Get it at the creatives / a gift guide - 2020 edition

Get your gifts from someone who put love, care and attention into creating them

Nothing lights up the darkness quite as joyfully as an abundance of (LED) string lights.
So bring on the Holiday cheer!
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Although we might not be able to physically make it to the ones we love this year, luckily we can still let them know we're thinking about them by sending them a thoughtful gift.

In the current circumstances it's probably not a great idea to go out on the streets for a shopping spree.
​However, it is a great time to shop online! 

Before you conveniently order at one of those online warehouses with billionaire bosses, think about all the creative entrepreneurs out there busting their behinds to create beautiful new things every day. 

​How about gifting your loved one something truly unique, bought from the actual person who created that product?

​Most designers and makers have a webshop nowadays, and because exhibitions were cancelled, they can really use your business.

Here is a selection of wonderful independent designers based in the Netherlands.
Each of the products leaving the studio's and workshops of these creatives is designed and made with love, care and personal attention.
Which is just what you want for a gift.

Scroll down for super special gifts available online and click to visit the respective webshops.
We use a lot of images and less text, more information can always be found by clicking the link!

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A list of Dutch creative entrepreneurs to get your gift from - In no particular order

Please note: No affiliate deals here, simply supporting our creative colleagues.

Full disclosure: We do profit from sales placed at the House of Thol webshop, because, well.. that's us. 

To designers: want to be added or like your input changed? Get in touch! ​

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House of Thol

Well, you might know House of Thol, as you're on our website.
Our aim is to always create beautiful durable products that make green living easier. We put in a lot of effort into producing affordable and functional products that are fun to gift.
The collection includes a.o. a natural watering system, flower arranging tools, a propagation disk and postcards you can sow.
As a special, we offer free wrapping this Holiday season! 

prices range from €2,- to €27,50
<visit the House of Thol webshop>

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Studio Lenneke Wispelwey

Lenneke Wispelwey is true master in ceramics. She is best known for het 'Fragile opulence' collection, an interesting and large family of dishes and interior accessories known for geometric shapes in most products, powdery colours and the contrast between bisque and glazed porcelain.

Lenneke makes everything by hand in her studio in Arnhem and always strives for perection.
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Prices starting from €15,-
<Visit Lenneke Wispelweys' webshop>

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Mo Man Tai

Studio mo man tai by Ulrike Jurklies and Paul Bas is is located in Eindhoven. 
In addition to design services as graphic and product design, studio mo man tai is also a strategic design studio. 

The colorful mo man tai collection ranges from recycled key chains (€9,50) to gradient candles (15,50/set of 6), beautiful diy paper flowers (€9,90) and much much more.

<Visit mo man tai webshop>

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Hella

Hella Duijs is best known for her colorful collection of porcelain vases named after women she knows.
She also makes a contemporary piggy bank, a porcelain bell jar, and candle holders.
Everything is made by hand in her studio at the Honig Factory in Nijmegen.

Prices starting from €19,-
<Visit Hella webshop>

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Botanopia

Botanopia designs products out of a live for all growing things.
Founded by creative entrepreneur pur sang Lise Lefebvre, the brand had grown into an international go to for botanical accessories.

Plant accessories from €6,80, porcelain germination plates €14,90.
NB- minimum purchase of €14,80 is required.
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<Visit Botanopia website>

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David Derksen

The natural sciences and specifically the characteristics of materials are David Derksen’s main sources of inspiration. 
The behaviour of materials and their processing and construction methods are the main focus of his work. In his designs he tries to express the beauty of materials and the way objects are made.
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Prices from €35,-
<See all work at Davidderksen.com>

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Studio Kars + Boom

Studio Kars + Boom translates stories into infographics, animations, map design, (city) landscapes, illustrations and other printed matter, designing from concept to creation.

Their collection is all about print and graphic illustrations and ranges from postcards to puzzles and large prints.
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Prices starting from €3,50
<Check out the Kars + Boom webshop>

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Roos Soetekouw

Roos Soetekouw loves nature and its unusual shapes and colours. Her works show an explosion of discoveries.
Each design is a result of a personal journey, a discovery in form, color, weaving technique and material.
Her research is mostly expressed in textile designs or interior accessories.

Prices starting from €21,95 (tea towels)
<See all collections at the webshop>

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Studio Ineke van der Werff

Studio Ineke van der Werff designs and produces fine porcelain since 2012.

With an experimental approach, Ineke creates plates, bowls, cups and vases that are each uniquely glazed. The techniques she developed, make sure that no piece is the same.
All unique individuals, just like us.

Prices starting from €20,-
<See all at Ineke van der Werff website>

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Family W

Family W is a new Dutch label founded by two brothers In 2017.
The label focusses on well made furniture that loves to grow old.
The heirlooms of the future.

Starting from €89,-
<Read all about it here>

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Orange or Red

​Orange or Red is fabulously simple: you'll warm to our knitted throws, disappear into our soft cushions, stay comfortably upright on our stools and shoulder our bags with pleasure. 
Made from all natural materials. Beautiful to look at and wonderful to feel.
Simple.
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Starting at €19,90
<Visit the Orange or Red webshop>

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Studio Harm & Elke

Studio Harm & Elke creates colorful porcelain products for the interior.

