Framed

Framed is a series of distinctive cabinets with a well-thought-out and detailed construction. The cabinets are specially designed around the material NewspaperWood.

The cabinet consists of a solid steel frame which can be supplied as a system in various designs and colours. The coloured frame literally 'carries' the NewspaperWood shelves and thus gives a stage to this special material.

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Transparency of the production chain comes naturally to us.

For us, that doesn't just mean giving information about where something has been produced. Our chain starts much earlier: with the designer of the product!

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The Framed cabinet is designed by Breg Hanssen. Breg and his studio are located in Amsterdam. He designs and realizes custom made furniture and interiors for the most specific needs. A central element in his work is functionality in combination with a fair use of materials.

During the design process of the Framed cabinet, Breg was particularly fascinated by the color of the material NewspaperWood. Or rather the "non-color". To emphasize this characteristic, he chose to incorporate the NewspaperWood in a piece of furniture in which he combines it with contrasting "outstanding-colors".

Breg Hanssen

The Framed cabinet has been part of the Vij5 collection since 2011. Together with the Sample Series and the Tabloid Tables, the Framed cabinet represents the introduction of the NewspaperWood material in the Vij5 collection. The cabinet is literally designed around the material as a tribute to NewspaperWood.

The cabinet has been created in a special way. Where for most designers an idea for a product is the basis for a collaboration with Vij5, in the case of Studio Mieke Meijer it was an idea for a material!

NewspaperWood (or KrantHout in Dutch) was conceived by Mieke Meijer and included in the Vij5 collection with the aim of applying this material to a number of products in the Vij5 collection. Together with Studio Mieke Meijer we started to further develop NewspaperWood.

Read here an interview with Mieke Meijer about the origins of NewspaperWood.

"NewspaperWood allows newsprint, which is made of wood, to return to wood. When sawing, the layers of paper appear as the annual rings of a tree. As a result, the material has surprisingly many similarities with the properties of real wood."

Mieke Meijer, designer NewspaperWood

We quickly realized that developing a material is very different from developing a product. But at a certain point, we were ready to take the leap to Design ! We already had some ideas of our own, but we also thought it would be fun to let other Designers work with the material so we could thoroughly explore and showcase its possibilities at NewspaperWood . To do this, we selected a group of Designers , each of whom would explore the material from their own unique perspectives and apply it to a product. The first prototypes were presented in Milan in 2011, and the Framed cabinet was among them.

"Breg Hanssen was one of the first designers we selected to work with this unique material. He approached the material in a pragmatic way, without ignoring its poetic qualities."

Arjan & Anieke

Since the presentation of NewspaperWood in Milan, this innovative material has reached a wider audience than just the clientele of Vij5. The material was used by Peugeot, among others, as a dashboard for two concept cars. Due to the success of NewspaperWood, Vij5 and Studio Mieke Meijer have now joined forces in a separate company called NewspaperWood bv.

This company is committed to the production and development of the NewspaperWood material in order to explore new semi-finished products, products and innovative applications. We are proud to be one of the founders of NewspaperWood bv and still use the material for various products in the Vij5 collection.

For more information you can visit this website: www.newspaperwood.com

The Framed cabinet is made by our metal producer in Bergeijk (NL) . The whole frame is built up as a system of 'compartments' which makes multiple combinations of the cabinet possible.

In the end it looks simple and sleek, but to get it that precise you need real craftsmanship! Especially when it comes to setting all the parts precisely and welding the steel frame.

When the whole cabinet is ready, the frame, doors and hinges are powder coated, after which it comes to us as a kit. We then carefully assemble the cabinet and also process the NewspaperWood veneer into panels so that everything can be neatly assembled.

In the material passport you can find where and by whom the different parts of this product are made.

All Framed cabinets are made to measure and to order. This gives you a lot of freedom of choice in colour and dimensions.

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Then come visit our showroom in Den Bosch, because this product is available exclusively through Vij5 and not through regular retailers.

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Please contact Arjan and request a quotation here.

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At our studio in Den Bosch, near the home furnishings district and just two minutes from the A2, everything comes together: showroom, workshop, warehouse, and office. Most of the products from the Vij5 collection are on display here.

Our showroom is still under construction, but you’re, of course, more than welcome to visit. Please contact us in advance and let us know which products you’d like to see, and we’ll see what we can do.

You can easily make an appointment by email or phone.