Ben Swildens

Ben Swildens, born in 1938, is a designer of Dutch origin. He began to work for his professors, great creative artisans of the time, but also for private companies. From 1962 until 1969, he collaborated with the French master glassmaker and decorator Max Ingrand on numerous projects such as the headquarters of EDF or Peugeot, the airport of Lima, the Beirut Parliament and the Musée de Genève. Max Ingrand himself will push Ben Swildens into industrial design. So, with his brother-in-law Bernard Cohen - future founder of the Parisian boutique Merci - Ben Swildens launches Point, a company that produces and sells the furniture he designed. Finally, in 1985, he created Ben Swildens Design Architecture, focusing on individual homes. While remaining an architect and designer, since 2010 Ben Swildens has dedicated himself to sculpture.