In 1993, after graduating at the Academy of Industrial Design in Eindhoven, I founded the Jongeriuslab studio, where independent projects, as well as works for major clients are developed, including textile designs for the upholstery fabric…
We work across so many different disciplines so everything we do has a different context and we like to bring many new references and inputs to a project. Our research is in the form of drawing, studying changes in modes of living…
My first steps were my studies in “Fine Arts” in which I´ve been graduated. In this school I used to draw observing live human models in 1 to 1 scale; this was an opportunity to connect myself directly with the human body,…
My interest in art and art history began at an early age. I was fortunate to travel around Europe a lot as a child and teenager. The architectural treasures I saw on my travels made a lasting impression and were a formative…
Ronan was the first to be interested by art, mainly because he was older and had made the early decision, after trying different media (photo, etc.), to focus on design. He thus made some design studies and began a designer carrier…
I started out with a small exhibition right after school exhibiting an experiment. The lamp experiment was the silicon lamp. That was picked up by a producer and exhibited in Milano. That is how my career got started. The studio was founded…
My education was both technical and artistic: in high school I received an electrotechnical training, then I studied Fine Arts (“Les Beaux Arts” in French) and eventually Applied Art at the French National Higher School of Applied Arts and Arts Crafts in…
This year, we are excited to be celebrating our 30th anniversary. When ITO Design was founded by Armin Sander in 1987, he wanted to create a holistic product design service. For him, this meant working across marketing, design…
My parents were farmers in the Marne Valley. I spent my childhood with my twin sister and two brothers in a small village of 80 people in the Marne department. Design came straightforwardly from what I learned at the Higher school of…
I was exposed to furniture design early on as my mother was a passionate interior designer who had a small furniture workshop at the back of our house, where I would build my own toys. I would show them to her, and…
When I opened my studio in the early 80ies I was working, as many architects in Italy, from spoon to city, from micro to macro. Eversince, this has not changed. Today, after having founded Matteo Thun + Partners in 2001 with my…