Maarten Baas | |
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![]() Maarten Baas's image appearing in his installation Schiphol Clock | |
Born | |
Nationality | Dutch[1] |
Alma mater | Design Academy Eindhoven[1] |
Known for | Furniture design |
Awards | Designer of the Year (2009) |
Maarten Baas (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːrtən baːs]; born 19 February 1978) is a Dutch furniture designer.[1][2] He is known for his Real Time series of clocks in which people paint the time by hand.[3]
His career path was influenced by mentors like Jurgen Bey, colleagues like Bertjan Pot, and artists like Erwin Wurm.[4] He attended the Design Academy Eindhoven and lives in Utrecht.[5] His work often relates to his youth, where Baas works to "balance skilled technicality with the purity of child’s spontaneity."