# Tjep.

> Amsterdam design studio of Dutch designer Frank Tjepkema (founded 2001). Interiors, public space, products, furniture, architecture and jewellery. Work held in fifteen museum collections worldwide.

Tjep. is the studio of Frank Tjepkema, based at Veembroederhof 204, 1019 HC Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The practice blends commissioned work for brands and institutions with gallery and exhibition pieces. Frank is also creative director of contemporary jewellery brand OYUKIO.

Official site: https://www.tjep.com
Contact: goodnews@tjep.com · +31 6 212 82 662
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frank_tjepkema/
Jewellery: https://www.oyukio.com
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Tjepkema
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20177296

## Studio

- [Home](https://www.tjep.com/): Current work and the 25th-anniversary project Infinite Scroll
- [About Frank Tjepkema](https://www.tjep.com/about): Biography, awards, museum collections, teaching
- [Services](https://www.tjep.com/services): Concept, engineering, realisation, project management, identity, consulting, keynotes
- [Contact](https://www.tjep.com/contact): Studio address, phone, email, visits by appointment

## Work by discipline

- [Public spaces](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces): Zwerm, Bicycloud, Air Cells, Paleis Het Loo, Light Bridge
- [Interiors](https://www.tjep.com/interiors): Schiphol Lounge 3 and 4, Heineken Flagship Store, Restaurant Praq, House of Tulips
- [Products](https://www.tjep.com/products): Infinite Scroll, Do Break, Oranjevaas, Pearl Drop
- [Furniture](https://www.tjep.com/furniture): Bronze Age collection, Recession Chair, Chair of Textures
- [Jewellery](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry): Bling Bling, Clockwork Love, OYUKIO
- [Architecture](https://www.tjep.com/architectural): Village Super Market, Oogst (Harvest), House of Yes

## Current (2026)

- [Infinite Scroll](https://www.tjep.com/products/infinite-scroll): Kinetic sculptures in which a free-standing robot performs a smartphone swipe once a minute. Limited edition of 25 (brass, stainless or corten steel). Premiere: Big Art, Codrico Factory, Rotterdam, 11-13 September 2026; GLUE Amsterdam, Waag Futurelab, 17-19 September 2026.

## Public spaces

- [Paleis Het Loo](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/paleis-het-loo): Entrance gates for Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn by Amsterdam studio Tjep., linking the historic palace grounds with contemporary public art.
- [Air Cells](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/air-cells): Air Cells: four stainless-steel ventilation towers in Amsterdam Houthavens by Tjep., landmarks that serve an underground tunnel for the City of Amsterdam.
- [Bicycloud](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/bicycloud): Bicycloud is a 100-metre public artwork by Tjep. on Amsterdam’s Rokin, commissioned by the city in 2017 as part of the Rode Loper.
- [Evolution Garden](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/evolution-garden): Evolution Garden (Evolutietuin) in Utrecht: art installations and information boards by Tjep. for a public garden on evolution and nature.
- [City Podium Waterlandplein](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/waterland-plein): City Podium Waterlandplein in Amsterdam-Noord by Tjep.: a public stage and square commissioned by Ymere as part of Nieuw Waterlandplein.
- [Zwerm](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/zwerm): Zwerm is a large steel-and-LED canopy by Tjep. in Eindhoven, about 65 metres long, created as a public gathering space.
- [Aemstel Schooltuin](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/aemstel-schooltuin): Ornate entrance gates by Tjep. for Aemstel Schooltuin in Amsterdam, inviting children into a school garden.
- [Light Bridge](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/light-bridge): Light Bridge: a luminous sculpture by Tjep. for the Amsterdam Light Festival, an arc of light over water.
- [Transformation](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/transformation): Transformation: land art by Tjep. in Veghels Buiten, white lines in a field that form a farmhouse silhouette from one vantage point.
- [Amstel Station](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/amstel-station): Modular seating by Tjep. at Amsterdam Amstel Station, turning a waiting area into a calmer public sitting space.
- [City Garden](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/city-garden): Amsterdam City Garden: a conceptual public-garden proposal by Tjep. for the City of Amsterdam.
- [Francois Vattel Cooking School](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/francois-vattel-cooking-school): Identity and art installation by Tjep. for the François Vattel Cooking School.
- [Clockwork Snow](https://www.tjep.com/public-spaces/clockwork-snow): Clockwork Snow: a winter window installation by Tjep. for La Rinascente in Milan, mixing clockwork and snow.

