Astrum People

Christien Starkenburg was born in 1966. She is an interior designer and art director of interior shop, which is the family business of Jan de Jong Interieur (Leeuwarden, the Netherlands) that was founded in 1899. Christien has been always fascinated by utilities as tools, machines, industrial steps and stairs, trolleys etc… This is no wonder, being [...]

Jory Brigham is a creative and innovative designer who lives in San Luis Obispo, California. Jory is a very talented designer who created a unique collection of furniture that takes your breath away.  Each and every single piece is crafted by hand. Jory uses only organic wood materials for it, which are growing in nature. [...]

Michael Schougaard Svane is a designer with fresh and minimalistic look at things. He was actively engaged into a design education and had high expectations for the future. After writing his thesis and graduating with top marks in product design, Michael decided to obtain a Bachelor Degree of Industrial Design, Furniture. It was a pleasure for us to take an interview with Michael Schougaard Svane and we are [...]

Liviu Tudoran is 21 year old student with a strong passion to automotive design. He studies at IED Turin, Transportation design faculty (2nd year). He gained an experience in various fields such as interior/product design and concept art. Liviu is always open to learn more and develop skills in different design areas. To our opinion [...]

Piergil (Pierre-Gilles Fourquié) is a designer who was born in 1979 in Paris (France). He studied at ENSAAMA (Olivier de Serres) school of Art and Design in Paris (1999-2001) for a first graduation. He graduated with honours in the BIAD (Birmingham institute of Art and design) in England in 2002 (BA in industrial/product design). It was a pleasure for us to [...]

Oscar Diaz Oscar Diaz is a designer who currently lives and creates his contemporary products in London. His work is not defined by a style, but rather by a way of understanding, exploring and questioning objects, while considering their context  and the cultural associations embedded on them. Recently we met with Oscar who told us [...]