Cross Legged Ceramic Table by Rino Claessens

Rino Claessens (b. 1994) is an Eindhoven-based designer whose practice is grounded in material exploration and process-driven inquiry. A graduate of the Public & Private department at the Design Academy Eindhoven, Claessens has developed a methodology in which making itself becomes a form of research. The workshop functions as his primary creative domain, where experimentation with materials and techniques forms the conceptual and physical foundation of his work. Ceramics occupies a central position within Claessens’ practice, valued for its tactile richness and seemingly limitless expressive potential. Deeply engaged with the medium’s long and layered history, he approaches clay with a contemporary sensibility, seeking to reinterpret traditional processes through new forms, gestures, and applications. His work reflects a careful balance between…