In 2006, the TextielMuseum commissioned Christie van der Haak to design the furnishing fabric Sassandra. The abstract pattern changes colour every 50 centimetres, so the design varies along the fabric’s length. The fabric was used to upholster Piet Hein Eek’s modular 25-metre-long Jufferbank (Missy Bench). The bench’s dimensions exactly match the width of the fabric. Eek’s modular benches are designed to be joined endlessly while the fabric design constantly changes.
Van der Haak (The Hague, 1950) studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. After graduating, she focused on painting ornamental patterns before she turned to designing and weaving fabrics. She won the 2015 Ouborg Prize, which recognises the oeuvre of artists from The Hague. In 2016, she wrapped the facade of the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami with fabrics she developed in the TextielLab.
