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Milan 2014: Dutch design studio Droog has adapted pieces from the 8000 objects in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum to create a studio space for Milan design week (+ slideshow).

Spaces set up at Droog‘s Rijksstudio m2 exhibition will include an entrance, bedroom, kitchen, living room and dining room.

The walls and ceiling will be decorated with Dutch graphic designer Irma Boom’s wallpaper, referencing works in the museum’s collection by the likes of Vermeer and using the colour palette she developed as part of the 2013 Rijksmuseum renovation and rebrand.

An eighteenth-century tapestry will be transformed into wallpaper, while a painting with birds and clouds will become part of a reflective gradient wall in the bedroom.

The furniture and homeware range created as part of the installation takes its lead from historical artifacts and pieces within paintings in the museum’s collection.

A bathtub, a daybed, a writing desk, a mirror, a nightstand and a candleholder are executed in wood and leather.

Droog is also launching products previewed at Milan last year that are now in production. The collection takes colours, shapes and details from traditional artworks and uses contemporary materials such as rubber and titanium to create contemporary products.

The AA Glasses mimic the form of five historic glasses in the Rijksmuseum whose makers are unknown. They are available in transparent, or matte black for blind tastings.

Table Skin is a silicone cast of traditional Dutch ribbons and piping embroidery, used to form a durable, waterproof and easy-to-clean table cloth.

The collection also include a 3D-printed napkin ring by Studio Droog that resembles a pleated Tudor ruff.

As well as these, Droog will present new products from its New Original series referencing iconic Chinese products such as the Tea for One and Tea for Two teapots by Richard Hutten.

The exhibition will be open at Via San Gregorio 29 in Milan from 8 to 13 April.

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Interiors firm Studio Linse selected classic furniture by celebrated Dutch designers for the cafe of the recently reopened Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

The new cafe occupies an elevated platform in one of the former courtyards of the historic decorative arts museum, a space that now functions as the building’s entrance hall following an extensive renovation by Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos.

Studio Linse used tables and chairs by Gerrit Rietveld, Wim Rietveld, Kho Liang Ie, Friso Kramer and Martin Visser to create a symmetrical dining area featuring pale shades of cream, grey and beige.

“The main goal was to honour the architecture of the building, so we designed something that was not too overwhelming and in the same colour tones as the rest of the space,” designer Barbara de Vries told Dezeen. “We then decided to take Dutch design classics and tried to choose really timeless pieces.”

The studio used the same polished Portuguese stone as the new flooring to create a long counter spanning the length of the cafe. “We wanted the bar to look like it rises out of the floor,” added De Vries.

To complete the space, two statues from the Rijksmuseum’s large collection were relocated to the entrance points and positioned to face one another.

The Rijksmuseum reopened to the public earlier this month. See pictures of the renovated galleries in our earlier story.

See more cafes on Dezeen, including one that also combines a laundrette and a hairdressing salon.

Photography is by Ewout Huibers.

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