- Arne Quinze
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name = Arne Quinze
nationality =Belgium
birth_date = 1971
birth_place =Belgium
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practice_name = Studio Arne Quinze, Quinze & Milan
significant_buildings = Uchronia (Nevada), Cityscape (Brussels)
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significant_design = Primary Pouf (2001)
awards =Henry Van De Velde Award (2001)|Arne Quinze (born 1971,
Belgium ) is anartist , self-taughtdesigner ,futurologist ,visionary andbusinessman . Because of his provoking designs, exuberant lifestyle andsuperstar status, he soon got titled "rockstar of the design industry."Fact|date=July 2008 At the age of 15, Arne Quinze was a homelessgraffiti artist, hanging out with amotorcycle gang and living in the streets.Fact|date=July 2008As an
industrial designer , he is perhaps best known for his "Primary Pouf", a simple and colorful seating object and sidetable solution, and developer of "QMFoam™", the material of which most of his first furniture collections were (and are currently) being made of. Quinze designed furniture for a broad range of projects for leading architects but some of his designs were also chosen by Hollywood celebrities such asBrad Pitt andOprah Winfrey .Fact|date=July 2008As an
artist andvisionary , Quinze got instant fameFact|date=July 2008 by burning "Uchronia: A message from the future", a 30m high and 60m wide wooden sculpture at the 2006Burning Man festival inBlack Rock City ,Nevada ,US . Other giant wooden installations were created forLexus in theUnited States , and "Cityscape" (2007), for the city of Brussels in the centre ofBrussels ,Belgium . At the 2008Belgrade Design Weekconference inSerbia , Arne Quinze revealed plans for similar giant woodenart installations over theOhio River in Louisville,Kentucky and in the centre ofParis ,France .In 2007 he designs "Magna" and "Skytracer" futuristic studies for transport, considered as his vision on the new (conceptual)
Lamborghini for 2100, an hommage to his favorite car brand. Thisscience-fiction vehicle is listed among a series of other sculptures by the hand of Quinze that were presented in his "Mutagenesis" solo-exhibition at the Abitare Il Tempoart fair (Verona, Italy ) (2007), which welcomed him as 'Guest of honor'.Quinze is co-founder and art-director of Quinze & Milan, a
furniture company and creative platform which has facilities inBelgium and theUS . Quinze & Milan is frequently commissioned by other international architecture and design firms, and collaborated on projects, such as theSeattle Central Library (2004), Utrecht University Library (2004), Wyly Theatre in Dallas, TX (2009) and Korean Airlines Lounge, Seoul (2008).He is also leading an international architecture and design agency, Studio Arne Quinze, which is based in
Belgium . Studio Arne Quinze completed over 4000 design projects in 60 different countries all over the world, including projects ranging from architecture, transport, interiors, furniture, lighting, fashion, footwear, art, video and music to installations.Gallery 113, Arne Quinze's 1500sqm exhibition and art gallery space, was inaugurated in October 2007 in
Kortrijk, Belgium .Personal
In 2007, Arne Quinze started dating
Barbara Becker , ex of tennisstarBoris Becker .Good friends with singerLenny Kravitz .Fact|date=July 2008Literature
*Arne Quinze (Author), R.Klanten and L.Feireiss (Editors): "Arne Quinze WORKS". Gestalten, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-89955-219-5
*Max Borka (Author): "CITYSCAPE Arne Quinze". Gestalten, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-89955-203-4External links
* [http://www.arnequinze.tv The work of Arne Quinze]
* [http://www.studioarnequinze.tv Studio Arne Quinze]
* [http://www.quinzeandmilan.tv Furniture label Quinze & Milan]
* [http://www.cityscape.be CITYSCAPE Brussels weblog (2007)]
* [http://pba.masteredit.com/pba/site/Arne_Quinze_exhibition-67.html The creative frenzy of Arne Quinze - La Galerie de Pierre Bergé & associés]
* [http://www.onitsukatiger.co.uk/web/show/id=87742/framenoid=41110 Onitsuka Tiger meets Arne Quinze]
* [http://www.dezeen.com/?s=arne+quinze Arne Quinze on Dezeen.com]
* [http://www.gestalten.com/search?q=arne+quinze&x=9&y=3&books%2Fdetail=&id=d7f6f0d817492b0501176379c479002e&ri2form=search Arne Quinze on Gestalten.com]
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