14 Notable alumni of Design Academy Eindhoven
Updated: May 31, 2026 EliteDegrees
Design Academy Eindhoven is ranked #4,548 in the world and #37 in Netherlands by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Design Academy Eindhoven sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Design Academy Eindhoven won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Frans Schrofer
1956-. (aged 70)
industrial designer
furniture designer
Frans Schrofer is a Dutch furniture designer and industrial designer based in The Hague, Netherlands. He received a technical education in Leiden and then studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven, graduating in 1983 and founding his own design studio, Studio Schrofer, in 1984. He is known for a sculptural approach to furniture design, conscious use of materials, practicality, ergonomics, technical...
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2. Dwinita Larasati
1972-. (aged 54)
civil servant
cartoonist
industrial designer
lecturer
Dwinita Larasati, who also uses the diminutive Tita Larasati, is an Indonesian industrial designer and cartoonist. She is a lecturer in industrial design at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and her design work focuses on sustainability and the use of bamboo. As an artist and publisher, she is a pioneer in the "graphic diary" genre of autobiographical Indonesian comics.
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3. Mienke Simon Thomas
1954-. (aged 72)
exhibition curator
curator
writer
Margaretha Wilhelmina Francina Simon Thomas (born 1954) is a Dutch art historian, curator and author, working as a senior curator at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. She is known for her works on the development of Dutch applied art and design.
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4. Ton van de Ven
1944-2015 (aged 71)
industrial designer
Ton van de Ven was a Dutch industrial designer. He is best known as the creative director at the Efteling theme park.
5. Helen Berman
1936-. (aged 90)
textile designer
painter
Helen Berman is a Dutch-Israeli visual artist. She was a textile designer in the 1960s and has been a painter and occasionally an art educator since the 1970s. She is well known in Israel and has exhibited also in Germany and the Netherlands. She created modern and postmodern art and has engaged in realistic impressionism and lyrical abstract expressionism.
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6. Dave Hakkens
1988-. (aged 38)
television producer
manufacturer
industrial designer
Dave Hakkens is a Dutch industrial designer. He gained fame with his two graduation projects: Phonebloks, a concept for modular telephones, and Precious Plastic, a movement to develop and promote machines and organizations for plastic recycling. Hakkens is seen by many as an example of a new generation of designers who have set themselves the goal of improving society by...
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7. Christien Meindertsma
1980-. (aged 46)
designer
photographer
artist
Christien Meindertsma is a Dutch artist and designer.
8. Richard Hutten
1967-. (aged 59)
industrial designer
furniture designer
designer
glass artist
postage stamp designer
Richard G. J. Hutten is a Dutch industrial designer, art director, and artist who is active in furniture design, product design, interior design, and exhibition design.
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9. Dror Benshetrit
designer
Dror Benshetrit is an Israeli designer based in New York City and Miami. He established Studio Dror, a design practice, in New York in 2002. The studio has worked on projects across product design, interiors, installations, and architecture.
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10. Marije Vogelzang
1978-. (aged 48)
designer
Marije Vogelzang is a Dutch "Food Designer" or an "Eating Designer", to be expressed more specialized. Her name is considered among the pioneers of the field of Food Design, along with names such as Marti Guixe and Francesca Zampollo. In the late 1990s, Marije presented her "White Funeral Meal" project at the Design Academy Eindhoven, while food was not yet...
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11. Marcel Wanders
1963-. (aged 63)
graphic artist
architect
jewelry designer
sculptor
designer
Marcel Wanders is a Dutch industrial and interior designer. He is the art director of the Marcel Wanders studio in Amsterdam and co-founder of the furniture and interior design company Moooi.
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12. Hella Jongerius
1963-. (aged 63)
industrial designer
university teacher
designer
textile designer
furniture designer
Hella Jongerius is a Dutch industrial designer.
13. Piet Hein Eek
1967-. (aged 59)
furniture designer
Piet Hein Eek is a Dutch designer. He is known for designs which require significant time from craftspeople, despite using very inexpensive, found materials.
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14. Frank Tjepkema
1970-. (aged 56)
installation artist
industrial designer
furniture designer
jewelry designer
Frank Tjepkema is a Dutch designer based in Amsterdam. He works in interior design, architecture, product design, visual design and jewellery. He is most known for his collections, Bronze Age, Future Nostalgia, Clockwork Love, and his interior design projects. In 2014, at the Amsterdam Light Festival, he installed Light Bridge on a bridge along the Amstel river that received considerable...
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