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Sep Verboom

Sep Verboom

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  • About me

    Maker, explorer and educator within design Culture. Founder of Livable® Platform.

  • Education

    • Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen - Vlaamse Autonome Hogeschool

      2009 - 2012
      Bachelor's degree Industrial and Product Design

    • Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen - Vlaamse Autonome Hogeschool

      2011 - 2012
      Postgraduate in Sustainable Development

      The postgraduate sustainable development is an additional training which broadens horizons and sharpens the international competencies. She lays the groundwork for further involvement in sustainable development and international cooperation in professional life or as a volunteer.

    • Don Bosco Sint-Denijs-Westrem

      2007 - 2009
      Graphic Design Graphical and printing techniques

  • Experience

    • Livable® Platform

      Feb 2012 - now
      Founder

      Livable® believes in a healthy approach to benefit planet and society. Global perspectives, local expertise and social engagement in Design culture, resulting in a practical process, objects and platform.

    • Studio Joa Herrenknecht

      Nov 2012 - Sept 2013
      Assistant Product Designer

      Studio Joa Herrenknecht is a relative new and upcoming design studio in Berlin, focussing on furniture, accessories and even rugs.My task is to support the studio in every day activity's.Research on projects including products and material exploration. Contacting firms and suppliers for information and samples.Making sketches (some more technical then others). Prepare for production and packaging.Also follow up on appointments and previous productions.

    • Vincent Sheppard

      Jun 2016 - Dec 2018
      Product design & Quality control

      Product development and communication with internal and external designers.Communication and quality improvement with production partners Indonesia.

    • KASK en Conservatorium / HOGENT en howest

      Sept 2020 - now

      Joining the Interior design course, supporting the Bachelor thesis Furniture & design! Developing a new course, Sustainable Design, with the students of KASK (The Royal Academy of Fine Arts)

      • Visiting Professor — Furniture and design

        Feb 2024 - now

      • Visiting Professor — Sustainable Design

        Sept 2020 - now

    • C-Loop

      May 2024 - now
      Creative Business Development Support for Circular Services provided by C-Loop AS

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Industrial Product Design

      Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen - Vlaamse Autonome Hogeschool

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Sep Verboom
      Henry van de Velde 22 Environment Gold Award — ONTketen Flanders DC Jan 2022 Within this project, cleantech start-up Circular Matters, design platform Livable are joining forces for a circular, bio-based future. As a green start-up, Circular Matters developed an alternative to hard plastics and wood-based boards: a biopolymer completely free of fossil and mined resources.
    • Awarded to Sep Verboom
      Designer of the Year 2020 Biennale Interieur Oct 2020 The winner of Biennale Interieur’s prestigious annual Designer of the Year award is announced as Belgian designer Sep Verboom. His work seeks to combine local crafts, social engagement and environmental awareness with design as a tool to form a process, a way of working, and a common approach.The Designer of the Year award is an initiative by the Biennale Interieur and the magazines Knack Weekend and Le Vif Weekend.
    • Awarded to Sep Verboom
      Henry Van De Velde awards 17 - Winner Young talent Flanders DC Jan 2018 The Henry van de Velde Awards are the biggest design awards in Belgium. For the Henry van de Velde Awards for Young Talent, Company and Lifetime Achievement, the jury decides indepently, without registration forms.
    • Awarded to Sep Verboom
      Recycling Design award 18 - First price Martha Herford museum, Herford (DE) Jan 2018 The jury honored the Belgian designer for his carpet made of marine litter, known as "ROPE rug". The carpet consists exclusively of recycled ropes from the shipping industry in the Philippines.Sep Verboom is the winner of the recycling design prize 2017/18.
    • Awarded to Sep Verboom
      Innovation on Development — Jury award for ROPE hope 11.11.11 Feb 2016 On the 27th of February ROPE hope was chosen by the jury and received the first price at the Flemish Parliament in Brussels! 4de pijler award highlights projects with a fresh take on 'development'.
    • Awarded to Sep Verboom
      World Design Impact nominee 2015-2016 ICSID — The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) Aug 2015 The Icsid announces the nomination of Livable Products and 80 other projects for the World Design Impact Prize 2015-2016.
    • Awarded to Sep Verboom
      ROPE movie, First price `Documentary Film' WATCH OUT! Macedonia Film Festival May 2015 Our latest project video for ROPE hope tells the intriguing story of the ROPE recycling community in the Philippines. We received the First price for `Documentary Film' at the WATCH OUT! Film festival Macedonia.
    • Awarded to Sep Verboom
      MAD SURPRIZE! Audience award 2015 MAD Brussels 2015 We received the Audience award at the MAD surprize, Young Belgian Design Awards 2015.
    • Awarded to Sep Verboom
      OVAM Ecodesign award 2012 OVAM Oct 2012 Fantasized got the 2nd place! Thé awards for sustainable innovation. Young designers play a huge role in the future of ecodesign. OVAM values their achievements and therefore presents the OVAM Ecodesign Award for students.