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van der Poll
Marijn
NETHERLANDS  
Marijn van der Poll
1973 Eindhoven
Grew up in Asia lived in Saudi-Arabia, Indonesia and Singapore. Graduated from Singapore American School 1992.
Moved back to Eindhoven in 1993.
Studied fine arts at the Royal Art Academy in Den Bosch 1993-1995, at the Academy St. Joost in Breda at the department for architecture and interior design 1995-1997.
1998 continued studies at The Design Academy Eindhoven studying under Gijs Bakker.
2000 North by Marijn van der Poll was set up as Do Hit went into production.
Nov 2002 graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven.
Jan 2004 North opens its new studio at the Temporary Art Center in Eindhoven.

North has done projects for companies including Damen Shipyards Group, Marcel Wanders Studio, Droog Design and Starwood Hotels. Designs have been displayed at galleries and museums around the world including The Kunsthal, The Rocket gallery in Tokyo and the Louvre. Publications include Domus, Blueprint and the New York Times.
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'Do Hit' Armchair Courtesy Marijn van der Poll/North

'Do Hit' Armchair
D E S I G N E R
Marijn van der Poll

P R O D U C E R
Droog Design, Netherlands
1999
M A T E R I A L   A N D   D I M E N S I O N S
stainless steel
100 x 75 x 70cm
Do hit was created in December 1999 for an assignment at the Design Academy. The goal was to design an interpretation of a chair by an Italian designer. I choose Enzo Mari's 'sof-sof chair'. Its complex looking frame to me seemed a result of good craftsmanship but as it turned out it was one of the first examples of spot welding in the furniture industry. This contradiction became the concept for the chair and the first result was the rocking chair. It was a full-scale sketch but a finished product at the same time. Although my teacher urged me to further explore the shape and form I thought it basically answered my handcrafted-industry concept and didn't see the purpose. The car panels with their intricate details stood for the industrial part and the cutting and welding back together for the handcrafted part. Do hit started a small copper model which I beat into a tiny chair with the pointed part of a hobby hammer. The cube would be easy to produce industrially and would be molded into a chair using a hammer. Repetition of the beating only strengthened the concept. When the model was scaled up the small radius on the pointed tip of the hammer was scaled up as well. The shaping of the first do hit was filmed by Sophie Krier and was presented in December 1999 and picked up by Droog a few months later. It was named Do Hit and I agreed to allow the chairs to be shaped by others for the project.
 

'Chairman!' Courtesy Marijn van der Poll/North

'Chairman!'
D E S I G N E R
Marijn van der Poll
2005
Peter is a enthusiastic tennis player on weekends. He's a family man and fires up a grill like no other. But Monday to Friday from 9 to 5 he sits down and becomes? CHAIRMAN!

The inspiration for this project came from comic book heroes. I figured I'd try and give today's CEO the ultimate corporate seating object with special powers. The chair can be moved by turning a switch, which lifts the chair and keeps it suspended above the floor by a thin layer of air. The two hundred pound chair can be moved with a finger.
 

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