Bořek Šípek

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Bořek Šípek (born June 14, 1949 in Prague ; † February 13, 2016 there ) was a Czech architect, furniture designer and glass artist.

Life

Bořek Šípek studied furniture design from 1964 to 1968 at the Prague School of Applied Arts. In 1968 he emigrated from what was then socialist Czechoslovakia to Germany. He studied architecture at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts and philosophy at the University of Stuttgart . From 1977 to 1979 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Industrial Design at the University of Hanover . After his doctorate in architecture at the Technical University of Delft in 1979, he was a lecturer in design theory at the University of Essen until 1983 .

In 1983 he moved to Amsterdam and founded his own architecture and design office, and later the Alterego design company with David Palterer . In 1989 he founded an art studio in Prague. From 1990 to 1998 he was professor of architecture and design at the Academy for Art, Architecture and Design in Prague , and then taught at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna . From 2005 to 2012 he was professor and dean of the Faculty of Art and Architecture at the Technical University of Liberec .

Šípek had three sons, two with the English choreographer Bambi Uden and one with the Czech singer Leona Machálková.

Act

He was best known for his furniture designs and glass art, including for the Ajeto company in Nový Bor . His work received worldwide attention and can be found in permanent exhibitions in museums in New York, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Seoul, Beirut, Tokyo and Bangkok.

According to his plans, the opera house in Kyoto , Japan, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Museum Het Kruithuis in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands from 1993 to 2002 were realized as an architect . In 1995 the boutique was designed by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in Paris. He planned an exhibition pavilion in Wolfsburg for the automobile manufacturer Škoda. For more than ten years he worked on behalf of President Václav Havel as the main architect of Prague Castle , primarily for the restoration of the interior.

In 1983 he received the German Architecture Prize for his work. In 1993 he received the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Prijs . In 1991 he was appointed Knight of the French Order of Art and Literature ( Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ).

His credo was "form follows poetry".

Fonts

  • Architecture as mediation. Semiotic investigation of the architectural form as a carrier of meaning , Karl Krämer Verlag 1980, ISBN 3782814517
  • Borek Sipek: Style Forms Function , Distributed Art Pub Inc 1991, ISBN 905006065X
  • together with Philippe Louguet: Bořek Šípek , Ed De Virginie 1998, ISBN 2906571741
  • together with Ajeto Šípek: MM Collection. Sketches and prototypes. , LHOOQ Switzerland 2000
  • Borek Sipek, architect and designer , Pepin Press 2001, ISBN 9054960612
  • Vaclav Havel - Borek Sipek: Castle Works / Hradni Prace, 1992-2002 , 2003, ISBN 8090259693
  • together with Gerald Bast, Martina Fineder, Stefan Zinell: 360 °: Ein Designpanorama , Universität f. applied arts Vienna 2005, ISBN 3852111226

Editing

  • The International Design Yearbook. 8 , Abbeville Press 1993, ISBN 1558594280
  • The International Design Yearbook 1993/94. , Bangert Munich 1993
  • together with Rick Poynor: The International Design Year Book 1993 , Laurence King Publishing 1993, ISBN 1856690326

literature

  • Alexander von Vegesack: Bořek Šípek. The proximity of afar, architecture design, Vitra Design Museum. Vitra-Design-Museum 1992, ISBN 398025397X
  • Ellen Siebert, Wim de Wagt: Bořek Šípek. Architectuur betovering , Schuyt & Co Haarlem 1993, ISBN 906097347X
  • TM Eliens, HR Tupan: Borek Sipek / druk 1: glas, design, architectuur , Uitgeverij W Books BV 2006, ISBN 9040081921

Web links

Commons : Bořek Šípek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c "Bořek Šípek († 66) zemřel: Podlehl zákeřné rakovině" In: Blesk.CZ, February 13, 2016 (Czech)
  2. ↑ a b c “Bořek Šípek” In: art-directory.de, accessed on February 14, 2016
  3. ↑ a b c d "Zemřel designér Bořek Šípek" In: Novinky.cz, February 13, 2016 (Czech)
  4. ↑ Federal Ecodesign Award In: Instruments for the ecological improvement of the product range within the framework of an ecological consumer policy , Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, 2013, p. 36
personal data
SURNAME Šípek, Bořek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech architect, furniture designer and glass artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 2016
Place of death Prague , Czech Republic