{"id":16649,"date":"2025-10-27T16:31:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.design\/?p=16649"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:35:39","slug":"maarten-de-ceulaer-designer-of-the-year-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderful.design\/nl\/nieuws\/maarten-de-ceulaer-designer-of-the-year-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Maarten De Ceulaer is Designer of the Year 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Een koffer vol verhalen en een carri\u00e8re die niet ophoudt met reizen. Maarten De Ceulaer werd in oktober 2025 uitgeroepen tot Designer of the Year 2025 \u2014 de twintigste laureaat van de jaarlijkse titel die Knack Weekend toekent.<\/p>\n<p>Het gaat niet om nog een prijs op de schouw. Het gaat om wat die prijs bevestigt: dat de po\u00ebtische, speelse lijn die De Ceulaer al bijna twintig jaar trekt, blijft verrassen.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008 zette hij een stapel koffers neer bij Nilufar in Milaan. Galeriste Nina Yashar pikte het afstudeerwerk meteen op. Sindsdien bouwde De Ceulaer \u2014 opgeleid aan Sint-Lukas Brussel en de Design Academy Eindhoven \u2014 een oeuvre dat balanceert tussen sculptuur en gebruiksobject. Zijn recente Superquadric-reeks en Stained Glass-verlichting, getoond op solotentoonstelling \u2018Duet\u2019 bij Nilufar (2024), bevestigen die eigenwijze koers.<\/p>\n<p>De Belgian Young Designer Award (2007) en de Henry Van De Velde Award (2013) markeerden zijn vroege parcours. Designer of the Year kroont het geheel \u2014 als erkenning van een ontwerper die nooit koos tussen ambacht en concept, maar beide liet samenvallen. Maarten De Ceulaer mag dan al begonnen zijn met koffers, nog altijd is hij onderweg. De titels ver voorbij.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maarten De Ceulaer is de twintigste Designer of the Year van Knack Weekend. 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