Miffy + Michael Barnaart broche

Description

The world’s most famous rabbit now also has an iconic design by Michael Barnaart in her wardrobe. As an enamel brooch, Miffy wears the Mondrian dress.

‘Those stripes are very pretty / I like this painting too / but should I look this way or that? / I’m not sure what to do!,’ Miffy once said. She is a fan of Piet Mondriaan’s work. Just like Michael Barnaart, who in turn is a fan of Dick Bruna’s most famous creation. With a brooch of Miffy in her famous Mondrian dress, the fashion designer brings about a logical but unique encounter between two of the most influential artists in the modern Dutch design tradition.

“Dick Bruna’s work is one of my earliest childhood memories; Miffy hung above my bed as a poster,” says Barnaart. “The apparent simplicity, strong lines and striking colours are important sources of inspiration for my designs. I later encountered those same elements in Mondrian’s work.” When his Mondrian dress took the world by storm at international exhibitions in 2011, the designer wrote a letter to Bruna to thank him for his inspiration. ‘His handwritten response hangs in my tower room,’ he beams. ‘Since then, a collaboration with Miffy has been high on my wish list. When the Mondrian dress celebrated its tenth anniversary, the time was right.’

The enamelled brooch with magnetic closure is available in various (museum) shops and in “De winkel van nijntje” (Miffy’s shop) in Amsterdam. This collector’s item comes with a beautiful storage box.

Size: 50 mm x 26 mm
Material: metal with enamelled colours
Closure: big magnet

Do not use in combination with a pacemaker. Not suitable for children. The brooch contains small parts that may pose a choking hazard.

Illustrations Dick Bruna © copyright Mercis bv, 1953-2021