HeijltjesAkkaya, an Amsterdam-based design studio led by Simon Akkaya and Maarten Heijltjes (formerly Waarmakers Studio), collaborates on creative projects that cultivate the positive and prioritize sustainability. Our process revolves around user-centered design, with prototyping at its core. We listen, question, empathize, research, reflect, strategize, dream, invent, design, make, and engineer. By considering the needs and perspectives of users at every stage, we aim to create intuitive, efficient, and compelling products and services.
Photo: Iris Duvekot
PRESS & AWARDS
MEDIA / AWARD
CLIENT
PROJECT
YEAR
“Office furniture designs for increasingly agile social workplaces”
Analogue®
A Simple Machine
2022
Stedelijk Museum
IT'S OUR F***ING BACKYARD - exhibition
Qwic
Bio-composite Hemp & Flax Scooter
2022
“A Simple Machine is active work, human powered furniture by HeijltjesAkkaya”
Independent work
A Simple Machine
2022
“transforming furniture promotes physical activity in the workplace”
Independent work
A Simple Machine
2022
Design District
Winner ‘Beste Stand’, nominated ‘Best Product’
Analogue®
A Simple Machine
2022
“… Dit is out-of-the-box-denken, het Helpende Bord is een schoolvoorbeeld van een innovatieve propositie …”
HAK / DDB
Het Helpende Bord
2021
Sustainable Brand Index
Finalist
HAK / DDB
Het Helpende Bord
2021
Eurobest
Silver
HAK / DDB
Het Helpende Bord
2021
Cannes Lions
Shortlist
HAK / DDB
Het Helpende Bord
2021
Waarmakers' R16 light is made from its own cardboard packaging
Independent work
R16 cardboard lighting
2016
Things of beauty “De lineaire ledlamp is gemaakt van karton waarbij de verpakking tevens het armatuur vormt”
Independent work
R16 cardboard lighting
2016
“Waarmakers R16 shipping package is also an LED tube light fixture”
Independent work
R16 cardboard lighting
2016
“…Goedzak is een platform om sociaal en duurzaam gedrag te stimuleren..”
Independent work
Goedzak
2015
“…introduce a more sustainable method of waste disposal along with a benevolent attitude towards providing potentially useful items for others..”
Independent work
Goedzak
2014
“A DUTCH DESIGN agency has come up with a concept for a rubbish bag that lets you dispose of items that you don't want, but which someone else might.”
Independent work
Goedzak
2014
“A Transparent Trash Bag For Garbage That Isn’t Ready To Be Thrown Away”
Independent work
Goedzak
2013
“Ninebyfour, designed by Dutch design studio Waarmakers, is a minimalist wooden design led lamp, crafted from local Amsterdam trees.”
Independent work
Ninebyfour
2013
“This Hyper Cool Electric Scooter Is Made of Hemp and Glue”
Qwic / Van.Eko
Be.e Bio-composite e-scooter
2013