Founding his own Brussels-based practice in 2004, Sylvain Willenz has already made a name for himself on the international scene. With a prolific portfolio of products, furniture, installations and interiors designed for leading brands like Hay, Hem, Ligne Roset, and Karimoku, Belgium’s rising design star has been awarded numerous accolades including a prestigious UK Grand Designs Award. Though destined for market or through the practice’s own online store, many of Willenz’s most iconic pieces can now be found in prominent museum collections. Developed for Retegui in 2015, Alaka is a series of oblique mirrors strategically framed in marble basis. Stripped bare of any pretense, the iterative design features bevelled edges that allow light to seamlessly blend the object within any context.
