Short Biography After obtaining a degree in Interior Design at the Sint-Lukas Hogeschool Brussels, Maarten De Ceulaer decided to focus more on objects. His predilection for strong concepts led him to the Design Academy Eindhoven, where he graduated in 2008 with the projects 'Pile Of Suitcases' and 'Nomad Light Molecule'. During his studies he won the Dynamo Young Belgian Designer Award 2007, and just a few months after his graduation he started collaborating with the renowned Italian gallery Nilufar. His works have been featured in many major design magazines and newspapers worldwide, and have been exhibited at Nilufar and Rossana Orlandi in Milan, Galerie BSL in Paris, Art & Rapy in Monaco, Mint in London, Victor Hunt in Brussels, and various exhibitions and fairs internationally, like Design Miami/Basel.
Vision on Design I
want to use my work to tell stories, to stir
people's emotions, to tickle their imagination or to make them wonder. A
project can result from an observation of the society around me, or
a reaction on something that simply crosses my path, but can as well be
the expression
of a very personal thought or feeling that I want to communicate to the
world. I want to explore materials, and investigate and play with
production techniques and crafts. Some projects are more functional in
the traditional way, while
others perform a function on a different level, the emotional aspect of
objects is of equal importance.
Education -St. Lukas Hogeschool Brussel- Interior Design -Design Academy Eindhoven – Diploma Industrial Design
Working Experience -Danny Venlet Interior Architecture-Internship -Alain Berteau Designworks Brussels – Internship -TheMudOffice Bangalore, India – Internship -Alain Berteau Designworks Brussels – design and development -setting up 'Maarten De Ceulaer Design Studio' in 2009
Exhibitions
-One of the 3 selected for Graduation Exhibition St Lukas Brussels (B), june ‘04 -“Preview” young designers exhibition – dutch design week Eindhoven (NL), oktober ‘05 -“Toegepast10” exhibition, Z33 museum Hasselt (B), november ’05 - february’06 -Exhibition Galery Emmy Miltenburg, Rotterdam (NL), 11/02/’06 – 19/02/’06 -Exhibition + Auction “Second Hand-Second Life”, Petits Riens Brussels (B) , 17/05/’06 – 20/05/’06 -Exhibition Dynamo Design’06 , Artespace gallery brussels -Interieur’06 Kortrijk , Design For Europe Exhibition -Made In B , exposition and auction for young Brussels-based designers, 8/12/’06 – 12/12/’06 -Belgian Young Designers Award, Designed In Brussels, Belgium, September ‘07 -Salone del Mobile ’08, with Casamania -Graduation Galleries ’08, Design Academy Eindhoven -Interieur Kortrijk ’08, with Casamania -Art Object Rotterdam '08, with Lidewij Edelkoort and the Design Huis -Salone del Mobile april '09, with Casamania and "101 % Design Collective" of Designed in Brussels and Brussels Export -Nilufar Gallery, april '09 -ICFF fair may '09, with "101 % Design Collective" of Designed in Brussels and Brussels Export -Design Basel, june '09 with Nilufar Gallery -Design London, september '09, with "101 % Design Collective" of Designed in Brussels and Brussels Export -Mint Escapes at Mint Gallery, London, september '09 -Design Tales exhibition at Lodz Design Festival, 15-31 october '09 -"101 % Design Showcase", Designed In Brussels showroom, Brussels, november '09 -"Design Verpakt" at Design Vlaanderen gallery, Brussels, november '09 -"Belgian Design Platform" at De Modefabriek, Amsterdam, January '10 -Exhibiting the 'Colour Lights' at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milano, Salone Del Mobile, april '10 -Design Miami/Basel with gallery Nilufar, june '10 -Mobilier Rare et Design, Art& Rapy with Nilufar, Moncaco, July- October'10 -Centre Pompidou-Metz for 'Imaginez Maintenant', Metz, July '10 -'De Nieuwe Oogst', exhibition at Design Vlaanderen, Belgium, May-August '10 -'Borders', group-exhibition on experimental design, DiB galerie, Brussels, September '10 -'Liquid Lights' on show at Galerie BSL, Paris, September '10 -'Balloon Bowls' on show at Mint, London -'Wall of Suitcases' with Nilufar in Boutique? in Bergamo, untill November '11 -'Balloon Bowls' show at Salone del Mobile, Milan, April '11
Awards and Nominations
-Toegepast 10, Z33 museum Hasselt, Belgium, november’05 -Winner of the Dynamo Belgian Young Designers Award, Designed In Brussels, Belgium, September ‘07 -ID-magazine New and Notable 2008 -1 of 5 nominees of Blueprints 'Best New Product' award, 101% Design fair London, september '09
Press
-BOOK: Chroma, Design Architecture & Art in Color,
Barbara Glasner & Petra Schmidt, Birkhäuser, 2010 -House and Garden Magazine (Greece), january '09
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