Jean-François D'OrStudioAwards & exhibitionsBiographyCredits
Jean-François D'Or
His simple, unpretentious, logical objects appeal as much on for their evident, clearly perceptible design as well as their poetry.
Jean-François D’Or is graduated in industrial design at ENSAV La Cambre Brussels in 1998 since which time he has built up solid and varied experience. Following a project in New York lasting several months, he was taken on by Belgian Light brand where he worked closely with established and demanding designers such as Maarten Van Severen. In 2003, he set up his own industrial design studio.
His approach takes account of company imperatives as well as user needs and is tempered by the desire to reach a market, his products set out to enrich our environment. Exploring numerous materials, Jean-François D’Or brings out their beauty without ostentation. His simple, humble, unpretentious, logical objects appeal as much on for their evident, clearly perceptible design as well as their discrete poetry.
His works and edited collections includes collaborations with international brands such as Ligne Roset, Domani, Toss B, Kenzo, Maison Vervloet, Cinna, Droog design, Cruso, Vika, Schreder, Fiskars, La Rochère, Deknudt mirrors, Osram, Centre Pompidou, Serax, Interni Edition, Minale Design Strategy, The Conran Shop among others. Jean-François D'Or objects and productions have been exhibited at Milan, New York, Sao Paulo, Stockholm, Tokyo, Seoul, Paris, Brussels, Hong Kong, London.
Voted Belgian designer of the year in 2013, Jean-François D’Or continues on a steady path of flawless rigor.
Since then, he has also opened up other complementary chapters such as installation, concert, performance, video and writing in transversal and experimental ways.
Denis Laurent / Design critic.
Studio
Based in Brussels, Loudordesign studio is an industrial design office opened in 2003 by Jean-François D'Or.
Loudordesign studio is an industrial design agency that focuses on duality and complementarity of creative and pragmatical solutions. We work for industries from conceptual idea to production via methodological development. This global process applies to all consumer goods produced by industries. Product design strategy : Analysis - Innovation - Synthesis - Conception - Development - Production / Art direction.
Design is a matter of harmony, an eye and a tool for quality and identity of product. It is a central factor of innovatie technologies and a crucial factor of social, cultural and economic exchanges. Industrial design seeks to assess structural, organisational, functional, expressive and economic relationships in order to establish the multi-faceted qualities of objects.
Awards & exhibitions
Part of Museums collections /
MUDAC Lausanne.
CID Grand-Hornu Belgium.
Design Museum Brussels.
Musée du Temps Suisse.
Design Museum Gent.
BELvue Museum, Belgium history, Brussels.
Selected exhibitions /
2024 - Lake Como Design Festival - Lightness - Como Italy.
2024 - Dialogue entre une pieuvre et un presse-agrumes - MUDAC Lausanne.
2023 - Installation L'Indécis - Space is the place - Cosmos - MUDAC Lausanne.
2023 - Installation La Rencontre - Censored - Gent Belgium.
2023 - Carte blanche pour un trou noir - Concerts performances - Brussels - CID.
2022 - Installation La Rencontre - Fonds Erasme - Château de La Hulpe.
2022 - Installation La Rencontre - Fonds Erasme - BOZAR.
2021 - Installation L'Indécis - Cosmos - CID Grand-Hornu - Belgium.
2020 - Une Porcelaine dans un magasin d'éléphants - Concert - Jean-François D'Or.
2019 - Maison Vervloet & Jean-François D'Or - Cercle d'Art Contemporain.
