Chris Kabel was born in Haarlem in 1975 and grew up in Bloemendaal. He started his studio after graduating from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2001. In 2002 Chris moved to Rotterdam where he continues to live and work.
He has worked with (inter)national companies and institutions like Droog Design, Moooi, Koizumi, Royal VKB, the City of Seoul, the City of Bruges, Levi's, Charles & Marie and Alessi.
Chris teaches and does workshops at several design schools, amongst others at Design Academy Eindhoven and at ECAL in Lausanne.
Chris has received several awards, including the 2006 Stokroos stipend from the National Glass Museum Leerdam, the 2006 Red Dot product design award for the Tableshapes tablecloth, in 2005 he was the Winner of the souvenir for the city of Bruges competition with his lace map of the city of Bruges, and he has been nominated for the Rotterdam Design Prize in 2003 with his 1totree lamp.
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