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Jólan van der Wiel creates spiky shoes for Iris van Herpen using magnets

These prickly looking shoes and accessories by Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel were formed using magnets and worn during Iris van Herpen's latest catwalk show (+ slideshow). More

Magnetic dresses by Iris van Herpen and Jólan van der Wiel

Dutch designers Iris van Herpen and Jólan van der Wiel collaborated to grow these dresses with magnets. More

Gravity stool by Jólan van der Wiel wins [D3] Contest at imm cologne

Dezeen Wire: designer Jólan van der Wiel has won the €3000 first prize in the [D3] Contest for young designers at trade fair imm cologne in Germany for his Gravity Stool shaped by magnets. He showed the machine used to make the pieces at Dezeen Platform in September and you can watch it in action in our movies on Dezeen Screen.

The second prize of €2000 was awarded to Lee Sanghyeok for his Listen to Your Hands Table and the third prize of €1000 went to Marc Bell & Robin Grasby for the Apollo lamp.

Read more about Jólan van der Wiel here and more about Cologne 2012 here.

Jólan van der Wiel at Dezeen Platform

Dezeen Platform: in this interview we filmed at Dezeen Space, designer Jólan van der Wiel explains how his series of stools are shaped by magnets and gravity. Watch the movie »