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Studio Minofmeer

Storytellers

Narrative-driven design

RiaanCJB@gmail.com

The Trash Mascots, a quirky upcycled duo made from luffa, bamboo, and metals, displayed on a white pedestal at the Temple of Trash exhibition.
The Temple of Trash
The completed ( ) Chair, a low pine chair with rounded legs and a curved backrest inspired by African birthing chairs, displayed in a workshop with a white cloth backdrop.
( ) Chair
A craftsman in a mask and gloves hand-finishing a curved Formosan Koa wood piece for the Impala chair, sanding it on a workbench in a workshop.
Impala Project
The Bamileke 天圓地方 chair, with walnut curved Ming armrests, a birch X-inlay square seat, and a circular Bamileke base, displayed on a white pedestal in an exhibition.
Bamileke 天圓地方
A completed Tension stool from the Rush 藺草 series, featuring a woven rush grass seat in a traditional papaya pattern, supported by raw bamboo legs with T-junction joints, set against a concrete floor with yellow lines.
Rush 藺草
The Song宋 Desk and Stool set, featuring an arched pine desk with laser-cut acrylic accents and a plywood stool with leather finishes, displayed at the 2018 Yodex Exhibition in Taipei.
Song 宋
A Taiwanese elementary student presenting a personal website design on a laptop, showcasing their school experiences, during a Studio School workshop.
Studio School
A 1:10 scale model of the Phoenix Chair in aluminum, with feather-like parametric patterns on the armrests and an arched back, displayed on a white pedestal with a shadow cast.
Phoenix

Design with purpose and adaptability

Minofmeer crafts narrative-led furniture and objects, balancing simplicity and complexity through research, prototyping, and material exploration in wood, bamboo, rush grass, and metals.

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Founded in 2017 by Riaan Burger in Taiwan, Minofmeer draws on cross-cultural craft to adapt each piece to its context—sometimes less (MIN), sometimes more (MEER).

Some projects

More or less

A series of three images documenting the Temple of Trash process: a designer sketching on a laptop with a whiteboard of ideas, sorting industrial waste like metal pipes, and machining components for upcycled art pieces during a collaborative online planning phase.
The Temple of Trash

Taichung, Taiwan

2020 - 2021

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A series of 22 images documenting the ( ) Chair process: marking and cutting pine boards with a table saw, planing and sanding edges, drilling dowel holes, shaping rounded legs and backrest, clamping and gluing joints, staining components, and assembling the final low pine chair with a curved, African birthing chair-inspired form in a workshop.
( ) Chair

Taichung, Taiwan

2023

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A series of nine images documenting the Impala Project process: paper templates on a workbench, drilling and routing Formosan Koa wood, hand-sanding and chiseling components, assembling joints, and a craftsman in a mask finishing a curved piece, culminating in a partially assembled chair frame.
Impala Project

Taichung, Taiwan

2019 - 2020

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A series of eight images documenting the Bamileke 天圓地方 process: paper templates on a workbench, hand-sawing walnut pieces, chiseling birch inlays, sanding components, applying wood oil, assembling Ming joinery, and displaying the final chair with a cultural fusion design.
Bamileke 天圓地方

Taipei, Taiwan

2018

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A series of 12 images documenting the Rush 藺草 project process: a person harvesting rush grass in a field, drying grass bundles near a house, artisans weaving grass into mats, testing grass with bamboo and LED components, assembling a conical ABS structure for Pendant, and crafting Tension’s bamboo frame with a woven rush seat, culminating in the finished Tension stool on a concrete floor.
Rush 藺草

Taichung, Taiwan

2017

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A hypothetical series of images for the Song宋 Desk and Stool process: hand-drawn sketches of Song dynasty temple elements, paper models on a workbench, 1:1 scale PVC and MDF prototypes, testing with users, assembling galvanized steel frames, and adding laser-cut leather details for the final exhibition display.
Song 宋

Taichung, Taiwan

2017

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A hypothetical series of images for the Studio School process: students wireframing website designs on paper, collaborating in a workshop, building STEM experiment prototypes with wood and electronics, iterating designs on laptops, and presenting their websites and experiments to peers.
Studio School

Taichung, Taiwan

2021-2022

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A series of 12 images documenting the Phoenix Chair process: digital renderings of parametric feather patterns, 3D models of the chair’s form, milling aluminum components, scorching to fuse parts, polishing surfaces, and displaying the final 1:10 scale model on a pedestal.
Phoenix

Taichung, Taiwan

2020

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