Richard Hutten
A passionate rampage, the world of Richard Hutten.
With his unconventional designs the designer inspires not only colleagues like Philippe Stark. He is not only omnipresent, represented in the collections of significant institutions
 
 
 
   
 
 
 

such as the Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art in Amsterdam, the Vitra Museum in Weil am Rhein and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco.

Richard Hutten is also not only respected as one of the most influential and renowned Dutch designers. Richard Hutten is much more. He is passionate! Looking at his furniture and objects one is automatically lead to thinking: yes – this is exactly how it should be – and not any other way!

For instance Richard Hutten designs simple wooden stools which get their kick out of the fact that their arm- and backrest is made out of a table, out of which the space for placing the stool has been carved. This piece of design furniture is called the “Table-Chair”.

The designer, born in the Netherlands in 1967, is distinguished by his predilection for symbiosis.
This approach is extremely functional and takes the user and his daily personal requirements very seriously. In this aspect one could compare him with his countryman, the Rotterdam artist Joep van Lieshout.

Richard Hutten creates very particular living environments. With his so-called “Layers” he brings a lot of sensuality and playfulness into play. For example he designed a table for this series, which consists of books stacked on top of one another. In this way each and every object receives its own distinct and inimitable note.
The designer also works in a very associative manner: a shelf rack is not only a shelf rack, it resembles a skyline.

For Richard Hutten the world is a design paradise.