Heleen Sintobin is a Belgian furniture designer, material explorer and storyteller with a background in interior architecture.
She is inspired by daily life, ancient and future making methods. Her work strives to convey the power of materials in a contemporary design context.
In her practice she is constantly looking for a balance between written historical and academic and hands-on material research, experiments and happy accidents.
Heleen has a masters in Design Products at the Royal College of Art in London. In her current work she is exploring the future of crafts in the digital age.
For any inquiries, please feel free to send me an email.
+44 7392 148582
Based in London, UK
EDUCATION
Master Design Products -- Royal College of Art --London, UK
Bachelor Interior Architecture -- KU Leuven -- Belgium
Master Interior Architecture -- KU Leuven -- Belgium
Bachelor Furniture Design -- KHIO -- Oslo, Norway (6 months)
AWARDS
March 2019
Shortlisted Talente, Munchen
Sept 2019
Shortlisted for Rado Star Prize UK
Feb 2018
First prize - Craft the Leather, Lineapelle, Milan
April 2014
April 2013
Winner of VITRA Benelux Academic Architecture Award (essay)
Winner of Månedens design Blomqvist
EXHIBITIONS/TALKS
Okt 2019
HOW & WOW, Craft Council
Dutch Design Week, The Netherlands
Sept -Jan
2019/2020
Sept -Jan
2019/20
Hand Held to Super Scale: Building with Ceramics, Building Centre, London
Sept 2019
RAW, MINT gallery, London
Jun 2019
Graduation Show, Royal College of Art, London
May 2019
Talk @Makerversity, Somerset House,
London Craft Week about 'Digital crafts'
May - Nov 2019
Venice Design, Palazzo Michiel, Venice Biennale, Italy
May 2019
Design Museum Ghent, Belgium
April 2019