Pol Quadens

Pol Quadens in 7 dates

1960 Born in Uccle Brussels, he will study art and stop studying at 17 to devote himself to the restoration of vintage cars. It is by repairing the bodywork that he discovers and learns to work all materials.

1987 His culture and taste for art, a little hampered by manual work, pushes him to create objects. In his body shop he made several pieces of design including his compact disc shelf that he will produce and sell more than 100,000 copies in 15 years.

1995 He meets a former engineer from Donnay, manufacturer of tennis rackets, who introduced him to carbon fibre. He designs and produces the world's lightest C 06 chair, 950 grams, which will be purchased and displayed by leading collections and design museums.

2000 He imagines the Strada, carbon fibre women's high heats of 10 cm without heel. The strada is an important commercial success, during 4 years Pol will take care of its world diffusion. Madonna will wear it during one of her concerts.

2007 He discovered corian, a composite material made of stone and aluminium. He draws a whole collection of furniture for OVO Editions. His creations are artisanal, their quantity is easily compatible with a mass production so he turns to galleries of art, design, auction rooms and distributes his creations to collectors and art lovers. design in the world.

2013 Thanks to his notoriety in the world of collectors he knows no limits and is interested in polished stainless steel (return to his material first) he develops unique pieces, small series of furniture and sculptures of high technical quality and finishing.

2017 He signs the large library "infinity" made entirely by hand in polished stainless steel, she will not have asked for 400 hours of work this unique piece will be sold by a Brussels gallery. He is moving towards sculpture and has a project of an important creation between art and design for a property in Switzerland.