Designer · Netherlands · b. 1942
Gijs Bakker
Gijs Bakker (b. 1942) – Dutch jewellery and object designer, co-founder of Droog Design.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- b. 1942
- Country
- Netherlands
Gijsbertus Johannes (Gijs) Bakker was born on 20 February 1942 in Amersfoort. He studied at Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs in Amsterdam (1958–1962) and at Konstfackskolan in Stockholm (1962–1963), then worked at Koninklijke Van Kempen & Begeer. In 1965, he opened Atelier voor Sieraden in Utrecht with Emmy van Leersum, his future wife.
He taught at the academy in Arnhem from 1968–1979, and at Design Academy Eindhoven for 25 years from the 1980s. In 1993, he founded Droog Design with Renny Ramakers, bringing objects combining restrained form with humour to the market. Among other distinctions, he received the Kho Liang Ie Award (1996); since 2016, he has been a member of Akademie van Kunsten.
