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First name

Bram

Last Name

Kerkhofs

Username

Bram

Studio Name

Bram Kerkhofs Design Studio

City

Holsbeek

Country

Belgium

Biography

BRAM KERKHOFS (° 1977) is a Belgian furniture designer looking for new forms and methods to challenge the functionality and flexibility of a furniture piece. Educated as a goldsmith he is fascinated by connections, hinges and joints, and especially by the forces and opportunities they generate. His work is full of mathematics and algorithms. Shapes, concepts, techniques and materials are always matched, with a lasting alertness to the final function, bringing simplicity into complexity. This time-intensive design and development process always results in unique objects that automatically express his signature. Many of his designs must be seen in a larger picture, as parts to a whole, in which he explores the endless possibilities for links, combinations and variations. Bram also designs unique concepts, linking stories, functions and techniques to specific contexts.

Bram wants to clarify complex constructions and gives the consumer and the spectator insight into his thinking process. That is why his work partly revolves around people, as the manipulators of his modular furniture, as wearers of his jewellery, but above all, Bram aims to influence through collaborations with his apprentices and students and with the wider world around him through workshops and lectures al around the globe.

Education

School / Course

Academie of Fine Arts Restoration – sculpture Stone

Graduated

2002

School / Course

PXL Jewellery/Gold-Silversmithing

Graduated

2007

Awards & Nominations

Award name

GRAND AWARD OBJECTS Biënnale Interieur Kortrijk__COIL

Year

2019

Award name

EUROPEAN PRODUCT DESIGN AWARD __NOPPER

Year

2018

Award name

HENRY VAN DE VELDE AWARD__ Habitat__MEANDER

Year

2021

Jobs & Positions

Company / Organisation

LUCA School of Arts

From year

2015

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