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the MANUAL MATERIAL MANIPULATOR
James Van Vossel is a versatile designer with a constant need for innovation and an unstoppable stubbornness to achieve his goal. His drive is not just to put another object to the market, but to reform archetypes, research them and question them with a constant eagerness to learn new insights and disciplines. In 2006, he founded his all-embracing brand JAMES ̇ ̇ ̇ ̇.

His range reflects his search for clear, balanced and functional objects. The unique, limited and industrially produced creations all arise from sketches translated into real life models in his own modest studio. More often than not, he finds solutions through manual material interventions. This method led to collaborations with a.o. 37graden, Deknudt Mirrors, Drisag Office Furniture, Modular Lighting Instruments, Ligne Roset, Theo eyewear and Thonet. He also worked with textile designer Eef Oost on table linen and founded the felt chair brand Fox & Freeze with Tom De Vrieze. For the sale of his own production, he founded the brand Pièce Ludique in 2024.