GOODS – Interior Products from Sketch to Use
GOODS: Interior Products from Sketch to Use is a comprehensive design reference book published by Frame Publishers, the Amsterdam-based publisher behind Frame Magazine, one of the world’s leading interior design and architecture publications. The book documents a curated selection of interior products in depth, tracing each object from its initial concept and design process through to its application in real interiors. Rather than presenting products as isolated objects, GOODS places them within the full arc of their development — sketches, technical drawings, material choices, prototypes and completed installations — making it a valuable resource for designers, architects, manufacturers and design educators alike.
The book is organised by product category and section, with each featured product receiving substantial editorial space: a dedicated specification page, design narrative, process documentation and multiple installation photographs. The “Space in Space” section, in which Bloomming’s Facet room divider appears, focuses on products that define, divide or transform interior space without relying on conventional walls or fixed architecture.
Facet by Bloomming
Facet is featured across pages 346 to 353 of GOODS, making it one of the more extensively documented products in the book. The entry opens with a full-page installation photograph — a large-scale Facet installation suspended in a private villa in Waalre, the Netherlands, completed in 2010 — before moving to a structured specification page that records the essential product details:
Product: Facet Designer: Bloomming Manufacturer: 3form Year: 2009 Colour: White (or any colour on request) Dimensions: 34 × 34 cm per module, customisable Materials: PC/ABS, aluminium, stainless steel Section: Space in Space
From Sketch to System
True to the book’s editorial premise, the Facet entry traces the product from its earliest design phase. Early sketchbook pages are shown alongside initial concept drawings, revealing how the designers explored the geometry of the faceted diamond-shaped leaves and the modular connector system from the outset. The book notes that the design concept started from a more static vertical idea before Bloomming developed it into the fully flexible, three-dimensional modular system it became.
The technical pages explain the construction logic in detail. Facet consists of only five components. The screen is suspended from the ceiling via rods of stainless steel, to which injection-moulded PC/ABS connectors attach. These connectors — available in two-point and three-point variants — allow the honeycomb-shaped leaves to be assembled into configurations of virtually any size and form. The connection tube slides over the connectors during assembly, locking the frame into place. The faceted leaves clip into each slot individually, giving installers precise control over density, pattern and light behaviour. All materials adhere to strict sustainability guidelines, and the PC/ABS plastic used for the connectors is fully recyclable.
The Faceted Leaves Manipulate Light and Shadow
A recurring editorial theme throughout the Facet pages is the product’s relationship with light. The book emphasises that the three-dimensional geometry of each individual leaf — its angled, faceted surface — actively catches and redirects light, creating shifting patterns of shadow and highlight across the screen and the surfaces behind it. This quality changes throughout the day as natural light moves, and varies depending on viewing angle, making Facet a dynamic rather than static element within an interior.
A grid of photographs showing Facet installed in a residential apartment in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, illustrates how different configurations of the same screen produce noticeably different light effects. The installation, photographed by Bart Boon, shows the screen used as a room divider between a kitchen and living space.
Installation Across Scales and Contexts
The GOODS entry for Facet is notable for the range of installation contexts it documents. Alongside the residential Waalre villa and the Eindhoven apartment, the book presents Facet installed in a number of commercial interiors, demonstrating the product’s scalability and adaptability:
The IBO office in Helmond, the Netherlands, designed in 2011 by NR Interior Architecture, features Facet as a large-format wall screen within a contemporary workspace interior. Le Dôô restaurant in Sprang-Capelle, the Netherlands, designed by Dosis, shows Facet as a feature wall element within a refined dining environment. The El Rincón Bar & Lounge of the Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal hotel, completed in 2011, features Facet as a decorative screen integrated into the hotel’s bar and lounge interior. The restaurant of the Dutch Design Hotel Artemis in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, shows Facet installed as part of an exhibition in 2003 — one of the earliest documented applications of the product in a hospitality setting.
A sidebar within the spread lists further interiors that have featured Facet, including the Clarion Hotel in New York (United States, 2011), MKGest in Japan, Monolith Lounge in Spain (2010) and an exhibition at the Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands (2010).
Space in Space: The Editorial Context
The section heading under which Facet appears — “Space in Space” — reflects a broader editorial argument that GOODS makes about contemporary interior design: that wall-less spaces have become a highly desirable interior environment, and that products capable of creating spatial definition without permanent construction are increasingly valued by architects and interior designers. Facet is presented as a leading example of this approach: a product that can define zones, manage acoustics, filter light and introduce architectural character, all without a single fixed wall.
The book notes that Facet can adapt to all interior spaces, from small residential applications to large-scale commercial projects. Weighing approximately 4,500 grams per square metre, it is described as equally suitable for permanent installations and temporary or event-specific settings, since the system is as easy to disassemble and relocate as it is to install.
Publication Details
Publication: GOODS – Interior Products from Sketch to Use Publisher: Frame Publishers Product featured: Facet Room Divider Pages: 346–353 Section: Space in Space Year of publication: circa 2012–2013 Designers: Bas van Leeuwen & Mireille Meijs Company: Bloomming Manufacturer: 3form Category: Interior design product reference book
Why this feature mattered
GOODS represents one of the most thorough editorial treatments Facet has received in any publication. Unlike magazine features or award listings, the book’s format allowed for a complete account of the product: its origins, its technical logic, its material composition and its performance across a diverse range of completed interiors. Being selected for inclusion placed Facet alongside a curated set of products that Frame Publishers considered to represent the standard of interior design at that moment. The depth of the entry — seven full pages, spanning sketch material, technical diagrams, specification data and multiple installation photographs across residential, hospitality and commercial contexts — provided an authoritative and lasting document of Facet’s design intelligence and its real-world application.
