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Matijs was born and raised in a very creative household in Leeuwarden, the capitol of Friesland in The Netherlands. His parents are very passionate and professional (classical) musicians and he is the great-grand child of the well known architect Gerrit Th. Rietveld... Matijs graduated with honor under direction of Gijs Bakker (co-founder of the famous Droog Design) at the Design Academy in Eindhoven. His final graduation projects (1996) - a 'Magnetic Case' and promotional articles - received the Dutch Furniture Award and the Talent Trophy at the Annual Advertising Awards (Art Directors Club Nederland). The 'Magnetic Case' has since been entered into the permanent collection of the Centraal Museum Utrecht, The Netherlands. The two designs he made for the contemporary jewelry-label ChiHaPAura?? are a part of the collection of Museum of Contemporary Arts, Den Bosch, The Netherlands.