Everything is handmade at their studio in Eindhoven, and their collection ranges from vases and tableware to candle holders and clocks.
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Starting at €11,95
<Visit the Studio Harm & Elke webshop>

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Studio Thier & Van Daalen

Iris van Daalen & Ruben Thier share their fascination for light, reflection, geometric and organic shapes, together with the transience of nature.
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​Over and over, they see it as a challenge to get hold of these phenomena and to abstract and translate them into sustainable designs.

Starting at €15,-
<Visit Thier & van Daalen webshop>

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Studio Lorier

Industrial designer Sander Lorier (1988) is fascinated by cleverly designed products that are simple to use and add extra functionality.

Sander handcrafts all his designs in the Netherlands, using materials such as ceramics, wood, and copper.

Prices starting at €6,-
<Visit Studio Lorier webshop> 

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Foekje Fleur

After graduating in both Design and Fine Arts, Foekje Fleur found her way by making objects that are functional and yet, give space for thought.
Her attractive and colorful designs seem playful at first sight but are in fact inspired by serious topics like environmental pollution.

Design products starting from €16,90
<Read all about it here>

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Maarten Babtist

Designer Maarten Baptist has an affinity with food and coffee. He creates both delicate tabletop products and an extensive range of furniture.
Maarten develops icons for day-to-day activities, each with an elegant sense of presence.

Cutlery starting from €6,50, glassware from €9,95
<Click to visit webshop>

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Renske Versluijs

Dutch designer Renske Versluijs launched her own label in 2010. She has a natural love for materials, colour and patterns.

The collection is designed in bold shapes, complimented with distinct colours and elegant hand drawn patterns.

design products starting at €15,-
<Visit webshop>

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Studio Mickey Philips

Mickey’s work is a playful balance between meaningful design and usable art.
​It is characterized by the use of distinctive materials, shapes and colors, however there is always more to discover in her designs. She has an eye for detail and the usability of a product.

​prices starting from €49,-
<Visit webshop>

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Studio Carmela Bogman

Studio Carmela Bogman wants to make you aware of the natural beauty that surrounds you. With simple and friendly design that embraces nature and all of her beauty. Extensive research about history, surrounding or future use lead to products with a well thought story.

Bird desserts starting from €7,95
<See more here>

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Vij5

Although Arjan and Anieke of Vij5 were trained as an architect and a designer, they're now mainly focussing on publishing products with other designers.

​We know how hard they work and they've built up quite a collection over the past years, so definitely check it out!
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​prices starting from €15,-
<Visit webshop>

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All things we like

All Things We Like brings you playful design that has a positive impact on your mood but minimal impact on the environment. 

Janneke, who runs the brand, loves to create beautiful and functional designs for your everyday life and home. With a collection ranging from jewelry to poster design, there's something for any budget.

Prices starting at €1,50 for prints, €12,50 for pins and €12,50 for plant hangers.
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<Visit webshop>

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Storytiles

From the studio in Amsterdam StoryTiles brings out a new collection in spring and fall every year. StoryTiles bakes her tiles in Holland in the artisanal way in a traditional Dutch oven. 

Marga van Oers’ designs have become a universal visual language and tile lovers all over the world collect them to create their own story on their walls.

Mini tiles €12,95, Storytiles from €27,50
<Get the Storytiles here> 

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Veer & Moon

Veer & Moon offers a beautifully illustrated and designed collection of all different kinds of flower seed packages perfect to send to a loved one to celebrate the special moments in life.

​Prices starting at €5,-

<Check out the Veer en Moon webshop> 

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Studio Hamerhaai

Niki and Boudewijn of Studio Hamerhaai create design products from reused materials.
They're best known for their wooden 'Rijkswachters', made from former transport crates of the Rijksmuseum, but their collection is much larger than just the cute robots.

Prices starting from €27,50
<Visit Studio Hamerhaai webshop>

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Niko Niko

If you are happy, it will make other people happy too. You don't have to do anything, it just spreads automatically like a happiness-virus.
We decided we want to be part of this positive movement. Better yet, we want to be at the start of it. That is why we develop concepts & products that bring color, beauty and surprises into this world. Small things that make you smile.

Prices starting at €3,95
<Visit Niko Niko Webshop>

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Other Dutch creative entrepreneurs

Choco Cities - €4,95
<Get them here>

Keecie leather bags - €149,-
<Get them here>

Air Planting, Carolijn Slottje - €34,95
<Get them here>

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Let's make more people happy

So go ahead and create a smile on the face of the one you're sending your gift to, as well as on the face of the person who created it!
Spread the Dutch Design Love!!

Missing a creative entrepreneur and this person has a webshop?
Let us know and we'll look int adding her/him to the guide!

<Click here to visit the House of Thol webshop> (don't forget, we offer free gift wrapping this season!) ;-D