Philip Koomen

Philip Koomen is a British furniture designer and maker born in 1953.

Koomen studied "Furniture Design and Technology and Wood Science" at High Wycombe College of Art and Technology (now Buckinghamshire New University), a leading centre for furniture design. He makes bespoke furniture using wood that he largely selects himself. His combined workshop and showroom (Philip Koomen Furniture, established in 1975) is in a 19th century former coaching barn (Wheelers Barn) near Checkendon in south Oxfordshire.

In 1984, Koomen gained a scholarship from the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers to visit German and Dutch studios and workshops. In 2001, he was awarded another scholarship to undertake doctoral research with Brunel University, developing a practice-based design strategy for sustainable development. He has exhibited at the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames and has regular exhibitions at his own workshop.

Koomen received his doctorate in 2007.

Books

* "Out of the Woods — Philip Koomen: a sustainable approach to furniture design". River & Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 17 September 2004 to 7 January 2005. (Exhibition catalogue.)

External links

* [http://www.koomen.demon.co.uk/ Philip Koomen Furniture — workshop and showroom]
* [http://www.countryside.gov.uk/LAR/Landscape/ETV/regional/southEast/etv_pkoomen_furn.asp Information] from the Countryside Agency