Prägen
Boards

A lasting impression

These special presentation boards are easy to use and at the same time embellish your kitchen. The boards have a textured pattern on one side that is applied as an embossing in the pear wood. The flat side can be used as a cutting board, the embossed side is intended as a presentation board. The circle shaped handles are perfect to carry them around or to hang them on the wall, creating a beautiful geometric composition.

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Prägen Boards

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!

We'll tell you the whole story. Click on the buttons to discover the different steps:

The Pragen Boards are designed by Hanne Willmann. Hanne is a product designer based in Berlin. Experimenting with different materials and all their numerous combinations forms the basis of all her work.

During her graduation she developed a technique to 'emboss' wood. After numerous studies she found a method to create permanent structures and relief in wood surfaces in this way.

Together with Vij5 , Hanne designed a set of two pearwood presentation boards for cutting and serving, which are unique because of the embossed relief pattern. This technique literally gives the pear wood surface a third dimension, making it both visually and tactile attractive.

Hanne Willmann

"With an open mind and a strong dedication to the craft I am determined to fully reveal the essence of every piece I come across. My products share a great deal of individuality and confidence, yet retain their modesty."

Hanne Willmann

Pragen Boards have been part of the Vij5 collection since 2017. We met Hanne in Germany, where she showed us samples from her “Prägen” project. We’ve always been fascinated b by ing interesting new materials, so we were immediately impressed by her technique. We took a sample back to our studio and invited Hanne to lead a workshop with us so we could further explore the possibilities of the technique together. The Prägen Boards are the first product we’ve developed using this technique.

Pragen Boards are handcrafted in small batches in our workshop. We use a special method— by —developed by Hanne Willmann to press permanent patterns and reliefs into wooden surfaces. Pear wood is used as the base material. In addition to having a beautiful colour , pear wood is particularly well-suited to this technique, whereas other types of wood are not.

After the planks have been made to measure, the pattern is 'embossed' using a special press. This does require some muscle!

Then the handles are attached to the wood and the planks are oiled with four layers of grape seed oil.

The boards are available in two sizes of approx. 18 x 30 cm or 16 x 68 cm, both with a black powder coated ring.

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

Would you like to see this product in real life?

Come visit our showroom in Den Bosch or stop by one of our ambassadors or other retail locations. Be sure to check in advance to see if they actually have this item in stock—not all retail locations carry the entire collection.

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Vij5 Ambassadors are specialists in, for example, our lighting, furniture and/or accessories, and are happy to advise you. A beautiful selection of products from our collection is available in their stores. If a particular item is not in stock, a Vij5 Ambassador can always order it for you.