat: a Tinyboat. We are now ready to start the production and are working on a complete line of fun accessories, like an umbrella holder, a solar charger, and a car roofrack with wheelbarrow addon to transport your Tinyboat”.

Year
2018
Material
Polyester, Ash
Dimensions
172cm x 70cm x 65cm
Tinyboat by Studio Erik Stehmann - a fully electric one-person boat
Tinyboat by Studio Erik Stehmann - a fully electric one-person boat
Tinyboat by Studio Erik Stehmann - a fully electric one-person boat
Tinyboat by Studio Erik Stehmann - a fully electric one-person boat
Product

My little friend

"Say hello to my little friend"

When I was a kid I really enjoyed making pvc tube blowguns to shoot paper darts. I figured that now I’m a bit older, I could do better. ‘My little friend’ is 24 carat gold plated and works with compressed air (8 bar). It’s great for stressrelief, or just to toy around with when it’s quiet at the office.

Year
2018
Material
Copper, 24Krt Goldplated
My little friend - GOLDEN GUN
My little friend - arrow shooter
My little friend - shooting darts
My little friend - ARROWS
Product

DOG for Cats

The 'DOG Scratchpost for cats' is a scratchpost for cats, with a good dose of humor. Not only does DOG protect your furniture from cat scratching, but it is also THE way for cats to release their frustrations on their "natural enemy"!

Opposites attract!

We are working on a new production of the DOG. If you wish to be informed when it is available again, please send me an email. 

Year
2011
Material
Polyester, sisal
Dimensions
88cm x 28cm x 71 cm
Cat looking at DOG Scratchpost for Cats
Cat attacking eyes of DOG Scratchpost for Cats
Cat sitting on DOG Scratchpost for Cats
Kitten sitting on DOG Scratchpost for Cats
Kitten hugs DOG Scratchpost for Cats
Project

My Pleasure

The ‘My pleasure’ chairs are a upcycling concept I invented for Cooloo. Cooloo is a company that specializes in durable PU coatings, they are sprayed under high pressure and result in a long lasting and flexible finish.

Different models of neglected chairs are provided with a layer of egg foam before getting coated. This results in matching new sets of chairs that have a soft massaging effect.

Year
2018
Material
Foam, PU Coating
My Pleasure Chairs at DDW 2018
My Pleasure Chair
My Pleasure Stool
Product

Beach Rocker

The default beach chair is a great concept: few materials, mobile, collapsible, and comfortable too. "But it does not rock," I thought, and so the Beach Rocker arose. Powerful in its simplicity, and actually quite logical. The Beach Rocker is fully collapsible and stacks nestable. A stack of 20 seats is slightly higher than 1 meter

The fabric is designed by designer duo Raw Color and inspired on the horizon.

This design has been adopted by designlabel Weltevree

Year
2015
Material
Beach, Cotton
Dimensions
117cm x 54cm x 10cm (collapsed)
Beach Rocker for Weltevree
Beach Rocker for Weltevree side view
Beach Rocker fabric by Raw Color
Project

Random Machine

We live in a multiple-choice society, and all these choices you make everyday (how little they may be) unknowingly add-up to your stresslevel. Sssssst and Studio Erik Stehmann  teamed up to create the Random Machine to prevent choice-anxiety. Computers have a great deal of influence on our lives, algorithms often determine - without us even knowing - what we see on our screens, so why do we not consciously choose to let a computer choose for us?

Random Machine is designed to look as bait for choice-stress-sensitive individuals. The large, pulsing illuminated red button - around which the whole machine is designed - invites you to press it and is the only physical interface element so that the choice for operating the machine is reduced to a minimum.

Political elections, the choice of a snack in a snack bar, a beer in the pub, a mineral water brand from the overrepresented shelf in the supermarket, or where you go to on holiday. Random Machine is ready to take away the stress and choose totally random!

