A Nesting Sofa for Family Growth
TAK
Client
Tjep. internal project
Design
Tjep.
Design team
Frank Tjepkema, Janneke Hooymans
Production
Tjep.
Year
2004
A Bird's-Eye View of Comfort
Imagine a sofa that evolves with your family—like a bird's nest expanding branch by branch—offering soft, organic respite amid life's flights. Tak (Dutch for "branch"), designed by Tjep. in 2004, is a modular seating piece made from fifty intertwined soft rubber branches, inviting users to sink into its embrace just as birds relax in the treetops.
Rubber Branches for Expandable Ease
Frank Tjepkema and Janneke Hooymans crafted Tak as a large, flexible sofa where pliable rubber limbs twine together, creating a nest-like form that grows seamlessly as needs change—add branches for more sitters, mirroring a real nest's organic expansion. Debuting at the 2004 Milan Furniture Fair, it playfully nods to aviation's conquest of the skies: "Thanks to airplanes, we fly like birds; thanks to Tak, we rest like them too."
Spotlight in Stedelijk's Nest Exhibition
As part of the 2004 "Nest: Design for the Interior" exhibition at Stedelijk Museum CS in Amsterdam, Tak joined works by Jurgen Bey and others in a showcase for municipal art acquisitions, earning acclaim for its whimsical functionality and role in redefining domestic spaces.
Tjep.'s Organic Innovation in Seating
Echoing the layered whimsy of Clockwork Love and the transformative forms of Chrysalide, Tak embodies Tjep.'s ethos of playful evolution—where furniture adapts like nature, fostering family bonds in resilient, rubbery grace.
Branching Out, One Nest at a Time
Flexible yet familial, it proves seating can grow with you. Explore more of Tjep.'s inventive designs on Tjep.com, where comfort takes flight.