Nicky Vollebregt is a hands-on textile, object, and product designer researching textile craft and industrial textile techniques while uncovering innovative and unconventional applications. This exploration of form, structure and colour results in intricate materials, objects and installations -- ranging from functional to sculptural -- which highlight material appreciation and the personal stories they carry.
Studio Nicky Vollebregt advocates emotionally sustainable design, or design to cherish, as an investigation-worthy approach towards a more sustainable future. Studying how material properties can nurture a personal connection between product and owner, thereby extending product lifespan, the studio initiates design projects (such as Pollia↗ and Uncover↗) and multidisciplinary research (see Creative Connectors↗).
Open to collaborations and commissions.
Studio Nicky Vollebregt is based in De Wasserij↗ in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
programmes + courses + residencies
→ Driving Dutch Design, BNO + Dutch Design Foundation + Stichting Stokroos, 2024
→ Advanced Textile Program, Textielmuseum|Textiellab, Tilburg, 2023
→ Dutch Invertuals Academy, Dutch Invertuals, 2020
awards + grants
→ Talent Development Grant, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, 2024-2025
→ nomination WdKA Bachelor Research Award 2020
→ nomination Drempelprijs Autonomous Practices 2020
education + internships
→ BA Product Design, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, 2016-2020
→ internship Adrianus Kundert, Rotterdam, 2019
→ internship Elvis Wesley, Rotterdam, 2019
points of sale
→ The Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam, NL
Image credit Evy Hachmang