Profile
Mike & Maaike is a progressive industrial design studio led by Mike Simonian and Maaike Evers.Formed as a design laboratory, the San Francisco studio works both independently and with clients to create new opportunities through products, technology, furniture, environments and transportation.Maaike Evers is Dutch, Mike Simonian, Californian. These distinct backgrounds inform a diverse body of work marked by experimentation, substance and strong conceptual narratives.Collaborations include: Google, Headspace, Haworth, Artifort, Incase, Belkin, Xbox, Blankblank, Council, Coalesse, Steelcase, and the City of San Francisco.
News
Jan 20, 2022:Our Windowseat Lounge chair for Haworth is prominently featured in the season finale of Station Eleven on HBO Max.Link >
Dec 10, 2021:Mike & Maaike Open Studio Social, San Francisco.
Oct 25, 2021:Mike & Maaike featured speakers at Electrolux Tomorrow by Design, Stockholm Sweden.
Oct 6, 2021:We're excited to announce that our Haven line with Watson Furniture won a record 4 Neocon GOLD Awards!. The awards were in the following categories: Tables-Communal, Collections for Collaboration, Conference Room Furniture, and Seating-Benches.Link >
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Partnerships
We partner with progressive people and companies that are leaders in their field, including Entrepreneurs, Architects, Photographers, Interaction designers, Animators, Sewing professionals, Prototypers and Makers.
Internships
We offer 3 and 6-month internships. To apply, please send a portfolio and resume to [email protected]. Please understand that we are unable to respond to all inquiries. If there is an opportunity, we will contact you with details. Thank you!
Contact
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Awards
2021 - NeoCon Gold Award: Collections for Collaboration
2021 - NeoCon Gold Award: Conference Room Furniture
2021 - NeoCon Gold Award: Communal Tables
2021 - NeoCon Gold Award: Benches
2019 - Lux Life- Best Industrial Design Studio, Northern California
2017 - IF Award- Product Design
2017 - Red Dot Award, Germany
2017 - Fast Company Innovation by Design Award
2017 - IDEA Gold Award
2017 - Core77 Design Award
2017 - Good Design Award Australia
2016 - Spark Design Award
2016 - Inspiring Fifty, Netherlands. Maaike Evers named one of the fifty most inspirational Dutch women in technology.
2016 - Design Intelligence Innovation Award, China
2015 - Chicago Anthenaeum Good Design Award
2014 - Fast Company Most Creative People in Business 1000
2014 - International Design Excellence Gold Award
2014 - Architizer A+ Award - Products + Work
2014 - SunCon 2014 Best in Show for Product Design
2013 - Interior Design Best of the Year Award
2012 - Mike & Maaike named on Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business
2011 - CES Best of Innovations Award for Eco-Design and Sustainable Technology
2010 - IDSA/ Fast Company IDEA Silver Award in Transportation Design
2010 - Michelin Design Challenge Award
2009 - Finalist- Condé Nast Innovation and Design Awards with Marriott Hotels and Resorts
Exhibitions
June 7, 2022 - Compass Collection for Artifort introduced at Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy.
Oct 25, 2021 - Mike & Maaike featured speakers at Electrolux Tomorrow by Design, Stockholm Sweden.
Oct 4-6, 2021 - NeoCon Show. Chicago, Illinois.
Nov 20, 2020 Mike & Maaike guest lecture for East Los Angeles College Dept of Architecture.
Nov 10, 2020 - Maaike Evers guest lecture for University of Oregon.
Apr 17, 2018 - Terp Collection for Artifort introduced at Salone del Mobile, Milan.
Dec 9-31, 2017 - Good Innovation:International Design Exhibition. Shenzhen, China.
July 22, 2017 - Mike Simonian speaks at Art Center’s Create Change Event. Beijing, China.
April 18, 2017 - A selection of Mike & Maaike designs acquired by The Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn Michigan.
Aug 5-Sep 17, 2016 - An Exuberance of Color, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Mar 12, 2015 - Maaike Evers: My Journey in Design. California College of the Arts, San Francisco.
Aug 15, 2014 - Haworth “Be Inspired” event featuring Windowseat Lounge. 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco.
Feb 21- May 19, 2013 - The Next Wave: Industrial Design Innovation in the 21st Century. Washington D.C. Presented by Apartment Zero and Artisphere. Curated by Douglas Burton.
