An Interview with Piet Hein Eek
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This interview is really well edited. I can just tell.
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The amount of detail in his products is amazing, I really like the industrial look. Those tables make me druel. I can see others attempting to duplicate, copy this style of design....it looks simple, but it's really not.
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