After creating several tableware objects, Dutch designer Maarten Baas designed the Aligned collection made up of outdoor chairs an armchair and a table, a collection currently published by Valerie Objects. For the designer of the collection, "the starting point was similar to every object I create: to create a fully functional piece of design that looks as if it has been sketched by hand", says Baas. So to create the Aligned collection, Baas redefined the typical outdoor furniture of metal frames and wooden slats by sketching the slats with a pencil on paper, then meticulously recreating them in real life. The result is very Maarten Baas: the design of the Aligned products looks like it was drawn by a child.