cv - Aldo Bakker

Curriculum Vitae Aldo Bakker
Personal information
Date of birth 13-09-1971
Place of birth Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Address Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 62
Zip code 1011 LZ
City Amsterdam
Country The Netherlands
Mobile +31 6 22557199
Email mail@aldobakker.com
Website www.aldobakker.com
Design Experience
2011 Design Pose
2010 Design Silver Pourer V2
2010 Design Porcelain Jug & Cup
2010 Design 3dwn1up
2010 Design Wooden Tonus
2010-2011 Wood Project
2009-2010 Design Copper Collection
2009 Design Pourer
2008 Design Porcelain Vinegar Flask
2008 Design Red, two tones of red Urushi
2008 Design Handle, Silver Urushi
2007 Design Porcelain Water Carafe
2007 Design Oil Platter
2007 Design Salt Cellar
2007 Design Le lac
2007 Exhibition Design Graduation Galleries for the Design Academy
Eindhoven
2006-2007 Design Stool, ice-blue Urushi
2006 Starting a range of metal furniture
2006 Several new pieces of furniture, including a metal bookcase
2006 Exhibition Design Graduation Galleries for the Design Academy
Eindhoven
2005 Design tri-pod, Black Urushi, within the theme ‘Upholstered Furniture’
by Foundation Sofa
2005 Design Silver and Porcelain Can

2004 Glassware Project with the Well-Being Department for Restaurant de
Witte Dame
2004 Design Low Chair from Ramin
2003 Project for Swarovski with the Well-Being Department
2003 Design Plywood Stool, Selected for a project for the Dutch Interior
Design Fair.
2003 Design for a Plywood Bench
2002 Design Dining Chair No.1 and Stackable Fruit Glasses.
2002 Photography and Interior Sense of Wonder Milano
2001 Salone di Mobile Milano, Designersblock, London
2000 Design Fauteuil (resin and birch laminated version), Ash Table,
Wine/Water Decanter with Glass as Stop, Glasses
Small/Medium/Large.
1999 Independent, commission of Restaurant Zuid Zeeland to design
furniture and glassware
1998-2000 Design Glass-line
1998 Design Maple bench.
1997 Design Water/wine carafe with stackable glasses.
1994-1999 Manufacturer of Jewellery and Models for Willem Noyons, Utrecht
1994 Start company Aldo Bakker Studio in Amsterdam
1990-1991 Internship at Glass Studio Ed van Dijk in Arnhem
1988-1990 Manufacturer of jewellery and models for Gijs Bakker.
1987 First glass design
Exhibitions
2012 Solo at Sfera, Kyoto, Japan
2011 Solo at Perimeter Art&Design Paris
2011 Design Miami/Basel
2011 Salon/1, Huis van Loon, Amsterdam
2011 Wood Project, Jug+Cup at Salone di Mobile, MIlano
2011 EverydayDutch, Selfridges, London
2011 Going Dutch, Flow Gallery, London
2010-2011 Small Scale Sculpture, Galeria Murska Sobota, Slovenia
2010 Emmy + Gijs + Aldo at Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen
2010 Villa Noailles, Hyeres, France (solo exhibition)
2010 Urushi Series, Art Basel Miami
2010 ‘Een mooi ding’ HM, Hilversum (group exhibition)
2010 Re and Act, Arti et Amicitia, Amsterdam (group exhibition)
2010 Urushi Series at Huis van Loon, Amsterdam
2010 Urushi Series and Copper Collection at Salone di Mobile, Milano, with
t.e.
2010 Porcelain tableware, Silverware, Copper Collection at ICFF New York

2009 Still Life, Urushi furniture and tableware at Gallery Sophie Lachaert,
Belgium (group exhibition)
2009 Porcelain and Silver Tableware at Salone di Mobile, Milano, with t.e.
2009 Doing interior of Tefaf Maastricht for Frans Leidelmeier
2009 Tajan Auction, Paris
2009 Maison et Object, Paris, with t.e.
2009 Object Rotterdam with t.e.
2009 Z33 Art Centre, 2 nd Triennial in Hasselt, Belgium, together with
Germaine Kruip (group exhibition)
2009 Stichting Sofa, Utrecht
2008-2009 Glas, Designhuis Eindhoven (group exhibition)
2007 Stool No.1 and 2 presented at the 25 years anniversary of Gallery
Binnen
2007 Glassware and Silverware at Salone di Mobile, Milano, with t.e.
2006 Object Rotterdam with t.e.
2005 Show with Dinie Besems at Gallery Binnen
2005 Z33 Art Centre, Triennial Hasselt, Belgium
2003 Works auctioned by Sotheby’s
2002 Craft Council, initiative of Bernadine Walrecht.
2000 Solo Exhibition at Gallery Binnen, Amsterdam
Awards and Nominations
2012 Nominated for *Wallpaper Designer of the Year Award
2011 Jug nominated for the Dutch Design Awards
2011 Selected for the Alessi/Domus The Silver Spoon Design Competition
2011 *Wallpaper Design Award for the Urushi Stool in the Category ‘Best
Stool’
2011 *Wallpaper Design Award for the Copper Collection in the category
‘Best Use of Material’
2010 Copper Collection nominated for the Dutch Design Awards
2009 First Prize at the Dutch Design Awards for the Porcelain Collection in
the category ‘Living’
2009 Nominated for the DOEN/Materiaalprijs
2009 Nominated for the Vredeman de Vries Prize
2008 First Prize for Glassware, in the category ‘Industrial Design’ at the
European Glass Context in Bornholm, Denmark
Teaching
2011 Masterclass Well-Being, in collaboration with Li Edelkoort
2007 Design Academy Eindhoven, Humanity Masters
2002 Design Academy Eindhoven, Well-Being Department

Publications
2011 Dutch Design Yearbook (cover)
2011 Dutch Design by Jeroen Junte
2010 Emmy + Gijs + Aldo, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam
2010 Creatures. Studies for Existence, Villa Noailles/Archistorm
2010 Porzellanikon Catalogue
printed press (selection)
2011 Keyed to Detail, Herald Tribune/NY times
2011 Der Standard
2011 Vogue Living Australia
2011 Le Monde
2010 Neue Züricher Zeitung ((16-06)
2010 DAMn° magazine, ‘Bakker’ (#25)
2010 Inventario, ‘Future Prossimo / Near Future’ (#25)
2010 Financial Times ‘Cook Up a Treat’ (03-07)
2010 International Herald Tribune ‘Culture, Erupting Beauty at a Furniture
Show’ (19-04)
2009 The New York Times/Herald Tribune ‘Let's hear it for quiet design’ (17-
05)
2009 Items, ‘Portfolio Aldo Bakker’ (No.3)
2009 Frame. ‘Urushi Series’ (Issue 69)
2009 Archistorm, ‘Design Portrait Aldo Bakker’ (No. 37)
Collections
Vitra
Design Museum Gent
V&A, London
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Zuiderzee Museum
Die neue Sammlung, Munchen
Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
SM’S, ’s Hertogenbosch
Silver Museum, Schoonhoven
Cooper Hewitt
several private collections