René Holten Industrial Design
is a design studio focussed on interior design products. Our main clients work in the furniture and sanitary business. Our goal is to design high level products with a long lifespan and designed in an environmentally friendly way. The following skills are available in our team: industrial design, interior design, model making for scale models and real-size models in all kinds of materials; wood, steel, (PUR) foam and plastics. Apart from all the computer support we believe in the human-feel; this means that all the designs will be finished by hand; the final touch is made in the model making process by the hand of the designer. We believe in a partnership with our clients based on listening and getting clarity in the whole process from concept to production. Then we translate this in creative, innovative products that will stand out in the market and show a strong design. biography René Holten
> 1961 René Holten was born in The Netherlands
> 1987 Finished Study Architectural Design at the Academy of Arts in Maastricht, The Netherlands
> 1988 Office for Architecture, Basel Switzerland
> 1990 Start to work as an architectural designer for Wiel Arets, Dutch architect; worked on international competitions and projects
> 1993 Finished cum laude at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, The Netherlands; industrial product design Nominated for Academy price 1993 for sewing machine
> 1993 Started own design office for Industrial Design
> 1994 Awarded 3rd price in HEMA contest with clock
> 1998 Award Best Dutch Furniture Designer with chair DODO for Artifort
> 1999 Started working for Artifort; design &
> 2002 Award Good Industrial Design with chair LIBEL for Artifort The last 10 years he designed for many, international oriented, clients such as Pullman (beds), Artifort (furniture), Mosa (tiles) and Clou (sanitary designs) with each year presentations on the International Interior Fairs in MIlano and Kortrijk.
