Awards 96

In 1945, the young Armand Blondeel began his career in the traditional manner as an apprentice in the workshop of the stained-glass artist Coppejans in Ghent. This was a heyday for restoration because many stained-glass windows had been damaged during the war. He therefore became acquainted...

In 1985-1986, Katrien Rondelez (°1967) was already producing textile designs for the Finnish company Finlayson. For lack of a specific training course in Flanders, she was compelled to go to the weaving workshop of La Cambre (Ecole Supérieure des Arts Visuels) in Brussels, although this was not...

Architecture is our profession, light our tool, the eyes of the spectator our medium. lndeed, as producers of integrated lighting systems, we did not want to limit ourselves to the composition of a series of formative lighting elements. We were far more interested...

"The chair is the place of man. The table defines the space." That is how Maarten Van Severen defined his work in an early folder. With this statement, he expresses the two main aspects of his...

Herman Wittocx was the winner of the Henry van de Velde Public Award 96 with the piece 'Pirnitz'.