Tord Boontje

Biography

Awards

• 2002 – Bombay Sapphire Prize for Glass Design
• 2003 – Designer of the Year, Elle Decoration
• 2003 – Best Lighting Design, Elle Decoration
• 2003 – Reader's Choice for Future Classic, Elle Decoration
• 2004 – Best product, New York Gift Fair
• 2004 – Dedalus Design Award
• 2005 – Innovation Prize for textile collection, Cologne Fair
• 2005 – Dutch Designer of the Year
• 2006 – IF Product Design Award
• 2007 – Red Dot Design Award
• 2008 – Elle Décor Design Award
• 2011 – Wallpaper* Design Awards
• 2013 – Red Dot Design Award

  Milestones

• 1991 – Graduated Eindhoven Design Academy
• 1994 – Graduated Royal College of Art
• 1996 – Established Studio Tord Boontje in Peckham, South London
• 2002 – Designed the Garland for Habitat
• 2004 – Happy Ever After installation at Moroso’s Milan showroom
• 2005 – Moved to Bourg-Argental, France
• 2007 – Monograph published by Rizzoli New York
• 2009 – Returned to London to take up position at the Royal College of Art
• 2012 – Moves studio to Shoreditch, East London and opens his first retail space
• 2013 – Steps down as Head of Design Products
• 2015 – ORIGINALS selling exhibition at Sotheby’s London with Emma Woffenden