Products/ Torch Light, LandMarks
Nationality/ Belgian
Born/ 1978
Biography/ Sylvain Willenz is one of Belgium’s leading young designers. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2003 and having lived in the UK for seven years, Willenz established his own studio in Brussels in 2004. Willenz’s first collections of work saw him experimenting with natural rubber, since that time he has explored the qualities of many new materials and new techniques. Similarly, Willenz’s work is often inspired by archetypal objects and the simplicity and familiarity with which they are associated. Willenz will seek to interpret these forms and qualities in new designs. Winner of Interieur Kortrijk awards in 2002 and nominated Brussels’ Most Promising Designer in 2005.