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BIOGRAPHY
Tord Boontje by Tord Boontje
1968 born in Enschede, Netherlands on 3 October at 23.50
1969 finished with breast feeding.
1970 drew a purple cow for my sister on her bedroom wall.
1971 refused to speak until the age of three and then I said: “Mama, I’m hungry, when are we eating?”
1972 was an indian.
1973 experiment one: smashed all the windows of our house that I could reach with a hammer.
1974 could do a perfect mimic of Kung Fu Dancing from the TV.
1975 experiment two: stuck two nails in an electrical socket.
1976 went happily to the Sunflower School.
1977 buried my guinea pig in the garden.
1978 wore any clothes, as long as they were blue (cornflower blue).
1979 experiment three: involving a moving train and toilet rolls.
1980 cycled 300 kilometres through Holland.
1981 went to my first real disco parties
1982 painted my room black, white and red.
1983 wore any clothes, as long as they were black, white or red.
1984 made a new earring every day.
1985 spent Saturday nights at Eureka.
1986 made sunglasses from perforated aluminium and sold them on the streets of Paris.
1987 spent Saturday nights at the Effenaar.
1988 scavenged the Phillips’ industrial rubbish dumps.
1989 work placement and clubbing in New York.
1990 worked for Studio Alchimia in Milan.
1991 graduated from the Design Academy in Eindhoven.
1992 came to London, met Emma.
1993 had a great year.
1994 graduated from the Royal College of Art, London.
1995 designed exhibitions with Ulf Moritz in Amsterdam.
1996 moved to Peckham, south London and set up my first studio.
1997 started recycling bottles under the name tranSglass.
1998 started designing products for Alexander McQueen.
1999 exhibited my Rough-and-Ready furniture at Tate Modern.
2000 my daughter Evelyn is born. Spent six weeks in a Swedish forest.
2001 became fascinated by bunnies, horses, flowers and started the Wednesday collection.
2002 went back to the RCA to teach. Made chandeliers for Swarovski.
2003 nominated for the Design Museum's Designer of the Year award.
2004 presented the Happy Ever After exhibition at Moroso in Milan.
2005 stages the opening exhibition of the Moss gallery in New York....
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