1. Where were you born and where are you from ?

I was born in Belgium and grew up in Liège.

2. What is your first memory connected to the art world ?

My mom works in the fashion industry, so I always had a creative mind and used to draw a lot and DIY during my free time.

3. Have you always worked in the art/design field ?

Yes, I studied Industrial Design and then went to Welding school. I worked as a graphic designer, a welder and finally as a Designer + Welder for my own studio.

4. What led you to the design creation ?

I always wanted to express myself through art, I wanted my ideas to take shape and to work in 3D . I started with painting and drawing and after I approached the design field.

5. How would you describe your creative process and it influences ?

I am inspired by nature and the smallest details in every objects. Looking behind structures and touching surfaces everywhere I go. I express my ideas through minimalism and metal. Textures and finishes. Doing projects, mainly, by myself in my workshop.

6. Could you describe a typical day of your work ?

I start work at 10am, but work better at night. Do some computer work and then go down to the workshop and cut metal pieces, weld them together the rest of the day/evening depending on the project. Bring them down to the powder coat company and so on.

7. Why did you choose the specific materials you work with ?

I chose to work with metals because of the wide range of possibilities, textures, finishes, colors, assembly, etc.

8. What are the technical particularities of your creations ?

Minimalist and clean lines or rough textures and nature like shapes. I like it when a material as heavy as metal seems light and warm through my designs.

9. What advices could you give to beginning artists who would like to create sculptural design works ?

Follow your mind and hands. Stay true to your vision.

10. If your works had to belong to a design movement, in which one would you define it ?

Between Brutalism and Minimalism.

11. What designers and artists have influenced you ?

Virgil Abloh, Bauhaus designers, Jean prouvé, Henry Wilson.

12. What contemporary designers do you appreciate ?

Sabine Marcelis, Vincent van Duysen, Vincenzo De Cotiis..

13. What contemporary artists (in any kind of art) have you been inspired by ?

Eddy De Pretto, Alex Kuznetsov.

Proust Questionnaire with very short answers (one or a few words) :
(The Proust Questionnaire is a set of questions answered by the French writer Marcel Proust. Other historical figures who have answered confession albums are Oscar Wilde, Karl Marx, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Cézanne…)