In Aldo Bakker’s sculptural console tables, seating and decorative objects, the Dutch designer prioritizes form over function and increasingly blurs the lines between art and furniture.
Bakker began to craft jewelry and models for his parents in 1987. His father is Gijs Bakker, the designer and cofounder of Droog, and his mother is Emmy van Leersum, the avant-garde jewelry maker who collaborated with her husband on monumental collars, bracelets and headpieces that set the fashion world atwitter in the 1960s and ’70s. With no formal training — he dropped out of design school after mere months — Aldo evolved quickly as a designer, exploring sculpture and creating furniture, utensils and other home goods.
Bakker secured commissions for legendary Danish silverware firm Georg Jensen and took to studying artists of all mediums. He found inspiration in the work of composer Luigi Nono, painter Giorgio Morani and architect-designer Carlo Scarpa. He has spent months or even years producing drawings and models in his studio, refining ideas for a particular shape before deciding what sort of object it should be. Then, he usually partners with a craftsperson capable of making it in a specified material, like silver, glass, ceramic, wood or lacquer.
In addition to the work he’s done for Georg Jensen, Bakker has created pieces for Austrian jewelry company Swarovski, Danish design brand Karakter, French silversmiths Puiforcat and more. He has commanded attention at the Looiersgracht 60 and has had solo exhibitions at Atelier Courbet in New York, the Libby Sellers Gallery in London and the Villa Noailles in France and the Vivid Gallery in Rotterdam, among others.
Bakker’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Centre Pompidou, the Rijksmuseum and other institutions.
On 1stDibs, find Aldo Bakker tables, case pieces and storage cabinets.
Aldo Bakker Coffee Table Lounge, Rolle Steel by Karakter
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Coffee table designed by Aldo Bakker in 2015. A single sheet of steel rolled in one smooth motion into a self-supporting construction. Aldo Bakker’s exquisite sense of merging co...
Steel
Aldo Bakker Dark Sepia Coffee Table Lounge For Karakter
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Aldo Bakker Dark Sepia Coffee Table Lounge For Karakter A single sheet of steel rolled in one smooth motion into a self-supporting construction. Aldo Bakker’s exquisite sense of me...
Steel
Aldo Bakker Coffee Table for Karakter, Steel & Lacquer
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Aldo Bakker Coffe Table For karakter A single sheet of steel rolled in one smooth motion into a self-supporting construction. Aldo Bakker’s exquisite sense of merging colour, mater...
Steel
Set of Two Coffee Tables, Rolle Steel Designed by Aldo Bakker for Karakter
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Coffee tables designed by Aldo Bakker in 2015. A single sheet of steel rolled in one smooth motion into a self-supporting construction. Aldo Bakker’s exquisite sense of merging c...
Steel
Set of 2 Coffee Tables, Rolle Steel Designed by Aldo Bakker for Karakter
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Coffee tables designed by Aldo Bakker in 2015. A single sheet of steel rolled in one smooth motion into a self-supporting construction. Aldo Bakker’s exquisite sense of merging col...
Steel
Aldo Bakker Two Set Coffee Table Lounge For Karakter
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Aldo Bakker Two Set Coffee Table Lounge For Karakter A single sheet of steel rolled in one smooth motion into a self-supporting construction. Aldo Bakker’s exquisite sense of mergi...
Steel
Aldo Bakker Occasional Table, Lacquered Steel, Modern Design, Denmark
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Berlin, DE
Occasional table by Aldo Bakker, 2015. Dimensions: H: 40cm D: 25-32cm Material: Steel / Finish: Lacquered
Steel
Fons Vermeulen coffee table Lomm Netherlands 1982
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
A rare and symmetrical coffee table designed by Fons Vermeulen for a private residence, Lomm, The Netherlands, 1982. This remarkable square coffee table is a true masterpiece of Boss...
Copper
Peter Maly Trinum Series Coffee Table by COR
By COR, Peter Maly
Located in New York, NY
Trinom white coffee table by Peter Maly for COR. circa 1970. Curved bentwood legs supporting a laminate top, accented with round chrome medallions. Dimensions: 11.5” H x 30.25”...
Laminate, Bentwood
Rare Coffee Table by Italian Architect Lorenzo Forges Davanzati, 1961, Published
By Lorenzo Forges Davanzati
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Supremely elegant and super rare coffee table by Milan architect Lorenzo Forges Davanzati, produced by ELAM,Italy in1961. This design was produced in two sizes this is the larger and rarer variant of an already extremely rare design. The table is made of enameled wood with a decorative stainless steel insert to the pedestal. This table is very seldom seen and was published in Casa Vogue,Domus and the italian design bible "repertorio 1950-80". The table has some minor losses to the original lacquer which can easily be touched in and refinished to blend in with the original lacquer. In November 2009 the first major monograph on Forges Davanzati's architectural and design work was published. 'Lorenzo Forges Davanzati. Architettura e oltre', S. Mason P. De Amicis, November 2009 This design is published in :- Domus ,October 1966 (please see image 2) 'Repertorio 1950-80' Gramigna ,pg 172 (picture with original design date as 1961) , please see image 4 ,pg 167 in Repertorio also shows the table with a set of Rafaella Crespi...
Stainless Steel
Belgian Mid-Century Coffee Table in the Style of Alfred Hendrickx for Belform, 1
Located in Wommelgem, BE
A refined Belgian mid-century coffee table dating from the 1950s, featuring a warm wooden top set on a sculptural black-finished wooden frame. The design is characterized by softly ...
Maple
Coffe Table by michel Boyer
By Michel Boyer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michel Boyer lacquered coffee table from 1970 Michel Boyer de Rebeval, known as Michel Boyer, was born in Paris in 1935 into a family of craftsmen and architects. He studied at the ...
Wood
