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Designer
Raimond Puts
Raimond Puts (1937-2012) was a machine designer for whom technical engineering was a thread through his life. He played with a Meccano toy box at an early age, and in his technical education he was trained in the craft of metalwork.
Biography
Background
Raimond Puts (1937-2012) was a machine designer for whom technical engineering was a thread through his life. He played with a Meccano toy box at an early age, and in his technical education he was trained in the craft of metalwork.
Signature Style
He later began building models from cheap materials such as strip-iron, mosquito nets and paper, drawn to geometric shapes. With LED technology his increasingly refined constructions found a productive combination. He searched for the essence of a design and worked with minimal means for maximum results.
Notable Works
- The Raimond light, a sphere of triangular mesh and tiny LEDs, made for Moooi
Legacy
In 2010 Raimond Puts won the Sanoma Woon Awards prize for best Woonproduct of 2010 with the Raimond light. Moooi remembers him as the man who brought the starry night sky into our homes.
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