De Winter
Koen
BELGIUM  


1943 Antwerp (BE)
Koen De Winter was born in 1943 in Antwerp, Belgium. He graduated with honors in ceramic technology at the École des Métiers d'art de Maredsous in 1962 before completing his education in industrial design at the Akademie voor Industriële Vormgeving Eindhoven, Holland in 1969. After working for Volvo's engineering department he returned to Holland and designed a wide range of housewares for the Danish/Dutch plastics manufacturer Rosti/Mepal. Some of these designs are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and other museum collections. In 1979 he moved to Canada where he became vice president of design for Danesco Inc. For almost a decade he combined that responsibility with his task as a professor at the Université du Québec in Montreal. He is a former president of the Canadian Industrial Designers Association. Since 1990 his design office HippoDesign Inc. has developed products for a large number of Canadian, American and European companies. He co-authored an exhibition catalogue on 20th century chairs and numerous articles. He has guest lectured in Germany, France, and in Canada. He has won several awards in industrial and graphic design, including the Design Canada Award, the Best of Canada Design Award, the Product of the Year in Frankfurt, and the prestigious Henry van de Velde career award 2005.
More recently, he has opened a ceramic studio in Québec called Atelier Orange.
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koen@hippodesign.ca





LIGHTING [1]
TABLEWARE [12]
ACCESSORIES [5]
MISCELLANEOUS [1]
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'Lemon Squeezer'
D E S I G N E R
Koen De Winter

P R O D U C E R
Atelier Orange, Canada
2004
M A T E R I A L   A N D   D I M E N S I O N S
porcelain + stoneware
Diameter: 8 cm - Height: 16,5 cm
Hand held lemon squeezers are well known for being handy and efficient. Unfortunately their use on the table is problematic because they soil the tablecloth. A small base solves this problem and makes it into an attractive set on the table.
 
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'Mortar & Pestle'
D E S I G N E R
Koen De Winter

P R O D U C E R
Atelier Orange, Canada
2004
M A T E R I A L   A N D   D I M E N S I O N S
porcelain + stoneware
Diameter: 11,5 cm - Height: 17 cm
Unlike the inside curve of the mortar, traditional pestles are ended with a full curve. It makes grinding herbs and spices more difficult. This pestle and mortar have parallel surfaces, a characteristic that produces an even and easy grinding.
 
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'Oil Container'
D E S I G N E R
Koen De Winter

P R O D U C E R
Atelier Orange, Canada
2004
M A T E R I A L
porcelain + stoneware
The unusual combination of porcelain and stoneware has the advantage of giving this conical shape a good grip even with wet hands. The cover prevents dust from setting on the spout and the funnel allows both easy filling and prevents the oil from taking up smells or tastes.
 
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'Stack I' Spice Unit
D E S I G N E R
Koen De Winter

P R O D U C E R
Object Collection, Canada
2004
M A T E R I A L   A N D   D I M E N S I O N S
stoneware
Diameter: 13 cm - Height: 21 cm
Stack I is the first of a series of 3 stacks of small ceramic containers. It's the combination of salt and pepper and a mustard container. Stack II combines milk pot and sugar and Stack III is a combination of oriental condiments.
 
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Camping Dishes
D E S I G N E R
Koen De Winter

P R O D U C E R
Mepal B.V., Netherlands
1975
M A T E R I A L   A N D   D I M E N S I O N S
melamine
diameters: 19,5 cm, 22 cm, 25 cm

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