Richard Hutten Biography

Born in 1967 in Zwollerkerspel, Netherlands, Richard Hutten graduated from the Academy of Industrial Design, Eindhoven in 1991 and began working at Droog Design only two years later. He believes in expressing clever ideas through simple designs. His Minimalist approach is even visible in the 3 Minus 1 desk which although with drawers has no ornamental elements whatsoever.

He describes his designs as humorous, friendly and surprising. He has designed a lot of furniture and household items but he has also worked on many interior and exhibition designs.

However, in all of his different project he sticks to his theory of achieving distinctive effects by simple means. He has also designed many children-friendly products such as the Bronto chair, the Elephant hassocks and the Dumbo cup.

His work is part of permanent collections in many museums such as the Central Museum Utrecht, Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art in Amsterdam, Vitra museum in Weil Am Rhein, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

His clients include: Hidden, Harvink, DMD, Planet, Sawaya & Moroni , REEEL, E&Y Tokyo, IDÉE Tokyo, Englender UK, S.M.A.K. Iceland, Pure-design Toronto, Centraal Museum Utrecht, MOSS New York, Donna Karan New York, Maxfield Los Angeles, Karl Lagerveld, KPN telecom and HRH Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.