About

My name is Bin Xu, owner of BinDesign. I am a product designer, graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. My love for nature is profound, and I often draw inspiration from the diverse beauty it offers for my designs. By observing the details of life and seeing its essence, I get the drive to create. I strive to design products that are not only functional but also provide a unique and distinctive user experience.

Designing, for me, is a dynamic process full of adjustments and challenges, much like nature itself. Ultimately, the form of a product reveals itself through the process of overcoming obstacles and limitations, which is why I see myself more as a form leader than a form giver.

Awards

• Nominated for BLOOOM Award – 2017

• First prize design competition Collaboration-S Satelliet hospitality furniture – 2014

• Thonet Mart Stam Prize – 2011

Exhibitions

• '3daysofdesign' exhibition KNIT!, Copenhagen, Denmark – 2020
• 'Bamboe paviljoen' ('Bamboo Pavilion') – Oloide, De Ketelfactory, Schiedam and DordtYart, Dordrecht – 2019
• 'Slow Dialogues', Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA – 2016
• 'Snapshot of a larger order', Nolet Loodsen, Schiedam – 2016
• Stichting Zetel & Today's Gallery, 114, Amsterdam – 2016
• DepARTmentSTORE, Hooghiemstra , Utrecht – 2016
• 'UNLOAD', Brandpunt, Breda – 2016
• 'Collaboration-S' exhibition, Satelliet hospitality furniture, Breda – 2014
• 'Collaboration-S' exhibition Satelliet hospitality furniture, Yksi Expo during Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven – 2014
• 'Stoelendans' ('Musical Chairs'), CBK, Amsterdam – 2013
• 'Spierballenpaviljoen' ('Muscle Pavilion'), De Boswinkel, Amstelveen – 2013
• 'Object Rotterdam', NAI, Rotterdam – 2013
• 'Use it Again', Ampelhaus, Oranienbaum, Germany – 2012
• Graduation Show Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam – 2011
• 'Out Now', Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen – 2009

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