Bakker, Gijs
(Netherlands, 1942)
Gijs Bakker trained as a jewelry and industrial designer at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and the Stockholm Academy of Fine Arts. His designs encompass jewelry, household goods, furniture, interiors, public spaces, and exhibitions. He has worked and continues to work for numerous companies, including Polaroid, Artifort, HEMA, Van Kempen & Begeer, and ENO Studio in France.
Together with Italian gallery owner Marijke Vallanzasca, he founded Chi ha Paura…? in 1996 , Italian for “Who’s Afraid of…?” With this foundation, Bakker aims to show the international design world that jewelry is more than just a decorative fashion accessory. In 1993, Bakker and Renny Ramakers founded Droog Design , a collection of Dutch designers and products. Together with Ramakers, Bakker is responsible for the selection process and serves as the art director for all Droog Design products.
Bakker taught for over 40 years at Delft University of Technology and the Design Academy in Eindhoven, where he headed the Masters Department. Gijs Bakker travels the world giving lectures and workshops on his own work, that of Droog Design, and that of CHP…?, and is frequently invited to participate in juries.
His retrospective exhibition “Gijs Bakker and Jewelry” and its accompanying catalog are currently frequently on display at various museums worldwide. Gijs Bakker’s work is included in both museums and private collections.
Gijs Bakker trained as a jewelry and industrial designer at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and the Stockholm Academy of Fine Arts. His designs encompass jewelry, household goods, furniture, interiors, public spaces, and exhibitions. He has worked and continues to work for numerous companies, including Polaroid, Artifort, HEMA, Van Kempen & Begeer, and ENO Studio in France.
Together with Italian gallery owner Marijke Vallanzasca, he founded Chi ha Paura…? in 1996 , Italian for “Who’s Afraid of…?” With this foundation, Bakker aims to show the international design world that jewelry is more than just a decorative fashion accessory. In 1993, Bakker and Renny Ramakers founded Droog Design , a collection of Dutch designers and products. Together with Ramakers, Bakker is responsible for the selection process and serves as the art director for all Droog Design products.
Bakker taught for over 40 years at Delft University of Technology and the Design Academy in Eindhoven, where he headed the Masters Department. Gijs Bakker travels the world giving lectures and workshops on his own work, that of Droog Design, and that of CHP…?, and is frequently invited to participate in juries.
His retrospective exhibition “Gijs Bakker and Jewelry” and its accompanying catalog are currently frequently on display at various museums worldwide. Gijs Bakker’s work is included in both museums and private collections.
BeBoB was founded with a focus on recycling and started as a foundation, not profit-based.
For almost 40 years, it has specialised in collecting and selling midcentury design, focussing on the right matches more than how to get the best profit.
BeBoB charges reasonable prices for vintage and collector’s items.
Vintage Prices are approximately 35% to 65% of the new-to-order price, if items are still new in production. If not anymore in production they become collectibles.
Collectibles are also the original pieces from the design period of the items, which are still in production and are more expensive, but often a good investment out of scarcity.
BeBoB charges reasonable prices for vintage and collector’s items.
