Christien Meindertsma - Bottom Ash Observatory - 2015

Christien Meindertsma - Bottom Ash Observatory

edition of 2000
160 pages
language: english
42 x 30 cm, hard cover

In great condition, no missing or torn pages.
Contains only a few small damages on cover side and corners. See photos.


photographed by Mathijs Labadie
preface by Christien Meindertsma


Bottom Ash Observatory is an encyclopaedic book that takes the reader on a 160 page journey, following the contents of a 25 kg bucket of bottom ash.

The project, and resulting tome, reveals the astounding richness of this undervalued material.
Bottom Ash is incinerated household waste; the waste of the waste.

Through processes of sieving, drying, laser analysing and separating tens of thousands of pieces by hand, Meindertsma extracted a wealth of different materials.

The book illustrates the potential of finding value is overlookedmaterials such as this.
The precious materials found in the bucket of bottom ash such as; zinc, aluminium and silver, were melted down and reformed, creating a visual chart demonstrating the richness of thematerial.


The book was produced in collaboration with photographer Mathijs Labadie who photographed the materials with extreme precision.
In choosing to represent this project in book-form Meindertsma references the volumes produced in the 18thcentury which depict newly discovered minerals and botany with both scientific accuracy and a sense of wonder.

The original book and collected materials are part of the collection of the Boijmans van Beuningen museum.

Book is printed in an edition of 2000 by thomas eyck.
Sold is the first edition from 2015.
In great condition.


Christien Meindertsma is one of The Netherlands best designers along with Floris Hovers, Studio Job, Marcel Wanders, Kiki Van Eijk, Irma Boom, Hella Jongerius, Bertjan Pot, Maarten Baas, Rem Koolhaas and Wiel Arets etc

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