Multifunctional Business Gift
Tolhuijs Design
In the Netherlands, it is common to receive a Christmas present from your employer preceding the Christmas holidays. Tolhuijs Design won the tender to design and produce gifts for the 16.000 employees of the DJI (Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency).
Starting point was a concept idea by Tolhuijs for a product that could be used as either grill, fire pit, planter, or composter. The concept has been re-designed to improve durability, producibility, packability, and aesthetics through material research, form studies, prototypes, and tests. The gift had to be produced by inmates which limited the production methods and available materials.
Initial Concept by Tolhuijs