2019 - Son binocle - Erik Satie - Concerts - 4 sessions - Jean-François D'Or
2018 - Between Art & Design - Installation - Centre Pompidou Kanal - Brussels
2018 - Design generation - Intersection #5 - Design Museum - Brussels
2018 - Le Paillasson du funambule - Installation - Rossicontemporary - Brussels
2017 - FRA(R)GILE - Curated by Jean-François D'Or - MDA Museum - Brussels
2017 - L'Eloge de l'heure - CID Grand-Hornu - Belgium
2017 - Linking minds - Belgitude - DAMN° - Palazzo Letta - Milano
2017 - Welcome home - Jean-François D'Or for Maison Vervloet - Brussels
2017 - From Belgium with light - Grand Hornu CID - Belgium
2017 - The mad office - DAMN° - IMM Cologne - Germany
2016 - The Art of assemblage - Tokyo - Japan
2016 - Onomatopée - Installation - Jean-François D'Or for STIJL - Brussels
2016 - Made in Belgium - Belvue Museum - Brussels
2016 - The design collection of the Grand Hornu - CID & Friends - Adam - Belgium
2015 - Le chant du coquelicot - Installation by JF D'Or for KENZO - Brussels
2015 - Nationaal Belgian spirit - Hong Kong
2015 - L'Eloge de l'heure - MUDAC - Lausanne - Suisse
2015 - Design Derby - Nederland België - Gent & Rotterdam
2015 - The Ten - Design Vlaanderen Galerie - Brussels
2015 - Not just a bowl of Cherries - Galerie Sofie Lachaert - Tielrode - Belgium
2015 - Confronting the Masters - Milano
2014 - Best sellers - ING - Brussels
2014 - La matière des nuages - Paris & Sao Paulo - Brazil
2014 - Biennale Interieur 2014 - Designers of the ten years - Kortrijk - Belgium
2014 - Nationaal - Talents concentrate - Brussels
2013 - Jean-François D’Or Moodboards - Monographic exhibition CID Grand-Hornu - Belgium
2013 - Milano Triennale - Tool boxes - Belgium is Design - Milano
2013 - Henry Van De Velde Awards - Design Vlaanderen - Brussels
2013 - Mirrors - Intramuros - Now Paris fair - Paris
2012 - Playing senses - Hong Kong
2012 - Milano Triennale - Perspectives - Belgium is Design - Milano
2011 - Belgium is Design - Triennale - CID Grand Hornu
2011 - Multiple Plan - Redhot design museum - Essen - Germany
2010 - Design Korea - Seoul - Korea
2010 - Fighting The Box - 10 Belgian Designers - Design Biennale Saint Etienne
2010 - 101% Designed In Brussels - VITRA - Gent - Belgium
2010 - Intersections - Atomium - Brussels
2010 - 101% Designed In Brussels - 100% Design London - United Kingdom
2010 - 101% Designed In Brussels - Furniture Fair - Stockholm - Sweden
2010 - Henry Van De Velde Awards - Design Vlaanderen - Brussels
2008 - Design With A Smile - Design Museum - Gent - Belgium
Awards /
2017 - Maison & Objet Paris - Best product Award - Collection Welcome home for Vervloet
2017 - Wallpaper * product selection - June & July table, bench and tray collection for Cruso
2014 - Architecture Muuuz International Awards 2014 - Audrey door handle for Vervloet
2014 - W * house Wallpaper selection - Audrey door handle design for Vervloet
2013 - Belgian Designer of the Year 2013
2013 - Henry Van De Velde Label 2013 - Edvard mirrors collection for Reflect+ - Belgium
2013 - Design Plus Award - Blossom tableware collection - Ambiente - Frankfort
2012 - Reciprocity 2012 Award - Elisabeth mirror - Biennale Design - Liège
2010 - Balthazar 2010 Award - Alexandre bed collection - Furniture Fair - Brussels
2010 - Orticola D'esterni - Outdoor Design 15 International Designers - Milano
2009 - Henry Van De Velde Label 2009 - Disk lamp collection - Belgium
2003 - Panik 03 Contest - Third Price - La Raffinerie - Brussels
Biography
Biography /
2017 - Open design transversal fields : Installation, performance, music, writing
2015 - 2019 - Eté des Petits êtres - Multidisciplinary summer workshops - Belgium
2013 - Jean-François D'Or - Belgian Designer of the year - Belgium
2010 - 2020 - Professor at CAD Brussels - Design - Brussels
2005 - 2009 - Professor at ENSAV La Cambre - Industrial Design - Brussels
2003 - Creation of LOUDORDESIGN studio - Industrial design consultancy - Brussels
2001 - Light company - lighting industry - Study office design manager - Belgium
1999 - Light company - lighting industry - Study office design team - Belgium
1999 - Carolyn - Textile industry - Study office design team - New York - USA
1998 - Industrial designer - Free lance - Belgium
1998 - Master in industrial design with honors - ENSAV La Cambre - Brussels
1993 - High School College - Illinois - USA
1992 - High School Saint Servais College - Liège - Belgium
1974 - Jean-François D'Or - Made in Belgium
Publications / Books /
Poétique du cosmos / Carte blanche pour un trou noir, Jean-François D'Or / CID & MUDAC.
