Robert Dekeyser
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Robert Dekeyser is a Belgian-German entrepreneur and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the founder of DEDON, a German manufacturer of outdoor furniture with distribution in more than
Dekeyser on Markus Lanz (ZDF), 2012
Raffia palm
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Raffia palms are members of the genus Raphia. The Malagasy name rafia is derived from fia "to squeeze juice". The genus contains about twenty species of palms native to tropical regions of Africa, and
Robert Dekeyser
…the company. DEDON's first products were hand-painted skis, 80 pairs of which were sold, 50 of them later returned. It was only after a stint selling raffia giraffes imported from Madagascar that the company changed its focus to outdoor furniture. In the late 1980s Dekeyser first began to develop his idea…
Raphia australis
Removing the membrane
Rolling the fibres together before drying
Weaving raffia