Bench Players - Rop van Mierlo Undo

About Rop van Mierlo

Rop van Mierlo studied at Design Academy Eindhoven and graduated cum laude in 2008. He works with various mediums but starts his process mostly with drawings or paintings. Control – or the absence of it – is an important part of his work. He is best known for his picture book ‘Wild Animals’, which won a Dutch Design Award in 2011. Van Mierlo is intrigued by the human need to control nature. Using a wet-on-wet technique, he paints animals that he can’t control. His books are sold in MoMA in New York, Design Museum London and (late) Colette in Paris, amongst others. Van Mierlo has collaborated on projects with Hermès, Marni, Head Porter and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Wild Animals - Bench Players

For his Wild Animals project, Van Mierlo experiments with his paintings in new techniques and materials. Resulting in undomesticated and qualitatively objects and products made in limited editions to unique items. At Piet Hein Eek Van Mierlo presents his new work, part of the 'Bench Players' release, a family of unused or rejected animals.