The first publication on the Dutch designer Herman Hermsen provides an in-depth survey on the work he has been producing in the past twenty-five years – jewellery and product design, both one-offs and series.

his preoccupation with design goes back to the 1970s and is based on re-interpreting what jewellery or product objects mean with each piece he makes: the search for a concentrated, apt yet playful pictorial language plays a substantial role in the process, ensuring that the quintessence of the concept as developed is really expressed. Herman Hermsen is currently teaching jewellery and product design at Fachhochschule Düsseldorf.