picutures from top to bottom
Jan Kalma Leeuwarden / serie portretten
Alex Bouma / extra - bijlage / Friesch Dagblad
Duncan Wijting / 'watapartja' / Dagblad van het Noorden
Alexander ten Bergen / buiten design / Home and Garden
Paul Jansen / culturele bijlage / Leeuwarder Courant
George Terberg / 'mensen' / Villa d'Arte
Jeroen Veltman / 'interview' / Joods Journaal
material has been published in:
Items / Elle Wonen / Eigen Huis + Interieur /
Home and Garden / Residence / Trouw /
Algemeen Dagblad / De Volkskrant / Textiel Plus /
Volkskrant / Art nl / Dagblad van het Noorden /
Leeuwarder Courant / Friesch Dagblad /
TV Woonmagazine / NOS Journaal / Omrop Fryslan
André Keikes in Leeuwarder Courant
Remarkable associations of functions characterize her work. Life is Perfect and Life is Great are fine examples of original shapes applied to collective symbol values.
Elle van Ree in Villa d'Arte
Her design is simple, moving, palpable. And above all: beautiful. Her work has an undeniable character of its own.
Annet de Groot in Algemeen Dagblad
Nothing is what it seems to be...It is hard to decide whether Louise Cohen makes utensils or objets d’art.
Hermelijn van der Meijden in Eigen Huis + Interieur
Louise Cohen [ ] knows that life can be celebrated in full. She is ready to enjoy, because 'life is great'. Since then she has given all her designs a Life is… title.
Sasja Saptenno in Textiel Plus
Her name belongs in a list with Hella Jongerius, Hil Driessen, Ella Koopman and other prominent designers. Multi-discipline design is the only term that comes near to describing her effort. She is versatile and goes on where others have reached their limits. Or does she know how to stop at the right moment?
She cunningly knows how to use everyday objects for new purposes. The new artefact has a childlike glory, it is always practical and a feast to the eye. Her designs look simple, but there is a great inner complexity that results into harmonious designs. She is great at integrating different elements, rational as well as emotional ones. Her resourcefulness is admirable.
Marion Segond von Banchet in Licht
Embellishing in a tight, elegant way, smoothing, streamlining, is what Louise Cohen strives for. Adding what the surroundings ask for and at the same time dismissing what causes dislike.
Peter Blom in Het Dagblad van het Noorden
For Louise Cohen thinking up and making new things isn’t just something. She reaches for the stars. Her designs are comfortable, but never coquettish.
Fred Nicolai in Bijtijds
She does not aim at an uproar, but wants her creations esthetically balanced. “My goal is to make things that can be enjoyed for a long time”.
Joost Schmidt as an art historian
Having a great number of ideas urges selection and reduction. For Louise this process goes hand in hand with a versatile use of materials, which is witty in a spiritual way. Her ideas eventually lead to rich design in which the multiform origin has been reduced to quiet simplicity.
Roelie Meijer in Jewish Journal [het Joods Journaal]
Her spate of words, her brainwaves and her almost guileless concern for man and nature make a meeting with Louise Cohen a unique event.
free after de Volkskrant
As a polyvalent designer she combines tangible emotions with a practical and technical approach. The interplay of design and user creates a personal bond. Unusual combinations of existing elements and a variety of materials add up to a surplus value.
All designs are made under her care as unique pieces or limited editions.
