Surprisingly enough, the structural frame is usually invisible in Verroken’s work; he examines the structural cohesion that exists essentially by using a combination of recognisable elements that either can or […]

In ‘Wiskunde en creativiteit in de meubelobjecten van Verroken’* (Gazet van Antwerpen, 28 January 1993) Paul Huylebroeck wrote: ‘… In fact, and from an analytical position… , one could say […]

When designing, I usually start off with a clear theme to attach to the narrative that I need to impart. The theme of the City of Mechelen Prize for Design […]

The name of the mysterious DINNER JACKET, a mobile work not all of whose aspects can be appreciated at once and which derives its stability from unstable elements, is likely […]

In addition to the notion of the multiple artistic concept with limited, strictly controlled and numbered editions from one unique original, there exists an equivalent idea in design in which […]

The line between design from a strictly functional perspective and that with a purely conceptual approach is sometimes an extremely fine one. The work of André Verroken is illustrative of […]

HYMN TO ARCHITECTURE is a modular composition that can be extended both in height and width. In HYMN TO ARCHITECTURE, what appears at first sight to be the purely decorative […]

The poetic calibre of, for example, SALUDO EDUARDO (more than a cabinet) and of SALUDO A EDUARDO CHILLIDA (more than a storage unit) lends a timeless quality to the creation […]

The names that Verroken gives to his subjects sometimes have the effect of playing havoc with the explanatory thought process. In calling a chest of drawers DUIZENDPOOT (MILLIPEDE) – a […]

In the modular storage unit entitled CONTAINER, both stacking and sliding together are once again under discussion. CONTAINER consists of one basic element – a module – in which two […]