Chris Kabel
Chris Kabel combines a fascination for materials and natural phenomena with a sensitive and analytical approach to design objects, furniture and architectural elements. Sensitivity to context and finding relevant design answers prevail trends: “I like to be smart more than stylish”. One way or another, aesthetics always follow suit in an intuitive and poetic way. Chris Kabel (1975) graduated in 2001 from the Design Academy Eindhoven. He lives and works in Rotterdam.
Collaboration and Clients
2121 Design Site, Tokyo; Adidas; Art Institute Melly; Atelier Pro; Basket Club; Beijing Design Week; Chi Ha Paura; Christian Louboutin; City of Seoul; De Key; Design Academy Eindhoven; Droog; Ecal; EPFL/ecal LAB; Eternit; Fogo Island Inn; Fries Museum; Galerie Kreo; Gemeente Amsterdam; Gemeente Hellendoorn; Gemeente Leiden; Gemeente Utrecht; Glasmuseum Leerdam, Goods; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Headlands Center for the Arts; Heijmans; Het Nieuwe Instituut; HfG Karlsruhe; Hotel Arena Amsterdam; HSBC Bank; KNVB; Kvadrat Interwoven; Label Breed; Lane Crawford Hongkong; Lausanne Jardins; Lola Landscape; M3H architecten; MacGuffin Magazine; Marres; Metadecor; Moooi; Moso; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen; NAI Bureau Europa; Oostwegel Collection; Pedder on Scots, Singapore; Portikus Frankfurt; Postmodern; Rijksvastgoedbedrijf; Royal Dutch Mint; Royal van Kempen Begeer; Shanghai University; Sofia Design Week; Stad Brugge; The Plant Magazine; Valerie Objects; Valerie Traan, Antwerp; Vogue Italia; Ymere.
Collections (Selection)
Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam; Dutch National Textile Museum; EKWC collection; Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris; Fries Museum; Centraal Museum, Utrecht; Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul; Institut fuer Auslandsbeziehungen Germany; MAD, Bordeaux; Mint Museum, Charlotte US; MoMA New York; Nationale Nederlanden Art Collection; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Awards, Fellowships, Residencies, Grants
Rotterdam Design Prize, 2003; Red Dot Design Award, 2006; Stichting Stokroos Grant, 2006; Wallpaper Design Award, 2007; New Material Award, 2009; Dutch Design Awards (finalist), 2011; Finalist New Material Award, 2014; Fogo Island Arts Residency, 2013; Material Fellowship, het Nieuwe Instituut, 2015; New Material Award (nomination), 2018; Research Grant, Creative Industries Fund, 2019
