Bořek Šípek
WebsiteFacebookHe lived, studied and worked mainly in Germany and the Netherlands.
In Amsterdam he founded the studio Aletrego and participated in a number of projects in architecture and product design.
He has worked with brands such as Alessi, Driade, Lasvit, Leitner, Rosenthal, Steltman and Vitra, among others. He has designed the Museum of Modern Art in Den Bosch, the Ginza department store in Tokyo and Karl Lagerfeld boutiques from Paris to Beirut.
In addition to working for major brands, private clients and institutions, Šípek has also worked on limited production.
Before emigrating, he studied furniture construction and design. After all, he was a cabinetmaker at the beginning of his move abroad. Furniture was one of his great passions. He approached it with the same playfulness, passion and desire to break boundaries as he did architecture or glass.
From the 1990s he was back in the Czech Republic, running his own studio and working as the chief architect of Prague Castle. He also taught at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague, the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, was Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University in Liberec and was involved in the founding of the Ajeto glassworks in Lindava, where he produced glass according to his own designs.
Artist's exhibitions
On Chair – Balancing on the Edge of Comfort
The main motif of the exhibition is the presentation of the author’s design chairs and armchairs, which visitors can sit on (use) during the exhibition and test their function and aesthetics directly in the interior of the gallery.
Among the exhibits on display you can find a chair by Jan Plecháč, Eva Eisler, Filip Kramply, David Šesták or Kristýna Mikolášková. THE DESIGN is a space that aims to exhibit contemporary and applied art side by side in one place. The exhibition will therefore also include sculptures by Michal Janiga and textile works by Lucie Kralík Rosická.
On Chair – Balancing on the Edge of Comfort
Eva Eisler
Jan Plecháč
David Šesták
Palma de Alma
Michal Janiga
Anton Jablonskij
Lexová & Smetana
David Čáp
Lucie Králík Rosická
Marek Šilpoch
Kristýna Mikolášková
LLEV
Ondřej Čižmář
Monotropa
Space of Space
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