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Jan des Bouvrie
1942-2020
An interior is like a ‘mirror of the soul’
Jan des Bouvrie started his creative journey at the Rietveld Academy. This is
where his talent for design took shape. With his idiosyncratic & progressive
ideas, the young des Bouvrie gave an enormous impulse to the design world.
There was more and more a clear line in des Bouvrie’s work and his signature
became recognizable. With WHITE as his trademark, he founded his
own design studio.
His vision was further shaped by working together with various manufacturers.
In addition to furniture manufacturers, des Bouvrie also designed for
other companies such as Philips, KPN, Sony, Smart.
In 1993, Des Bouvrie moved his design studio from Bussum to
Naarden-Vesting. Together with his partner Monique, he converted the
monumental building ‘Het Arsenaal’ into a design studio of unprecedented
class in the field of interior, architecture and product design.
Jan des Bouvrie had always had a clear goal in mind; designs for everyone.
Jan des Bouvrie passed away in 2020 but his soul & mind are
kept alive in Studio Jan des Bouvrie by his partner Monique.