## Interiors

- [Restaurant Praq](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/restaurant-praq): Restaurant Praq in Amersfoort: a hospitality interior by Amsterdam design studio Tjep.
- [Heineken Brand Store](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/heineken-brand-store): Heineken Flagship Store interior by Tjep., a branded retail space for the beer company.
- [Schiphol Lounge 3](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/schiphol-lounge-3): Schiphol Lounge 3 by Tjep., including the House of Tulips, an airport lounge interior at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
- [Philips LAC](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/philips): Philips LAC: a branded interior environment by Amsterdam design studio Tjep. for Philips.
- [Schiphol Lounge 4](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/schiphol-lounge-4): Schiphol Lounge 4: an airport lounge interior by Tjep. at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
- [Tax and Customs Museum](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/belasting-douane-museum): Exhibition design by Tjep. for the Tax & Customs Museum in the Netherlands.
- [Hema Beauty Store](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/hema-beauty-store): HEMA Beauty Store: a retail beauty interior by Amsterdam design studio Tjep.
- [Food in Wartime](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/eten-in-oorlogstijd): Food in Wartime (Eten in Oorlogstijd): exhibition design by Tjep. on food, scarcity and conflict.
- [Villa Sofa](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/villa-sofa): Villa Sofa interior by Tjep., a residential project built around a custom sofa landscape.
- [Fabbrica Rotterdam](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/fabbrica-rotterdam): Fabbrica Rotterdam interior by Tjep., an early hospitality and workplace project.
- [Aventus Care](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/aventus-care): Aventus Care: an interior by Tjep. for a Dutch care and training environment.
- [Airco Tree](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/airco-tree): Airco Tree by Tjep. for British Airways, Artwise and Droog: a sculptural cooling installation.
- [Ako](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/ako): AKO bookstore at Schiphol by Tjep., a travel-retail interior at Amsterdam Airport.
- [Schiphol M Corridor](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/schiphol-m-corridor): Schiphol M Corridor by Tjep.: an airport corridor interior at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
- [Unfold](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/unfold): Unfold: an interior installation by Amsterdam design studio Tjep.
- [Fogo Island Inn](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/fogo-island-inn): Chandelier and interior piece by Tjep. for Fogo Island Inn, Newfoundland.
- [Radio 1](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/radio-1): Radio 1: a broadcast-studio interior by Amsterdam design studio Tjep.
- [By The Grape](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/by-the-grape): By The Grape: a wine-bar interior by Amsterdam design studio Tjep.
- [Pluk](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/pluk): Pluk: a hospitality interior by Amsterdam design studio Tjep.
- [Fabbrica Bergen](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/fabbrica-bergen): Fabbrica Bergen interior by Tjep., a restaurant and workplace in Bergen.
- [Nemo Science Museum](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/nemo-science-museum): Interior work by Tjep. for NEMO Science Museum on Amsterdam’s harbour.
- [Maritiem Museum Rotterdam](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/maritiem-museum-rotterdam): Interior and exhibition work by Tjep. for the Maritime Museum Rotterdam.
- [Fabryque](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/fabryque): Fabryque: a hospitality interior by Amsterdam design studio Tjep.
- [Zaan Theater](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/zaan-theater): Comic Tragic at Zaan Theater: interior and identity work by Amsterdam studio Tjep.
- [Aventus Economy](https://www.tjep.com/interiors/aventus-economy): Aventus Economy interior by Tjep., a workplace and learning environment design.