Bookings and more info: http://www.randommachine.nl

Year
2018
Material
Walnut, plastic, electronics
Dimensions
28cm x 28cm x 110cm
Random Machine by Sssssst and Studio Erik Stehmann
Random Machine by Sssssst and Studio Erik Stehmann
Random Machine by Sssssst and Studio Erik Stehmann
Random Machine by Sssssst and Studio Erik Stehmann
Random Machine by Sssssst and Studio Erik Stehmann
Product

Copycat Art Scratcher

Cats like to scratch stuff. It’s what cats do. Sometimes it’s your sofa, other times it’s your face. You just never know with cats. But if it’s expensive or important, chances are that your cat will want to scratch it. I've come up with the Copycat Art Scratcher for luxury pet label Lord Lou

Year
2016
Material
Sisal, Black mdf
Dimensions
500mm x 700mm
Copycat Art Scratcher in home
Copycat Art Scratcher in three variations
Cat attacks Copycat Art Scratcher
Product

Rilly Nice Lamp

For the In4nite project, initiated by Low&Bonar, I was asked to experiment with their Colback® material.

Colback is a nonwoven lightweight material with strong dimensional stability. For me, the best way to turn this into a 3D product was by experimenting with folding. By creasing the Colback, its fibres can be weakened locally, controlling where the material folds. By developing a computer controlled creasing technique, it became possible to make rounded creases. 

Eventually I designed a pattern that effectively creates a very strong and lightweight tube of Colback. Because Colback is a lightweight material, I was able to play with the centre of gravity. 

Year
2017
Material
Colback, Nylon
Dimensions
78cm x 13,5cm x 13,5cm
Rilly Nice Lamp by Studio Erik Stehmann - In4nite project Low&Bonar
Rilly Nice Lamp by Studio Erik Stehmann - In4nite project Low&Bonar
Rilly Nice Lamp by Studio Erik Stehmann - In4nite project Low&Bonar
Rilly Nice Lamp by Studio Erik Stehmann - In4nite project Low&Bonar
Rilly Nice Lamp by Studio Erik Stehmann - In4nite project Low&Bonar
Product

PUP for Cats

The 'PUP Scratchpost for cats' is the smaller version of our 'DOG Scratchpost for Cats'. Due to the success of the DOG we decided to design a smaller version, perfect for smaller rooms, with the same attractiveness. 

Opposites attract!

Year
2015
Material
Polyester, Sisal
Dimensions
62cm x 23cm x 47 cm
PUP scratchpost for cats
Product

PERSPEXIVES

Perspexives is the outcome of my participation to the Mtic design project

I explored the theme 'seduction' as being something that misleads the mind. By milling patterns into Perspex rods and sheets I created so called moire effects resulting in the collection Perspexives. It is a set of lamps and a mirror that are both visually attractive as well as misleading, as they change when looking from different perspectives.

Year
2015
Material
Perspex, aluminium
PERSPEXIVES lamps
PERSPEXIVES lamp detail
PERSPEXIVES mirror
PERSPEXIVES lamp
PERSPEXIVES detail
PERSPEXIVES detail
Product

:O Chair

The most common office/canteen chair in the world, is not as boring as it looks like. These stackable chairs have already proven themselves in quality and durability, but with a small adjustment (and another colour) it makes the world a little more fun. 

Year
2014
Material
Polypropylene, Steel
Dimensions
83 cm x 49 cm x 45 cm
:O Chair
:O Chair
:O Chair and a dog
Product

Pocketbuddy

Pocketbuddy is a accessory to fill up your shirtpocket, just like the forgotten pocket-square or as a corsage.

"Who uses their shirtpocket anyway?"

Year
2014
Material
Acrylate
Dimensions
105mm x 75mm x 3mm
Pocketbuddy
Pocketbuddy
Pocketbuddy gold
Project

Kwastkop

Since we stopped with the production of our BRUSH coat hangers, I was left with 1500 disposable paintbrushes. I tried selling them online, but there was little to no interest for 1500 paintbrushes. I tried selling them as beer openers, still no interest. I even offered a one-hour workshop "How to sell 1500 disposable paintbrushes", including a starting-kit of 1500 paintbrushes, but no luck.

So in a moment of boredom I made a big smiley on my floor using the brushes, which eventually led to making this huge mask.

As Bob Ross once said: "I like to beat the brush."

Please email me for any inquiries. 

