Materials Aart
Aart van Bezooyen is a Dutch optimist and motivator for materials in design. He lives and works in Hamburg where he founded Material Stories in 2005 to bridge the gap between the materials industry and the world of design.
Material Stories is where he brings together his experience in design and passion for materials. Aart inspires and enables the best use of materials in order to make design more competitive, creative and sustainable.
Material Stories supports companies with materials research, concept design and strategic thinking (see services). Aart is lecturer at Poland’s leading design management program at the College of the Humanities and Journalism (WSNHiD) and teaches materials driven design at the Minerva Academy for Fine Arts & Design (NL) and University of the Arts Bremen (DE). For the Core77 Design Network (USA) he reports about news and events from all over Europe.
In Short
Aart’s materials inspired career started with receiving a Master’s degree in Industrial Design from the Delft University of Technology (2002) for originating the Material Explorer, a materials selection support tool for product designers – nominated by the INDEX: organization.
» Receives M.Sc. Industrial Design from the Delft University of Technology
» Design Consultant at PARK Advanced Design Management, 2003-2005
» Originator of Material Explorer, launched by Materia in 2005
» 2005 founded Material Stories and works as materials consultant
Contact Details
Aart van Bezooyen
Phone : +49 (0) 162 7390423
E-mail : info (at) materialstories (dot) com
Material Stories
Hopfenmarkt 33
20457 Hamburg
Germany
Location
Material Stories is based in Hamburg (see below).
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