| NOVEMBER // 2011 Great news! Multiculti was taken into production by Pol´s Potten and will be presented at the Maison et Object fair in Paris in January as part of the new collection. |
| OCTOBER // 2011 During the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven (22-30 Oct. 2011) a Raindrop will be exhibited and auctioned for charity at the WNF exhibition. Location: Klokgebouw Eindhoven, 2nd floor. |
| OCTOBER // 2011 Speeddesign in the Dutch Design Week! Wednesday Oct. 26th, Bas van der Veer will give free 20 minute design consults at the MKB DesignBrabant stand in the Klokgebouw, Eindhoven. Between 14:00 and 17:00, you are more than welcome to come by and discuss your product or concept ideas, free of charge. |
| SEPTEMBER // 2011 Studio Bas van der Veer presents two new projects for Dutch pottery firm Elho: Pure Rain, a sleek rain barrel with a bird bath in the top, and Brussels Herbs, a series of pots for keeping, growing and cutting fresh herbs. Check them out in the menu on the left. |
| SEPTEMBER // 2011 From Sep. 4-6 a new line of gardening products designed by Bas van der Veer for Elho, including the new Pure Rain, was presented to the world at SPOGA GAFA 2011, images of the projects will follow soon. |
| SEPTEMBER // 2011 Two Raindrops will be exhibited at the JETZT/NOW exhibition in the beautiful MARTa Herford museum from Sep. 10th to Nov 6th 2011. The exhibition will be a reflection of the spirit of the times, dealing with themes such as vanity, consumerism and sustainability. Other exhibitors: Studio Job, Joris Laarman, Maison Martin Margiela, Wieki Somers, Jo Meesters, Oscar Diaz and many more. |
| JULY // 2011 During the last edition of Journées des Collections Jardin in Paris, Raindrop was awarded with the first prize in the eco category of the 2011 Innovation Awards. Congratulations to Elho and a big thank you to all who made this possible! |
| JUNE // 2011 From June 7 till September 10, a production version of the Raindrop will be part of the NATUUR exhibition in the Artemis Dutch Design Hotel in Amsterdam. |
| MAY // 2011 May 18th the Raindrop was awarded with a Tuin & Co Award in the Decorative Garden Product category. A big thanks to all the people who voted for the Raindrop! |
| MAY // 2011 Raindrop spotted at Selfridges London! |
| APRIL // 2011 April 22nd Bas has given a presentation about his work at the 11th edition of Bright Night in Pakhuis De Zwijger, Amsterdam. Arnoud Groot and Koen van Tongeren were the other speakers for this evening dedicated to design and technology. |
| FEBRUARY // 2011 During annual garden fair Tuinidee 2011, Raindrop was chosen the winner of the Tuinidee Award 2011. A big thanks to all visitors who voted for the Raindrop! |
| FEBRUARY // 2011 The Raindrop was featured in gardening TV show Robs Grote Tuinverbouwing of Feb. 26! You can watch the complete episode on http://www.sbs6.nl/web/show/id=1223408/langid=43 |
| FEBRUARY // 2011 The Raindrop was nominated for a Tuin & Co Award 2011! In a couple of weeks voting can be done on www.buiteninspiratie.nl until April 15. |
| JANUARY // 2011 Studio Bas van der Veer's new website has been launched! More updates coming soon. |
| NOVEMBER // 2010 Bas was invited to be a jury member for the 2010 Biodiversity Competition, a design competition organised by the Dutch ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Fishing. |
| OCTOBER // 2010 The Raindrop will be part of the Prediction exhibition during the Saint Etienne Design Bienal of 2010. The exhibition will take place from Nov. 20 to Dec. 5. |
| OCTOBER // 2010 The black version of the Raindrop will also be exhibited in Brussels this month as a part of Brainport's travelling exhibition 'Design For Happy Living'. |
| SEPTEMBER // 2010 During the Bloem en Tuin Beurs 2010, a large outdoor garden fair in Nuenen, Bas has presented the Raindrop to an audience of approximately 70.000 visitors, together with other recent Design Academy graduates Teun Fleskens, Fabian Riemer and Florian Krautli. |
| SEPTEMBER // 2010 Bas has given a presentation about his works, way of working and future plans at Design Yatra 2010 in Mumbai, India. Other speakers: Gert Dumbar, Javier Mariscal, Bruno Maag and many more. www.designyatra.com |
| SEPTEMBER // 2010 A special pre-production prototype in black of the Raindrop will be part of Brainport's 'Design for Happy Living' exhibition this month during the Helsinki Design Week 2010. |
| SEPTEMBER // 2010 The production models of the Raindrop and the Raindrop MINI will be exhibited at Elho's stand during SPOGA GAFA 2010 in Cologne and Bas will be there with his brightest smile to present the designs! |
| AUGUST // 2010 Bas has given a short lecture during the Elho inspiration days about the development of his graduation work from sketch to an actual consumer product. |
| AUGUST // 2010 From September a production model of the Raindrop will be exhibited in the Trend Garden 2010 in Appeltern. |
| JULY // 2010 The first production prototypes of the Raindrop have rolled out of the factory today! |
| APRIL // 2010 From April 24 to June 27 two large and two small Bioplastic Planters will be exhibited in Li Edelkoort´s POST FOSSIL exhibition in Tokyo. Location: 21_21 Design Sight Gallery. |
| APRIL // 2010 Bas was invited to be a speaker at Design Yatra 2010, an annual design conference held in Mumbai, India from September 3 to 4. |
| FEBRUARY // 2010 A Drop of Water was shortlisted for the 2010 Well-Tech Awards! The award ceremony will be in April during the Salone del Mobile in Milan. |
| FEBRUARY // 2010 Both graduation projects 'Bioplastic Planter' and 'A Drop of Water' were nominated for the Conde Nast Traveller Innovation & Design Awards 2010 in the 'sustainability' catergory! The award ceremony will be in London and Bas will be there among other nominees such as Zaha Hadid, Paul Smith, Anish Kapoor and Ross Lovegrove. |
| JANUARY // 2010 The official start of Studio Bas van der Veer! Also Bas has moved to a new studio space in a former office building near the city centre of Eindhoven. |