Year
2016
Material
473 Disposable brushes
Dimensions
265cm x 188cm
Kwastkop
Kwastkop and the artist
Kwastkop
Product

Balloon Ring

The balloon ring was created as part of a research for ways to perpetuate the temporary tension and plasticity of balloons. 
The knob and the ring are both made of balloons, and then moulded, to cast in bronze. It's finished with 24 carat gold.

Year
2009
Material
Bronze, 23krt. gold
Balloon ring
Balloon ring
Product

Inflating Lights

Normally , a lamp is nothing else than a shade that lights up. But the Inflating Lights actually react when switched on. Thanks to a silent fan, which inflates the Nylon , they eventually reach their final shape.

Also available with a timer, making the Inflating Lights a true spectacle of light. (for lobby / waiting room / event)

Year
2009
Material
Ripstop Nylon
Inflating Lights
Inflating Lights
Inflating Lights
Inflating Lights
Product

Expanding Lamp

I am often inspired by toys, and at a certain point in my life, I found a fluorescent expanding sphere toy made by the principle of Hoberman. 
All I could think was: "Wouldn't it be nice to make a lamp that could be a desklamp and also a floorlamp at the same time. Just pick it up, and expand it." Necessary? No! Fun to work out? Yes!
This lamp contains hundreds of connections and hinges made of oakwood, and is capable to collapse and transform into a desk-lamp, but can also expand into a floorlamp.

Year
2012
Material
Oak, aluminium, steel
Expanding Lamp
Expanding Lamp collapsed
Expanding Lamp detail
Expanding Lamp
Product

The Blocks Collection

The Blocks Collection is fully build with oakwood blocks and glue. For this collection I was inspired by the typical carpenter sentence: "Glue is stronger than wood", I experimented with glue and wood to test this phrase, untill I found a glue that succeeded. By cutting a beam up in blocks, and gluing it together as a beam again, it became even stronger than the original beam.

Blocks Table: 1196 blocks
Blocks Chair: 187 blocks
Blocks Desklamp: 17 blocks

Year
2011
Material
Oak, Glue
Me standing on the Blocks Collection table
The Blocks Collection chair
The Blocks Collection desklamp
The Blocks Collection table and desklamp
The Blocks Collection table detail
Project

The Futurator 3000

Me and MAN VAART WEST worked together to design and create the Futurator 3000. It's a future proclaiming machine for the OYFO technology Museum in Hengelo (NL). Visitors can answer questions throughout the museum, all these answers together generate a future profile, which is printed on a ticket at one of the three legs of our machine. The Futurator 3000 has it all: light, sound, movement, camera, a brain scanner and a receipt with your future profile. 

Year
2021
Material
Steel, Acrylic sheet, electronics
Dimensions
212cm x 177cm x 333cm
Futurator 3000 - Oyfo Hengelo
Futurator
Project

Woordenfeest

Together with graphic designer Dana Dijkgraaf I was commissioned by Museum Arnhem and Ruimtekoers to make an installation in Arnhem South, for Arnhem South. Arnhem is a city that is split into North and South by the River Rhine.
To get to know the other side of the city, we moved into the neighborhoods, approached everyone we met and got to know neighborhood initiatives and associations. We came across beautiful people, places and a sense of positivity that we wanted to convey in our life-size words.

HOI (hi), made as meeting benches. 
SAMEN (together), made as big laughing mirrors
ZUID (South), made with big blinking fairground LED lights
GROEI (grow), made from reinforcement mesh

Year
2019
Erik Stehmann and Dana Dijkgraaf presenting Woordenfeest!
Woordenfeest! Arnhem-Zuid
SAMEN (together) as part of Woordenfeest by Dana Dijkgraaf and Erik Stehmann
HOI (hi) as part of Woordenfeest by Dana Dijkgraaf and Erik Stehmann
ZUID (south) as part of Woordenfeest by Dana Dijkgraaf and Erik Stehmann
Project

How to get rid of 1500 brushes...

If you scroll down you will see my "kwastkop" project, a result of some (1500!) leftover disposable brushes. I'm still looking for ways to get rid of the remaining brushes, so I made brooms out of brushes. 

