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M.Sc. MA(RCA) Rombout Frieling
Principle Engineering Designer Rombout Frieling Lab

M.Sc. MA(RCA)
Rombout Frieling

Rombout Frieling studied design, engineering and philosophy in Eindhoven, Tilburg and at Stanford University before graduating on 'the choreoraphical potential of design' with commendation and distinction from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. Rombout previously worked with leading design consultancies as well as with usability professor Donald Norman. He co-founded IKAWA coffee and was creative director of the Intelligent Lighting Institute of Eindhoven University of Technology and Royal Philips, while directing the GLOW Forum for Light & Architecture. The Royal College of Art appointed Rombout as Dyson Innovation Fellow and he served as external examiner at Design Academy Eindhoven. When not making, Rombout climbs on skis over mountains or flies a kite over the sea.