Ruwe Bolster Art Lights & Furniture

10/06/2026

Most people see a lamp.
I saw the history of a building.

When I designed an apartment on Zeeburgerdijk in Amsterdam East, I kept thinking about what it used to be.
A fashion school.
That detail stayed with me.

Around that same time, I visited the in Tilburg and saw these colourful thread cones. Something so joyful about them. Simple, almost playful.
That image never really left.

So I combined leftover thread cones - found on - with fabric cables, a solid oak board, and a cone-shaped LED bulb with a retro feel. Because the building is from 1914.

Piece by piece, it became more than a light.
A colourful reminder of a building’s story.

The second STITCH IT was made from leftover fabric from , a fabric design and production company — sourced the same way.

Different material, same feeling.
Giving overlooked materials a new place. A second life.

Now they hang as centrepieces that bring warmth, colour and a bit of humour.

I love objects that make people smile. That make someone stop and ask:
“What is that?”
Because then the story begins.

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20/05/2026

WHAT A HIT art light installation

19/05/2026

Most buildings don’t need more decoration.

They need more ENERGY.

That’s what WHAT A HIT was built to do.

An art light installation made from real drum cymbals and hi-hats.

Why?

Because energy has always come from two places for me:

Music and sunlight.

In Detroit house music, the hi-hats carry the groove.

That lift.

That pulse.

That natural high.

So I wanted to take that feeling and turn it into something people could physically walk into.

Each light shines upward into the cymbal above it, creating warm glowing forms…

Like multiple suns suspended in space.

Not one source of energy.

Many.

Music.

Light.

Warmth.

Movement.

Atmosphere.

That is what great spaces do.

They don’t just look good.

They make you feel something the second you enter.

And if your space needs more life, more warmth, more soul…

That’s exactly what we create at Ruwe Bolster.

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28/04/2026

27/04/2026

ORIGIN

Everything starts somewhere.
For me, it started in corporate interior architecture…
spaces that looked good, but didn’t feel good.
Over time, I realised I was more interested in how spaces make people feel than how they look on paper.
Discovering the power of reusing materials, embracing imperfection, and designing with emotion changed everything.
This is how Ruwe Bolster began.

If you’re new here, this is the story behind the work.

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