Loïc Claeys — Industrial Designer
At the frontier between art, design, applied sciences, and technology.
Profile
I'm an industrial designer working at the intersection of artistic expression, applied sciences, and technology. I have a particular affinity for hardware projects in the worlds of mobility and luxury, designing objects where aesthetic ambition meets engineering feasibility. Passion is what drives me, and my strength lies in holding a coherent overall vision — across engineering, aesthetic codes, and production feasibility.
Background
Master's in Industrial Design — ESA
Erasmus exchange in Disruptive Design — Plymouth (UK)
Master's in Entrepreneurship — HEC
Three years within a start-up incubator — VentureLab
Founder, since 2022, of a hardware mobility venture that brought together 25 engineers, industrial designers, students, and freelancers to develop a lightweight 4-seater electric car weighing 600 kg — BUGG.MOTION
Independent industrial designer, since 2022. — CLAEYS DESIGN
Winner German Design Award - 2026, Bike Category
Design Philosophy
I see industrial design as a discipline of synthesis — bringing artistic sensitivity, applied sciences, and manufacturing technologies into dialogue to create objects that are durable, desirable, and meaningful. Mobility and luxury are my privileged fields of expression, where function, material, and emotion must all reach the same level of demand.