Specialised in problem-solving
- Bruno Meeus
- Design studio
- In the service of quality of life
- Innovatively active
- Awards
- Exhibitions
Bruno Meeus
In 1980, Bruno Meeus (°56) graduated as industrial designer at the Higher Institute for Visual Communication and Design in Genk.
After his studies, he gained over ten years of experience at leading producers of kitchen and hospital furniture. Over the years, he gained substantial expertise in various application whereby stainless steel is used, ranging from fast-food industrial kitchens and ATMs to autopsy tables.
With this background, in 1995, he started his own design studio: MEEUS UNLIMTED design office.
In 2000, he got a postgraduate degree in Integral Product Development (Innovation Management) at the KU Leuven.
After his studies, he gained over ten years of experience at leading producers of kitchen and hospital furniture. Over the years, he gained substantial expertise in various application whereby stainless steel is used, ranging from fast-food industrial kitchens and ATMs to autopsy tables.
With this background, in 1995, he started his own design studio: MEEUS UNLIMTED design office.
In 2000, he got a postgraduate degree in Integral Product Development (Innovation Management) at the KU Leuven.
Design studio
Today, under its own management, Meeus Unlimited designs, produces and markets products mostly constructed in stainless steel, as well as composite materials, such as Askilan®, solid wood and bamboo.
Both standard products in series and tailored solutions for projects. For the private housing construction, public buildings, shop design, catering industry, industrial kitchens, hospitals, old age homes and care institutions, (food) industry…
Both standard products in series and tailored solutions for projects. For the private housing construction, public buildings, shop design, catering industry, industrial kitchens, hospitals, old age homes and care institutions, (food) industry…
In the service of quality of life
Bruno Meeus has no need for fame or star status as a designer.
His view is that the designer’s role is one of serving the industry anonymous. In this, the task is: “to produce better products with guts and creativity, and thus, to increase people’s comfort and quality of life.”
His view is that the designer’s role is one of serving the industry anonymous. In this, the task is: “to produce better products with guts and creativity, and thus, to increase people’s comfort and quality of life.”
Innovatively active
Innovation is also a leitmotif in his work.
Meeus Unlimited wants to be innovative, in both applications and techniques, so that there is a professional solution for every challenge.
Bruno Meeus is a member of the ‘expert group design at Design Flanders, of the innovation cluster of furniture companies Optimo, and of the professional associations UDB (Union of Designers in Belgium) and BEDA.
Meeus Unlimited wants to be innovative, in both applications and techniques, so that there is a professional solution for every challenge.
Bruno Meeus is a member of the ‘expert group design at Design Flanders, of the innovation cluster of furniture companies Optimo, and of the professional associations UDB (Union of Designers in Belgium) and BEDA.
Awards
13 February - 14 March 1999 Ghent
Caermersklooster
Selection Provincial prize for Design East-Flanders 1998
Freestanding cooker + basic
13 September - 4 November 2001 Brussels
Selection Henry van de Velde prize 2001
Best product Lavabeau®-collection
Caermersklooster
Selection Provincial prize for Design East-Flanders 1998
Freestanding cooker + basic
13 September - 4 November 2001 Brussels
Selection Henry van de Velde prize 2001
Best product Lavabeau®-collection
Exhibitions
February 1998 -1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002, Antwerp
CASA EUROPEA
1998, Ieper
Flemish Furniture exhibition
Mobile cooking unit and freestanding cooker + conductronic®
19 December 1998 - 28 February 1999, Ghent
Museum for decorative art and design
Triennial for design
Furniture series basic + conductronic®
18 September - 31 October 1999
30 years Design University - College Genk
RVS freestanding cooker
19 - 22 May 2001, New York
International Contemporary Furniture Fair
Design from Flanders
04 May - 10 June 2001, Brussels
‘Design in green surroundings'
Gallery VIZO Kanselarijstraat
Lavabeau®-collection
18 October - November 2001, Brussels
Gallery VIZO
Design route TRANSIT – Foundation Interior Kortrijk
15 March - 21 April 2002, Brussels
'A new Belgium' in ideas and materials
Exhibition CIVA and Gallery VIZO
03 -12 May 2002, Paris
Exposition ‘European Way(s) of Life’
56th edition of the ‘Salon des Artistes Décorateurs’, Carrousel du Louvre
28 July - 8 August 2004, Melbourne (Australia)
Design from Flanders
CASA EUROPEA
1998, Ieper
Flemish Furniture exhibition
Mobile cooking unit and freestanding cooker + conductronic®
19 December 1998 - 28 February 1999, Ghent
Museum for decorative art and design
Triennial for design
Furniture series basic + conductronic®
18 September - 31 October 1999
30 years Design University - College Genk
RVS freestanding cooker
19 - 22 May 2001, New York
International Contemporary Furniture Fair
Design from Flanders
04 May - 10 June 2001, Brussels
‘Design in green surroundings'
Gallery VIZO Kanselarijstraat
Lavabeau®-collection
18 October - November 2001, Brussels
Gallery VIZO
Design route TRANSIT – Foundation Interior Kortrijk
15 March - 21 April 2002, Brussels
'A new Belgium' in ideas and materials
Exhibition CIVA and Gallery VIZO
03 -12 May 2002, Paris
Exposition ‘European Way(s) of Life’
56th edition of the ‘Salon des Artistes Décorateurs’, Carrousel du Louvre
28 July - 8 August 2004, Melbourne (Australia)
Design from Flanders
