Awards 05

The winner of this 12th Henry van de Velde Career Award is an international industrial designer who was born in Mortsel and is now the holder of a Canadian passport. He is however one of the few Belgians whose products are exhibited in the renowned MOMA in New York. Koen De Winter...

Steven Brouns (born 1975) can best be characterised as a modest man with a clear sense of reality, who does not go for the obvious, and who has a very clear idea where he, as a designer, wants to go. He completed his post-secondary studies in industrial design at the Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg...

This year, the Henry van de Velde Award for a Company goes to Modular. This company, with its roots in West Flanders, was set up in 1980 by Paul Rommens and Jan Meyfroidt under the name of 'InterBeams', an importer of MoleRichardson from France. InterBeams was and outandout pioneer in introducing...

Who hasn't heard of Patrick Hoet's striking flat-topped glasses? Two decades ago Tom Lanoye was the perfect living advert for the Theo brand. In the meantime these glasses have been copied time and again. But none of this is of any importance to Hoet...

Design is about being able to recognise the power of the imagination and the potential of a good idea and then translate this — through a rigorous and scientific approach — into a tangible object. This is special; having the ability to first grasp that creative moment and then, having the...

Place the Serpentine wherever you want. Plug a garden hose into the end of the stainless steel tube and the shower is ready for use. The added value comes from its light construction, which makes it extremely easy to move around the garden. A major advantage is the plug and spray feature. No more...