TOLHUIJS DESIGN

Tolhuijs is a Dutch Design brand from Amsterdam. We stand for playful and beautiful design, sustainability and social impact. For our resources, we gather left over materials from factories and we ‘upcycle’ these materials to our design products. In collaboration with prisons and social workshops we produce high-quality design for your interior. Every product must tell a story, this story must amaze, educate, and inspire. ~Design First
 The quality and the beauty of our designs have priority over all else. Our style is characterised by modern and playful creations that you can customise to get the perfect functionality for your space. This way you can design your own story. ~Upcycling Normally failed designs end up in the rubbish bin, but that is exactly the place where our products begin. Every day, factories throw out waste material that could be put to new use. Transforming waste materials into new products of better quality is called ‘upcycling’ and, here at TOLHUIJS, we are big fans. By using these cast offs we save raw and building materials and, after giving them a fabulous make over, we send them back into the world where you can put them to new use. We believe in giving second chances, we want to raise awareness for the waste cycle and the quality of these materials.

~Responsible entrepreneurship 
We believe in social design; a fair supply chain that supports society. We aim to produce all our products locally and we try to help people who are at a disadvantage in the labour market. Therefore, we choose to have our products made by prison inmates and in social workshops. Besides manufacturing our products, the workers can also improve their skills by obtaining various certifications.