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Heleen Sintobin is a Belgian furniture designer, material explorer and storyteller with a background in design & 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. She is a teacher and researcher at KASK & Conservatorium in Ghent, Belgium.
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
Feb 2022
Golden Award Design Research,
Henry Van de Velde Awards, Brussels
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
Sept 2025 Shifting grounds,
Brussels Design Week
Jun 2025 Au Charbon!
Centre Historique Minier, Lewarde
Apr 2025 Veldwerkers
C-mine, Genk
May 2025 Colour, seeing beyond pigment
Z33, Hasselt
Apr 2022 Ghent Design Fest
Design Museum Ghent, 2022
Feb 2022 Henry Van de Velde expo
Bozar, Brussels
Jun 2022 Biotopia
Le Pavillon, Namen
Feb 2021 Format group show
Z33, Hasselt
Oct 2020 Play Tropical cities,
National Design Centre, Singapore
Sep 2020 London Design Festival
Mint Gallery London, 2020
May 2019 London Craft Week,
Somerset House, London
May 2019 Generous Nature
Design Museum Ghent
Apr 2019 Generous Nature
Salone del Mobile, Belgium is design, Milan
March 2019 Talente (furniture section)
Munchen
Okt 2019 HOW & WOW, Craft Council
Dutch Design Week, The Netherlands
Sep 2018 London Design Festival
Brompton Design District, London
Designjunction, London
Nov 2018 Craft The Leather
Italian Institute Culture, Tokyo
Jul 2018 Craft The Leather
Lineapelle, New York
June 2018 Eurometropolis Café, lecture & installation
Broelmuseum, Belgium
Apr 2018 Group Exhibition Design Products RCA
Salone Del Mobile, Milan
Feb 2018 Craft The Leather,
Lineapelle, Milan, Feb 2018
Oct 2014 Biennale Interieur, Ventura Interieur
Kortrijk, Belgium
Feb 2013 Stockholm Furniture Fair, Greenhouse,
Stockholm, Sweden
Sep 2013 Galleri Seilduken,
Oslo, Norway
Jan 2013 Norsk design- og arkitektursenter,
Oslo, Norway
Feb 2013 Expo Nova Møbelgalleri,
Oslo, Norway, Feb. 2013
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