Toast Rack II
Vase
Five Branched Candelabrum
Salt-and-pepper Shaker II
Salt-and-pepper set
Lemon Squeezer
Dessert Cutlery 4 pieces
Egg Cup with Top
Egg Cup
Bonbon Dish and Serving Tray
Plate
Coffeepot
Bowl with little silver animals
Curling Pin
Bowl
Hair Pin
Bowl with little silver balls
Cake Spoon
Fruit Bowl
Ice-cream Spoon
Caviar Bowl B
Cake-Slice II
Ice-cream Coupe
Sugar Bowl
Teastrainer
Cheese Cover
Caviar Bowl A
Sugar Bowl
Candlestick
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| 1988 Sipek a Lyon |
1990 Mamince |
1991 Stijl vormt Functie |
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| 1992 The Nearness of the Far |
1993 The Steltman Collection 1 |
1993 Architectuur Betovering |
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| 1993 Borek Sipek Prague |
1996 The Steltman Collection II |
2002 Paris - Praha 2002 |
| Biography Borek Sipek
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| 1949 | Born in Prague |
| 1964 - 1968 | Furniture Design course at the School for Arts and Crafts in Prague |
| 1968 | Moved to Hamburg |
| 1969 | Architecture course at the High School for Art in Hamburg |
| 1973 | Philosophy course in Stuttgart |
| 1977 - 1979 | Scientific assistant at the Institute for Industrial Design at the University of Hannover |
| 1979 | Graduation in architecture at the Technical University of Delft on the topic 'Relation between Architecture and Semiotics' |
| 1979 - 1983 | Lecturer in design-theory at the University of Essen, Germany |
| 1983 | Honourable mention for the 'German Architecture Prize' for design of Sipkova house, Hamburg Moved to Amsterdam and opened architecture & design studio |
| 1987 | Solo exhibition at Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Lyon |
| 1989 | Awarded the Kho Liang I prize for design |
| 1990 | Senior lecturer in Architecture at the Prague Academy of Applied Arts |
| 1990 | Solo exhibition at Steltman Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1991 | Solo exhibition at 'The Stedelijk Museum', Amsterdam |
| 1991 | Awarded 'La Croix Chevalier dans L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres' by the French Government |
| 1992 | Appointed as Court Architect in Prague by President Vaclav Havel |
| 1992 | Solo exhibition at the 'Vitra Design Museum' in Weil am Rhein, Switzerland |
| 1992 | Participation in the villa project 'Meerbusch', Düsseldorf, initiated by PAN GmbH, Düsseldorf |
| 1993 | Solo exhibition at the Museum for Decorative Arts in Prague |
| 1993 | Awarded the 'Prins Bernhard Fonds' prize for Architecture and Applied Arts |
| 1993 - 1995 | Works
at various architectural projects: 'Museum Het Kruithuis' in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. |
| Karl Lagerfeld boutique on Faubourg Saint Honoré in Paris. | |
| Private houses in The Netherlands and Germany. | |
| Opera House in Kyoto. | |
| 62 Apartments for the municipality of Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. | |
| Façade for departmentstore 'Komatsu' in Tokyo, Japan. | |
| Showroom for The Steltman Collection, Amsterdam. | |
| 1996 | Solo exhibit at the Denver Art Museum |
| 1996 | Solo exhibit at Steltman Gallery, New York |
| 1997 | Somnisactum, Solo exhibit at Steltman Gallery, Amsterdam |
| 1998 | Solo exhibition at the Národní Museum (The National Museum) in Prague |
| 1998 | Appointed as Professor Design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna |
| 1999 - 2001 |
works at various architectural
projects: Art Centre 'Arzenal' in Prague, Private houses in Amsterdam, Pavilion for Skoda international automobile exhibition in Hannover, Woongalerie in Amsterdam |
| 2002 | Solo exhibition 'Ame fantasque du design' Centre Tcheque, Paris Solo exhibition 'Borek Sipek. 1982-2002', Prague |
| 2003 | Solo exhibition in Vienna |
| 2006 | exhibition Borek Sipek, 'glas, design,architectuur', Drents Museum Assen, the Netherlands |
| 2006 | exhibition Borek Sipek, 'glas, design,architectuur', Design Museum Gent. |
| 2016 | Died in Prague. |
| Work is included in the collections of the following museums: | |
| Museum of Arts and Design, New York City | |
| Museum for Decorative Art in Prague, The Czech Republic | |
| 'Kunstmuseum' in Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| 'The Stedelijk Museum' in Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Museum Boymans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Museum for Decorative Arts in Lyon and Paris, France | |
| The Corning Museum of Glass in New York, US | |
| The Hague Municipal Museum, The Netherlands | |
| Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Switzerland | |
| Design Museum in London, United Kingdom | |
| Denver Art Museum in Denver, US | |
| Het Kruithuis in Den Bosch, The Netherlands | |
| Designed objects for: | |
| Alessi, Cleto Munari, Driade Spa, Maletti, Sawaya & Moroni in Italy | |
| Leitner, Wittmann in Austria | |
| Vitra, Milus in Switzerland | |
| Sèvres, Daum in France | |
| Anthologie Quartett, Süssmuth in Germany | |
| Steltman Collection in The Netherlands | |
| Ajeto in The Czech Republic | |
| Scarabas in Belgium | |
| Bibliography | |
| 1988 | Borek Sipek à Lyon, Gert Staal, Lyon |
| 1990 | Borek Sipek, Mamince, Steltman, Amsterdam |
| 1991 | Stijl Vormt Functie, Reyer Kras, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
| 1992 | Borek Sipek, The Nearness of Far, Alexander Von Vegesack |
| Vitra, Weil Am Rhein, Switzerland | |
| 1993 | Borek Sipek, The Steltman Collection |
| Borek Sipek, Architectuur Betovering, Ellen Siebert and Wim De Wagt, Haarlem | |
| Borek Sipek, Blizkost Dalky, Steltman, Amsterdam | |
| Borek Sipek, The Steltman Collection I, Steltman Editions, Amsterdam. ISBN 90-71867-10-2 | |
| 1996 | Borek Sipek, The Steltman Collection II, Steltman Editions, Amsterdam. ISBN 90-71867-12-9 |
| 2002 | Borek Sipek, Paris-Praha 2002, Arzenal, Prague |
| 2002 | Architecture, Studio Sipek, Prague |
| 2006 | Borek Sipek, glas, design, architectuur, ISBN 9040081921 |
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