About
photo: Esma Chekkou
Working in between the fields of product design and art, Rein patiently plays and crafts - presenting unusual, colorful objects that get featured in design shows. One-offs might end up in homes of design collectors or they open doors to a comissioned work.
By mixing up materials and bending the rules a bit Rein reimagines craft and tradition.
A dazzling quilt made of shirts, baskets of packaging straps, a hand woven QR-code, a flying raincoat - to name a few. But Rein often comes back to a few basics: weaving, coiling, knotting and making ready-mades. This particular way of working made Rein an early and proud member of the @_basketclub_
From ready-mades up to products on commission, his work is described playfull, easy to understand and to often set up a smile.
So from time to time Rein spreads his love for crafting by giving workshops at art academies and design institutions.
By mixing up materials and bending the rules a bit Rein reimagines craft and tradition.
A dazzling quilt made of shirts, baskets of packaging straps, a hand woven QR-code, a flying raincoat - to name a few. But Rein often comes back to a few basics: weaving, coiling, knotting and making ready-mades. This particular way of working made Rein an early and proud member of the @_basketclub_
From ready-mades up to products on commission, his work is described playfull, easy to understand and to often set up a smile.
So from time to time Rein spreads his love for crafting by giving workshops at art academies and design institutions.
cv (summary)
2026 Domaine de Boisbuchet Summer Workshop
Wild Stitching: Coils, Ropes and Radical Forms
-sold out- 09.08.26 - 15.08.26
Lessac, France
2026 HOME SWEET HOME ♥️ Object With Love
An exhibition reimagining birdhouses through design
MAD Brussels - 11.03.26 - 25.04.26
Brussels
2025 PACKBAGS x reinreitsma
Limited Edition Coil Bags collaboration
Amsterdam
2025 Crafts Council Show HOW & WOW
Dutch Design Week
Eindhoven
2025 Design Biennale Rotterdam - Crafting Plastic
Organising a group show featuring : Lex Pott, Job van den Berg, Pierre Castignola, Phil Procter, Earnest Studio, Jas&Cal, Adrianus Kundert, The New Raw, Bertjan Pot, Chris Kabel ...
Rotterdam
2024 STORE STORE - Regular Workshops
Rotterdam
2024 London Design Festival - Material Matters
Hairy Hat on show with Sanne Visser Hair Cycle
London
2024 CID Grand Hornu - HOME MADE
Designshow featuring Woven Candles
Hornu
2023 SUSAN BIJL industrial designer
Rotterdam
2023 Alcova, Basketclub show + book launch
Milano
2022 U-JOINTS show - Knots & Knits
Design Week Finland
Helsinki
2021 CraftsCouncil x @_basketclub_
HOW & WOW - BASK IT! Dutch Design Week
Eindhoven
2021 @_basketclub_ Happy member :-)
2020 Hema Design Contest Finalist
Amsterdam
2015 snijlab Designer / Operator
Rotterdam
2015 Bachelor of Design Product Design
Willem de Kooning Academy
Rotterdam - The Netherlands
2014 Hans Boodt - Mannequins Knaapje in collection
Zwijndrecht
2013 Studio Chris Kabel Internship
Rotterdam
2011 BSc Industrial Design TU-Delft
Technical University (First-year curriculum completed)
Delft