DESIGN
RETHINKING DESIGN
Collaboration, community and craft are the keywords in the design philosophy of Sep Verboom, the socially and environmentally conscious Belgian creative who has made a career out of reassessing the task of a designer. Writer Y-JEAN MUN-DELSALLE digs deeper into his progressive design philosophy, collaborations with artisan communities around the world, sustainably-driven intiatives and the importance of rethinking the role of a designer – not as a mere form giver but as a connector of existing expertises in indigenous communities.
A designer of his generation, Sep Verboom is both local and global and preoccupied with ecological and social issues, not just as a producer and innovator, but as someone who inspires and aspires to make the world a better place as well.
The Ghent-based creative is at once a designer and a social entrepreneur, less concerned with the result and more with