Se mettre au Diapason by Jean-François D'Or. Book edition on acoustic & musical matters.
Cosmos, Design d'ici et au-delà / CID Grand-Hornu & MUDAC Lausanne.
Dialogue entre une pieuvre et un presse-agrumes / MUDAC Lausanne.
Jean-François D'Or, Moodboards, Poetry in daily objects - CID Grand-Hornu & Stichtingkunst
FRA(R)GILE by Jean-François D'Or - Exhibition catalog edition - Contemporary Art - MDA
Brussels by Designers - Visit Brussels - Belgium
Boetiek België - Made in Belgium - Belvue Museum - Belgium
Belgium's best design - Luster edition - Belgium
My design journey : Belgium - Japan edition - Japan
L'Eloge de l'heure - Lausanne MUDAC edition - Suisse
Design derby Nederland België - Rotterdam Boijmans Museum edition
Belgian designer and their interiors - Luster edition
The power of object(s) Design bestsellers in Belgium - Ing edition
Forms with a smile - Design today - Stichtingkunstboek edition
Fighting the box - 20 Belgian designers - City of Brussels edition
L'Arbre que cache la forêt by Jean-François D'Or - Book edition - MAMAC Liège
Mémoire d'un Âne by Jean-François D'Or - Design statement - ENSAV La Cambre
Education / Workshop / Lecture
2024 - Mentor & Jury member of Belgium Vocatio foundation Awards.
2023 - Mentor & Jury member of Belgium Vocatio foundation Awards.
2023 - Jury member - ENSAV La Cambre Industrial design Master 2.
2023 - Jury member - CAD Brussels - Design years 2 & 3.
2023 - Mentor & Jury member - ADA Design Awards 2023 - Pakistan.
2022 - Mentor & Jury member of Belgium Vocatio foundation Awards.
2021 - Mentor & Jury member of Belgium Vocatio foundation Awards.
2020 - Lecture - Cercle d'Art Contemporain - Brussels.
2020 - Consultant - Jury member for PJA Wallonie Brussels Awards.
2019 - Lecture - Cercle d'Art Contemporain - Brussels.
2019 - Mentor & Jury - ESADMM Design - Marseille - France.
2019 - International multidisciplinary workshop - CAD - Brussels.
2018 - Professor since 2010 - Industrial design - CAD - Brussels.
2017 - Workshop - L'Eloge de l'heure - Grand Hornu CID - Belgium.
2015 - Lecture - Une porcelaine dans un magasin d'éléphants - Théâtre de Liège
2015 - 2019 - Eté des Petits êtres - Multidisciplinary summer workshops - Belgium
2015 - Workshop - International loge - CAD - Brussels
2014 - Lecture - Moodboards JF D'Or - CID - Grand Hornu - Belgium
2013 - Workshop - Moodboards JF D'Or - CID - Grand Hornu - Belgium
2011 - Lecture - Design, du Coq à l'Âne - Job in design - Liège
2010 - Workshop - Sustainable design - Water - Hasselt
2009 - Consultant - European design award - European committee
2009 - Lecture - Love your product - Domani - Design Vlaanderen - Brussels
2009 - Workshop - Industrial design - Wiels - ENSAV La Cambre - Brussels
2006 - Lecture - Indonesian design - cultural identity - Jakarta - Indonesia
2005 - Professor - Industrial design Master - ENSAV La Cambre - Brussels
2004 - Lecture - Design(s) - ENSAVLa Cambre - Brussels
2003 - Workshop - Optimo - Addict Lab - Furniture - Ostends
1999 - Lecture - Urban furniture & Urban development - Liège
Credits
Pictures © Diane Hendrikx | page 1-3
Pictures © Peter Verplancke | page 5
Pictures © Fien Muller | page 7
Pictures © Thomas van Haute | page 9
Others pictures - See related pages.
Page 7 - Nathalie Dewez, Chevalier Masson, Hugo Meert, Lhoas & Lhoas.
Website code by Bien à vous.
