Borek Sipek



Borek Sipek was born in Prague in 1949 and studied interior design at the School for Arts and Crafts in Prague. Sipek s systematic revisitations of traditional craft techniques and materials have won several prestigious awards (including the Croix Chevalier dans l Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government in 1991, and the Prins Bernhard Fonds award for architecture and the applied arts in 1993). He was also appointed as the Prague Castle Architect by Czech President Vaclav Havel. He works increasingly as an architect for commercial spaces (including Shoebaloo in Amsterdam in 1991 and in Rotterdam in 1995), administrative facilities (the Mayor of Rotterdam s offices on the top floor of the World Trade Center, 1987) and cultural institutions (including the project for enlarging the Het Kruithuis Museum in Den Bosch, Holland).

Today Driade’s home accessories and decoration fall under the brand name Driade Kosmo. The collection ranges from inventive to everyday: striking items made with precious materials and attention to detail as well as everyday accessories that fill the home with warmth and atmosphere. At times sophisticated and meticulous and at others free-spirited and straightforward, design is the fulcrum of this small but important studio that creates distinctive items for the spaces we live in.