## Products

- [Vuurs](https://www.tjep.com/products/vuurs-2): Vuurs: product design by Tjep. that treats fire as an everyday object and ritual.
- [Oranjevaas](https://www.tjep.com/products/oranjevaas): Oranjevaas: crystal vases by Tjep., produced with Royal Leerdam Crystal and Marco Lopulalan.
- [Pearl Drop](https://www.tjep.com/products/pearl-drop): Pearl Drop: a lighting piece by Tjep. with Preciosa, a hanging crystal form.
- [Cubism](https://www.tjep.com/products/cubism): Cubism by Tjep.: a modular object in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum collection.
- [Waater](https://www.tjep.com/products/waater): Waater bottle (2007) by Tjep. for the Dutch mineral-water brand, silver at the European Design Awards.
- [Echo](https://www.tjep.com/products/echo): Echo (2015) by Tjep. for Preciosa Lighting: an asymmetric crystal chandelier reworking a Dutch Eugene.
- [Busk](https://www.tjep.com/products/moooi-busk): Busk (2017) by Tjep. for Moooi: a pendant lamp whose metal form suggests sea creatures.
- [Signature Vase](https://www.tjep.com/products/signature-vase): Signature Vase by Frank Tjepkema and Joris Laarman for Amsterdam studio Tjep.
- [Real Artificial Plant](https://www.tjep.com/products/real-artificial-plant): Real Artificial Plant by Frank Tjepkema: a plastic plant that questions what counts as natural.
- [Do Break](https://www.tjep.com/products/do-break): Do Break: a ceramic vase by Frank Tjepkema and Peter van der Jagt that is meant to be broken, then held by a rubber skin.
- [Destructive Deco](https://www.tjep.com/products/destructive-deco): Destructive Deco by Tjep.: decoration made from deliberate digital and production errors.
- [Digital Award](https://www.tjep.com/products/digital-award): The Digital Award (Immaterial Trophy) by Frank Tjepkema: an optical-crystal object for Amsterdam’s Koos Andriessen ICT Award.
- [Birdhouse](https://www.tjep.com/products/birdhouse): Birdhouse skateboard graphic by Tjep. (2019) for Tony Hawk’s Birdhouse brand.
- [Bavaria](https://www.tjep.com/products/bavaria): Identity, packaging and merchandise by Tjep. for Dutch beer brand Bavaria.
- [Beylerbeyi](https://www.tjep.com/products/beylerbeyi): Beylerbeyi: product and identity work by Amsterdam design studio Tjep.
- [Architectenweb Award](https://www.tjep.com/products/architectenweb-award): Architectenweb Award by Frank Tjepkema: a wooden-block trophy for Dutch architecture, made as a playful counterpoint to the field.
- [Let me out](https://www.tjep.com/products/royal-delft): Let me out: a Delft Blue vase by Tjep. for Royal Delft, hand-painted earthenware with a figure trying to escape the glaze.
- [Famossa](https://www.tjep.com/products/famossa): Famossa (2023) by Frank Tjepkema for Wolff Blitz: a pointillist floral motif made with AI as a partner, not a replacement.
- [Infinite Scroll](https://www.tjep.com/products/infinite-scroll): see Current (2026)

## Furniture

- [Bronze Age Chair](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/bronze-age-chair): Bronze Age Chair by Frank Tjepkema, cast at Bronsgieterij Stijlaart. Held in collections including Centre Pompidou and Van Abbe.
- [Bronze Age Lounge Chair](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/bronze-age-lounge-chair): Bronze Age Lounge Chair by Frank Tjepkema, a limited bronze edition from the collection also in Centre Pompidou and Van Abbe.
- [Bronze Age Chaise Longue](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/bronze-age-chaise-longue): Bronze Age Chaise Longue by Frank Tjepkema, a limited bronze edition from the collection also in Centre Pompidou and Van Abbe.
- [Chrysalide Chair](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/chrysalide-chair): Chrysalide Chair by Tjep. (2019): a metamorphosis of a historic chair form, first shown at Masterly The Hague.
- [Il Treno](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/il-treno): Il Treno is a 2013 dining booth by Tjep. that recalls a private train compartment for restaurant interiors.
- [Il Treno Fuori](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/il-treno-fuori): Il Treno Fuori (2014) is Tjep.’s outdoor version of the Il Treno dining booth, in weather-resistant anodized aluminium.
- [Recession Chair I](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/recession-chair): Recession Chair I (2011): Tjep. sanded an IKEA Poäng to a thin skeleton as a comment on the financial crisis.
- [Recession Chair II](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/recession-chair-2): Recession Chair II (2011): Tjep. stripped a mass-produced IKEA chair to its frame as a sequel to Recession Chair I.
- [Xxxl Chair](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/xxxl-chair): XXXL Chair (2005) by Tjep. for Arco: an oversized, plush chair made for the manufacturer’s 100th anniversary.
- [Tak](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/tak): Tak (Dutch for branch) is a 2004 modular sofa by Tjep., built from fifty pieces that grow like a nest.
- [Darwin Table](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/darwin-table): Darwin Table (2013): a table by Tjep. whose form is generated from a personal DNA profile, part of Dutch DNA.
- [Hendriks Collection](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/hendriks-collection): Hendrik’s Collection by Tjep.: wooden furniture evoking 17th-century Dutch winter scenes and ice-skating on canals.
- [Barbapallone](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/barbapallone): Barbapallone is an organic, upholstered seating piece by Tjep., timber-framed with soft, irregular volumes.
- [Chair Of Textures](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/chair-of-textures): Chair of Textures by Tjep., a Dutch Design classic that treats the chair as a study in surface and material.
- [Dutch Railway Seating](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/dutch-railway-seating): Seating by Tjep. for NS HiSpeed, designed for Dutch railway platforms on the high-speed line.
- [Integration Table](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/integration-table): Integration Table by Tjep.: a table whose top is an inlaid puzzle of materials and cultures.
- [Transparent Thrones](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/transparant-thrones): Transparent Thrones by Tjep. in the gardens of Paleis Soestdijk, Baarn: monumental outdoor seating.
- [LuisterCoupe](https://www.tjep.com/furniture/ns-luister-coupe): LuisterCoupé by Tjep.: a listening booth for Dutch railway stations where travellers can hear stories while they wait.