Year
2018
Material
Disposable brushes, Beech wood
How to get rid of 1500 brushes...
How to get rid of 1500 brushes...
How to get rid of 1500 brushes...
How to get rid of 1500 brushes...
Project

Big Ass Dog

I was asked to create a 'center of attention piece' for the ABHB2012 Groomer trade day. Working on a small budget I created this 'big ass dog' out of tunnelfoil. After this event I have used the dog on several other events as eye-catcher.

Year
2010
Material
Polyethylene, Air
Dimensions
500x400x150 cm
Big Ass Dog
Big Ass Dog at Pleinpop Schijndel
Big Ass Dog at Pleinpop Schijndel
Project

Plato Wood

I’m very happy with the outcome of this wall siding project for Platowood. “We want something very Erik” and “what can you do within this budget” are my two favorite starting point phrases. This wall has a special effect to it when you change your point of view due to the light reflections, an idea that came to me when looking at my Perspexives Collection. 

Year
2018
Material
Platowood
Dimensions
440cm x 230cm
Studio Erik Stehmann office deco for Platowood
Studio Erik Stehmann office deco for Platowood
Project

Knalfuif

For the 25th anniversary of Schipper Bosch, I was asked together with Studio Joris de Groot and architect Arno Geesink to come up with something surprising to do during their party. So we decided to introduce shooting arrows with high pressure. As targets we used the three bosses, so the staff (and their kids) could shoot at their bosses, success guaranteed!

Year
2015
Material
Polystyrene, pvc
Erik Stehmann, Arno Geesink and Joris de Groot
Shooting arrows on high pressure
Shooting arrows at your boss
Shooting arrows on high pressure
Project

Solar Tree

The city of Arnhem asked me to design and develop a solartree, that could be used in the city centre. Together with KRAFT Architects I designed this large toy-like tree, with benches. It uses recycled electric car-batteries, has parallel solar panels and the tree’s base cools in the summer and creates a heated envirement in the winter. The benches are equipped with usb-chargers and bicycle charges.

We developed the idea into a fully functional 1:5 scale model.

Year
2018
Material
Accoya® wood, metal, colored Triccoya®
Solar Tree - Arnhem
Solar Tree scale model 1:5
Solar tree technical
Solar tree technical 2
Product

Roof Garden Canopy

For the 2014 edition of Roof Garden Arnhem I joined the design team to make it an even better edition. I've designed this Canopy together with Arno Geesink and Casper Tolhuisen, easy to build, move and stock, low-budget and storm-resistant! 

Year
2014
Material
Plato wood, PE foil
Dimensions
400cm x 600cm x 280cm
Roof Garden Arnhem Canopy
Roof Garden Arnhem Canopy
Roof Garden Arnhem Canopy detail
Roof Garden Arnhem Canopy Eefje de Visser
Roof Garden Arnhem Canopy party by night silent disco
Product

My Workshop My Playground

My workshop is my playground. For this shirt collection I've assembled a series of 8 faces from objects found in my workshop. 

Year
2014
Material
Cotton
My workshop, My playground tshirts
My workshop, My playground tshirts
My workshop, My playground tshirts
My workshop, My playground tshirts
Project

Gymnasium House

Designer Floris Schoonderbeek asked me and Timon de Klein to design and build a home out of this empty gym, using mostly plywood. It was a 'design while building', starting out with a floor plan and working upwards, integrating new features during the build. The assignment included the bathroom, kitchen and bedroom, and has mostly been a two-man job. 

Year
2013
Material
Plywood, Wood, Polyethylene, Steel
Gym home
Gym home - EH&I publication
Gym home - EH&I publication
Gym home - EH&I publication
Product

Paper Pup

These small Paper Pups are the result of a research for ways to eternalise the otherwise temporary shape of balloons. For 100 days, I started the day by making one pup made of that days newspaper, and marked it with the date and signature.

Year
2009
Material
Newspaper
Paper Pup
Paper Pups
Product

Stuffed Furniture

A range of interior products created by approaching furniture as stuffed animals. The collection consists of cotton shapes filled with pourable soft foam that reach their final form by the expansion of the foam. Each piece is unique, because this process is uncontrollable, and it creates its own wrinkles and dents.

Year
2009
Material
PU Foam, fabric
Stuffed Furniture lamp
Stuffed Furniture lamp
Stuffed Furniture stool
Stuffed Furniture stool
Stuffed Furniture striped table
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