Designers
Meet the designers
Every collection starts as a sketch by one of our designers, and is made in Best.
Designer
Jacob Nitz
Minimal in form, economical in material, and made to be produced without waste.
Jacob Nitz was born in the United States and graduated in Industrial Design at the University of Cincinnati in 2010. His work was shown at the ICFF Studio exhibit before he graduated, and in 2011 he joined the Chicago studio MNML as a senior designer.
His approach is to take away until only what works is left: fewer parts, less material, lower production costs, and a product that lasts. That thinking is in every Siren chair.
| For Bogaerts | Siren, Formosa |
| Based in | Chicago, United States |
Designer
Mario Alessiani
Beauty that does something: an object has to earn its place by working well.
Mario Alessiani grew up in central Italy with two architects for parents, and a Tolomeo lamp in his father’s studio that showed him what a well-made object can be. He graduated from IED in Rome, worked in London, and in 2013 founded his own studio, 24.
He was named one of Italy’s leading creatives under thirty. For Bogaerts he drew Blossom, the pendant lamps and wall panels that bring light and quiet into a room at once.
| For Bogaerts | Blossom |
| Based in | Italy |
Portrait of Philip Bogaerts, to be supplied
Designer and founder
Philip Bogaerts
Minimal and elegant, and drawn with the people who have to sit on it, clean it and move it in mind.
Philip Bogaerts is a Dutch product designer in Eindhoven. He graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2010 and founded Bogaerts in 2014 to make furniture for the professional market: offices, meeting rooms and public interiors.
He designs the greater part of the catalogue and leads product development, from the first sketch to the version that goes into production in Best.
| For Bogaerts | Oblique, Flow, Butler, Mohs, Mono |
| Based in | Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