## Jewellery

- [Bling Bling](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/bling-bling): Bling Bling by Frank Tjepkema: gold-plated steel jewellery in the Stedelijk, Rijksmuseum, SFMOMA and Cooper Hewitt collections.
- [OYUKIO](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/oyukio): OYUKIO is the contemporary jewellery brand directed by Frank Tjepkema, with pixel and 8-bit inspired pieces. Site: oyukio.com.
- [D-D-N-A](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/d-d-n-a): D-D-N-A (2013): jewellery by Tjep. and Dutch DNA whose form is generated from a personal genetic profile.
- [Heartbreak](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/heartbreak): Heartbreak by Tjep.: a porcelain heart on a chain with a titanium hammer, made to be smashed.
- [Clockwork Love](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/clockwork-love): Clockwork Love by Frank Tjepkema: kinetic jewellery in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum collection.
- [Tiara for Maxima](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/tiara-maxima): Tiara for Máxima by Frank Tjepkema, made with Het Kruithuis (now Het Noordbrabants Museum).
- [Bling Bloom](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/bling-bloom): Bling Bloom (2003) by Tjep.: heirloom jewellery recast as floral silver pendants.
- [Logos](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/logos): Logos (2022): an NFT collection by Tjep. assembling 160 brand marks as a commentary on global icons.
- [Bloombloom](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/bloombloom): Bloom Bloom by Tjep.: a brooch on growth and fragility, made for the Chi ha paura…? Ecology collection.
- [Traffic Glam](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/traffic-glam): Traffic Glam by Tjep.: a necklace or bracelet of sterling-silver cars, one in 18k gold.
- [Graph](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/graph): Graph by Frank Tjepkema and Joris Laarman: a collar that turns everyday data into jewellery.
- [Family Hero](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/family-hero): Family Hero by Tjep.: medals made for the start of parenthood, a small armoury for a new family.
- [Delft Blue Body Tiles](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/delft-blue-body-tiles): Delft Blue Body Tiles: a conceptual tattoo by Frank Tjepkema that treats classic Dutch tiles as a design on skin.
- [Love Heart](https://www.tjep.com/jewelry/love-heart): Love Heart (2010) by Frank Tjepkema: a brooch built from the word love in as many fonts as will fit.

## Architecture

- [Village Super Market](https://www.tjep.com/architectural/village-super-market): Village Super Market (2018) by Tjep.: a 3,300 m² rural marketplace designed to support local trade.
- [Isolee](https://www.tjep.com/architectural/isolee): Isolée (2013) by Tjep.: a three-storey off-grid house conceived like a piece of furniture, with a kinetic solar tree.
- [House Of Yes](https://www.tjep.com/architectural/house-of-yes): House of Yes (2009) by Tjep.: a wedding chapel designed as a place for love beyond a single faith or culture.
- [Oogst 1](https://www.tjep.com/architectural/oogst-1): Oogst 1 (Harvest 1) by Tjep. and David Derksen: a compact self-sufficient dwelling that grows its own food.
- [Oogst 100](https://www.tjep.com/architectural/oogst-100): Oogst 100 by Tjep. and David Derksen: a village-scale version of the Harvest project for about 100 residents.
- [Oogst 1000](https://www.tjep.com/architectural/oogst-1000): Oogst 1000 Wonderland by Tjep. and David Derksen: a city-scale self-sufficient Harvest landscape for a thousand people.
- [Eau](https://www.tjep.com/architectural/eau-): Eau by Tjep.: a conceptual superyacht, nominated for The International Yacht & Aviation Awards.
- [House Of Textures](https://www.tjep.com/architectural/house-of-textures): House of Textures: a 1:20 architectural model by Tjep. for the NAi and Droog Design, about surface as structure.

## Entity facts AI should keep straight

- Name of the studio: Tjep. (with the period)
- Founder and creative director: Frank Tjepkema (born 1970), Dutch, based in Amsterdam
- Founded: 2001
- Not a software company, not a typography foundry
- OYUKIO is the jewellery brand directed by Frank Tjepkema; it has its own site at oyukio.com
- Museum collections include Centre Pompidou (Paris) and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (New York)
- Twice winner of the Dutch Design Award