{"id":274,"date":"2026-09-19T12:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstaffinggroup.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/19\/maarten-baas-play-time\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T12:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:48:14","slug":"maarten-baas-play-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstaffinggroup.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/19\/maarten-baas-play-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Maarten Baas: Play Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trendland.com\/maarten-baas-play-time\/\" title=\"Maarten Baas: Play Time\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"770\" height=\"1027\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Maarten Baas: Play Time\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/trendland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/grandfather-clock-the-son-2022-770x1027.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/trendland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/grandfather-clock-the-son-2022-770x1027.jpg 770w, https:\/\/trendland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/grandfather-clock-the-son-2022-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/trendland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/grandfather-clock-the-son-2022-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/trendland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/grandfather-clock-the-son-2022-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/trendland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/grandfather-clock-the-son-2022-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/trendland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/grandfather-clock-the-son-2022-scaled.jpg 1920w\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words <a href=\"https:\/\/trendland.com\/author\/emily-sandiford\/\">Emily Sandiford<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maarten Baas believes that the function at the core of his artwork is where the magic begins. Famed for his ingenious furniture, the Dutch artist-designer has a deep understanding of design principles, but it\u2019s his whimsical approach that has made him so influential. \u201cFunction is my starting point,\u201d he explains; \u201cit gives reference and it gives some boundaries and context to what I\u2019m doing.\u201d Baas\u2019 exhibition Play Time at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery, LA, never strays far from his concern [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words Emily Sandiford<br \/>\nMaarten Baas believes that the function at the core of his artwork is where the magic begins. Famed for his ingenious furniture, the Dutch artist-designer has a deep understandin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cstaffinggroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cstaffinggroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cstaffinggroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cstaffinggroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cstaffinggroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cstaffinggroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cstaffinggroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cstaffinggroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}