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Roel Vandebeek is a Belgian designer and artist. Since he first embarked on his chosen career in 1994, he has expressed his preference for art, industrial design and interior design openly. Applying this preference uncompromisingly to the most far-ranging projects is the only way he can express his unbridled creativity. The designer carries out 20 – 30 design projects per year. All based on interaction that leads to growth via dialogue. This demands considerable effort. And oversight.

Roel Vandebeek launches himself wholeheartedly into the widest variety of design projects. This work that covers so many different areas demands a great deal of him in terms of courage and perseverance. It has taken time and effort moreover to reach cruising speed, but today he is able to work in all different avenues. With 20 years of experimentation and innovation under his belt, he has the references, the experience and the staff to achieve exactly the right design mix. All of which is borne out by the list of design prizes to his name and of course the wide range of products. With the exception of limited collections and works of art, all his designs are still being produced. That speaks volumes about the timelessness of his style.

Roel Vandebeek has a professional structure today that is more efficient than ever before thanks to the presence of the creative hotspot Dêpot des Arts and the project management company Objet Complet. It is like having a Swiss army knifethat you can use for any problem. Foreign places, new horizons beckon like never before both in scope and scale of operations.

​Roel Vandebeek is currently working on a very special design project, that will be released in september 2017. It will reveal and show the impact of a complete new and unseen design method. Roel has been working to optimize and fine-tune this whole new approach for several years and is now confident in the outcome. The power of design, as interpreted by Roel Vandebeek.

AWARDS

2022
Henry van de Velde Label – Space-R

2021
Reddot Winner – Space-R

2020
Good Design Award Winner Australia – Lever Handle Anvil

2019
Winner German Design Awards – brick Dubio
2nd price ‘In4care’ – Digital Harp

2018
Winner Belgian Building Award – brick Dubio
price BKRK competition ‘Bread’ – baking mold
Henry van de Velde awards, winner category Efficiency – brick Dubio

2016
Nominee Public Space Award: ‘Finally Home’ in Heindonk (B)

2014
CORE 77 award in Food Design with Facing Food

2013
Henry van de Velde Label – Product Design with Woodface
Henry van de Velde Label – Product Design with Facing Food

2010
Flemish price for monuments with the interior design of ‘Pietersheim’

Communication Award Batibouw (building fair)

2008
Henry van de Velde Label – Product Design with Spot Towel

Henry van de Velde Label – Urban Furniture with Soft Seat

2007
Henry van de Velde Label – Urban Furniture with Ensemble

2006
Henry van de Velde Label – Product Packaging with Vorkzak

2004
Selection Henry van de Velde Award: Young Talent

2003
Selection Henry van de Velde Award: Best Product

2002
Selection Henry van de Velde Award: Young Talent

2001
Selection Henry van de Velde Award: Best Product

2000
Selection Henry van de Velde Award: Best Product

1998
Selection for Design Vlaanderen

1997
Selected by the King Baudouin Foundation, ‘Design and Enterprise’

1994
1st price furniture design contest province of Limburg

Cultural Award province of Limburg

1993
1st price ‘Tactile Art’ in Brussels

5th price ‘audio of the Future’ by BOSE

1st price furniture design contest in Maastricht (Netherlands)

1992
Honorary award for the design of illumination in square (Lummen)