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Jan Hoekstra industrial design office is located in Genk, Belgium. Industrial design services offered are wide ranging, from concepts for consumer products and packaging solutions to engineering- and manufacturing support.
Born in Maastricht, the Netherlands, in 1964. Graduated from DesignAcademy in Genk, Belgium, in 1989. Entered FLEX/theINNOVATIONLAB© in 1990 and engaged in the design and development of various consumer products. In 1997 Hoekstra starts working in a design consulting capacity for BK© kitchen products and later on for Unilever©. By then he is coaching at the Design Academy Eindhoven as well. In 2003 he co-founded the brand RoyalVKB©, went independent later and established Jan Hoekstra Industrial Design. Since then he is working on projects for various brands. While acting in a design consulting capacity he is Product Director for GreenPan™, a new leading global cookware brand.
His aim, not to design something more than the very minimum necessary, is always mixed with a handful of smart thinking. His designs try to turn our everyday tasks into everyday pleasure.
Hoekstra received various prestigious design awards and some of his products are in permanent collection of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, MOMA New York and Chicago Museum of Architecture and Design |
