| Biography |
Born January 29th 1964, Belgium Formed as a Latin and History teacher. Self taught furniture and interior designerFilip Janssens first started designing modular made to measure furniture for his own home. In 2008 he opened his own design studio in order to develop his personal approach to product and furniture design and art projects. Filip Janssens also collaborates with design editors like Per Use and Serax.Filip Janssens brings out his own designs like the modular Flex collection. <strong>The past years he is exploring the use of waist materials like scrap wood, redundant scraps of travertine and marble both for the sustainable character and the real aesthetic qualities. This resulted in the reclaimed Lunair lights that won a Henry Van De Velde Award in 2020 in the category design-led crafts. </strong>
<strong>Recently he is working on Trinity, a design project in collaboration with Circular Matters using local waste materials that are 100% plant based. These materials are made from rescued beer grains and from brand and both can be 3D shaped like plastics through the use of moulds. Trinity will consist of a series of bowls made from these natural residue streams. Trinity will also be available in a reclaimed marble and a reclaimed ash wood version. </strong>
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