Collage wooden teacup

Brent Neve, born 1989, is a Belgian designer living and working in Kortrijk, Belgium. He has run his design studio called Atelier Ikke since 2012, and also frequently collaborates with fellow Belgian designer Giel Dedeurwaerder under the collective name Utilise.objects.

Brent Neve’s designs are characterised by a strong sense of materiality, as materials are often the starting point for his work as well as the aspect that, in the end, determines the functionality and aesthetics of the product. Brent Neve draws inspiration from nature and his travels to distant locations where he enjoys observing local handicraft traditions and use of materials.

Giel Dedeurwaerder (born 1990) heads his eponymous design studio in Kortrijk, Belgium. The Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen graduate is passionate about design: he conducts experiments and research on a daily basis, also outside of his commissions, and likes to be in charge of the whole creation process from the initial analysis to package design. As his sources of inspiration Giel Dedeurwaerder lists constructivist artists like El Lissitzky, Gustav Klucis and Alexander Rodchenko.