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Chest of Drawers, "You Can't Lay Down Your Memories," edition number 45

Tejo Remy; Droog Design

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

This cabinet exemplifies the work of Droog, an informal confederation of Dutch designers founded by Gijs Bakker, a product designer, and Renny Ramakers, an art historian. It consists of recycled drawer fronts inserted in newly constructed wooden boxes held together by a commercial cinch strap. Witty yet functional, it may seem to be merely a mélange of used and new furniture parts, but in fact it is a well-considered composition, balanced in both shape and color. The customer is invited to rearrange the parts at will. Droog’s dramatic and sometimes heretical approach challenges accepted ideas of decorum in design and materials.

Caption

Tejo Remy (Dutch, born 1960); Droog Design (Dutch, founded 1993). Chest of Drawers, "You Can't Lay Down Your Memories," edition number 45, designed 1991; made 2005. Maple, other woods, painted and unpainted metals, plastic, paper, textile, 60 x 60 x 30 in. (152.4 x 152.4 x 76.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle in memory of J. Fuller Feder, by exchange, 2005.36. © Droog Design. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Chest of Drawers, "You Can't Lay Down Your Memories," edition number 45

Date

designed 1991; made 2005

Geography

Place made: Netherlands

Medium

Maple, other woods, painted and unpainted metals, plastic, paper, textile

Classification

Furnishing

Dimensions

60 x 60 x 30 in. (152.4 x 152.4 x 76.2 cm)

Signatures

Signed by the designer

Markings

Maker's mark stamped in blue on outer boxes

Credit Line

Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle in memory of J. Fuller Feder, by exchange

Accession Number

2005.36

Rights

© Droog Design

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Artists and makers

Tejo Remy

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Droog Design

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