Helme Heine, Sideboard 'Drum', c. 1980, H. 87.5 x 120 x 34 cm. Wooden box construction, fruitwood veneer, sheet metal, silver-plated, square steel tube. The furniture was designed by Helme Heine for a children's book presentation by Middelhauve Publishers. Each piece of furniture has a silver-plated symbol on it. Helme Heine is one of the great masters of children's stories. Since the 1970s, the Berlin artist and book author has enchanted the hearts of countless children and their parents worldwide with his picture books. Heine's international career began with the black-and-white book 'Elefanteneinmaleins', published in 1976. Since then, numerous children's books have been published, followed by books for adults, audio books and musicals. Now we can discover a new side of his broad creative spectrum - that of the designer. The furniture designed for a children's book launch by Middelhauve Publishing House once again reflects the author's unrestrained imagination, which now finds its application in everyday design. Why not create a furniture orchestra in which cabinets become vibrating concert grand pianos and drums, and in which even the dining table dances on its four legs? Why not bring in friends Johnny Mauser, Franz von Hahn and der dicke Waldemar from the popular book stories to join in this celebration of joie de vivre? The animal figures inlaid on the chair seats, just like the glowing candles or the open book on the cabinet, give the feeling that this furniture leads its own life and at the same time you are invited to discover it and make it useful in your adventurous everyday life, no matter how old you are. We are pleased to offer the artistic furniture objects of 80-year-old Helme Heine, who is young at heart. They look as if they have sprung from one of his fairy tales and will undoubtedly enliven living spaces with imagination and curiosity.