Oct 12, 2012 - Mike & Maaike speak at Design by Fire Conference on Interaction design, Consulate General of The Netherlands, San Francisco.
Sep 19-23 2012 - America Made Me by Bernhardt Design, London
Sep 13-14, 2012 - Juxtaposed:Power and Veer Mobile on exhibit at The NWBLK Opening, San Francisco.
Aug 18, 2012 - Mike & Maaike keynote speakers at 2012 IDSA International Conference, Boston, Mass. “The Future is Real”
Jan 23-Mar 16, 2012 - Need and Desire exhibition, UC Davis Design Museum. A retrospective curated by Rob Zinn, founder of blankblank, Davis, California.
Jan 18, 2012 - Mike Simonian lecture at Rice University, Houston, Texas.
Dec 6, 2011 - SFMOMA A + D Forum. Mike Simonian & Derek Chen talk at Council, San Francisco.
Sept 29, 2011 - Mike & Maaike’s designs for Council featured as part of Propeller installation during GOOD Design SF. Swissnex, San Francisco.
Sept 7, 2011 - For IDEO.org launch, Tim Brown moderates a panel with designers Maaike Evers from Mike & Maaike, Rob Forbes from PUBLIC, and Maria Giudice from Hot Studio.
July 17, 2011 - Plywood for Good. Mike and Maaike contribute a custom-designed skateboard deck to be sold at auction at this event to benefit earthquake aid relief efforts in Japan.
June 4, 2011 - Swarm screens featured in SFMOMA “Living Room” event to celebrate the Steins Collect exhibition.
May 15, 2011 - Dwell and BMWi present “InMotion: Live, Drive, Innovate” featuring Maaike Evers in conversation with Benoit Jacob, Head of Design BMW i, Mitchell Joachim of Planetary ONE & Terreform ONE, and Sam Grawe, Editor-in-Chief Dwell Media.
Media Coverage
Jun, 2017 - Inside Hook "Uncommon Adventures in San Francisco"Link >
Oct, 2016 - The Culture Trip "10 San Francisco Designers You Should Know About"Link >
Dec, 2016 - InDesign "Finding Privacy in the Modern Workplace"Link >
Nov, 2016 - "Symbols: A Handbook for Seeing" Mark Fox, Angie Wang. The Monacelli PressLink >
Oct, 2016 - Fast Company "Does A Phone That Lasts Forever Have A Future?"Link >
Sept, 2016 - Fast Company "Debating the Rules of Brainstorming" Link >
Aug, 2016 - The Telegraph "We want walls: the future of office design - and the demise of open plan" Link >
Mar, 2016 - Dezeen "You need to design office spaces for the next generation" says Haworth's head of research" Link >
Feb, 2016 - Core77 "Governments Warming up to Discursive Design?" Link >
May, 2015 - Breaking In - Interview with Mike Simonian of Mike & Maaike Link >
May, 2015 - Holland in the Valley - Maaike Evers - Its Not Just About the ExteriorLink >
Oct 31, 2014 - Mike & Maaike "Atoms & Bits" panel Google Form ConferenceLink >
Sep, 2014 - Fast Co Design - Maaike Evers on Why Amsterdam is the Best Design City in the WorldLink >
Aug, 2014 - Offcite - Google Car + Uber = Walkable Houston?Link >
April, 2014 - SFGATE - Designers Mike & Maaike unseat the ordinaryLink >
March, 2014 - Factor - Could Car Ownership be Relegated to History?Link >
March, 2014 - Hautespotter - Past Made Present: Pixel JewelryLink >
"MD International" Bulgaria Mar 2014
Feb, 2014 - Weekend del Sol - Ask a Local - Mike & MaaikeLink >
Jan, 2014 - Notes from Flanders - Pondering the PorterLink >
Jan, 2014 - Fast Company - Most Creative People In Business 1000: The Complete ListLink >
Dec 10, 2013 - Design-Milk Feature Mike & MaaikeLink >
Nov, 2013 - Negotiated Production - Mike & Maaike: Wallpaper WayfindingLink >
Oct, 2013 - Metropolis - 18 Products That Reduce Noise in the WorkplaceLink >
Sep, 2013 - Design Applause - An Interview With Mike & Maaike About WindowseatLink >
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