Ariane Van Dievoet

Ariane van Dievoet (born in 1987 or 1988)[1] is a Belgian designer and founder of the product design company AVANDI (/ɑːvændɪ/; or Avandi Studio[2]).

Biography

Ariane Van Dievoet was born in 1987 or 1988 in Belgium.[1][3] She graduated from the University of the Arts London's interior and spatial design program in 2010.[3] She worked for the Belgian designer Charles Kaisin.[1] After graduation, she received an offer to do interior design for a Brussels-based jewellery gallery.[3] At that time, Van Dievoet already had chosen to attend the Rhode Island School of Design's postgraduate interior architecture program, which she completed in 2013.[3] Upon graduating from RISD, she joined Bower, a Brooklyn furniture design company.[3] In 2014, she put forward her designs to Salone Satellite, a secondary show at the Milan Furniture Fair, and her work was chosen for displaying.[3] Her "Stepstool" work, which was conceived for smaller kitchens, received the Salone Satellite Award's third prize.[3] She started the design firm Avandi after her designs were exhibited at SaloneSatelite.[1]

Avandi

Ariane van Dievoet founded[4][5] the minimalist product design[6] studio AVANDI in Red Hook, in 2014 after she earned degrees from the Chelsea College of Arts[3][7] and the Rhode Island School of Design,[1][2][4][5]. That same year, AVANDI's first collection was officially launched at the 2014 SaloneSatellite, the young artists' exhibit of the Milan Furniture Fair, where it received the 3rd prize of the SaloneSatellite award[3][7] for its Steptool, a minimalist kitchen ladder.[8] After being based in Brooklyn for five years, Avandi relocated to Brussels.[9][10][8] It received the 2019 Elle Decoration Uptown Design Award for its exhibition and capsule collection Reflected Matter,[11] in collaboration with bespoke interior brand Obumex.[12] Avandi has had exhibitions in Brussels, Cologne, London, Miami, New York, Paris and Toronto.[13]

Notes and references
  1. "Emerging talent: Ariane van Dievoet, New York". Monocle. 8 (73). May 2014. p. 162.
  2. "TALENT TRANSATLANTIQUE : STUDIO D'AVANDI ArchiExpo". trends.archiexpo.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  3. Martin, Emily (January 2015). "One to watch: Avandi". FX magazine. p. 23.
  4. Carimati, Paola (May 2015). "Design a Brooklyn: Avandi Studio". Elle Decor Italia (in Italian). p. 114.
  5. "Avandi custom design projects". LUXE MAGAZINE - Real Estate | Design | Art de vivre. 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  6. "Candle snuffer". Domus. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  7. De Monte, Roberta (May 2015). "Design lays in the details". Positive magazine. pp. 114–115.
  8. "23-OBUMEX – Avandi". 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  9. Loncke, Maxime (2019). "Ariane van Dievoet: Tovert met upcycling". Daenick magazine (in Dutch). pp. 54–61.
  10. "De Bovenkamer: Ariane van Dievoet (Avandi)". intsite.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  11. "Explorer le tangible". Les prémices (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  12. Roks, Olivia (December 2019). "Réflexion poétique by Avandi". Elle Deco Belgique (in French). pp. 34–35.
  13. "23-OBUMEX – Avandi". 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2020-08-04.

See also

Bibliography
  • 2014: « Emerging talent: Ariane van Dievoet, New York », Monocle, issue 73, volume 8, May 2014, p.162.
  • 2015: Carimati, Paola, « Design a Brooklyn: Avandi Studio », Elle Decor Italia, May 2015, p.114.
  • 2015: De Monte, Roberta, « Design lays in the details », Positive magazine, May 2015, pp.114-115.
  • 2015: Martin, Emily, « One to watch: Avandi », FX magazine, January 2015, p.23.
  • 2017: Stehlé, Barbara, « Avandi », Luxe magazine, November 2017, pp. 92-93. (Read online)
  • 2019: Loncke, Maxime, « Ariane van Dievoet: Tovert met upcycling », Daenick magazine, fall/winter 2019, pp.54-61.
  • 2019: Roks, Olivia, « Réflexion poétique by Avandi », Elle Deco Belgique, December 2019, pp.34-35.
  • 2020: Rouvrois, Niels, « De Bovenkamer: Ariane van Dievoet (Avandi) », Int Site, 21 April 2020. (Read online)
  • Blondel, Bénédicte and Visart, Marine, « Explorer le tangible », Les prémices. (Read online)
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