Egbert-Jan Lam

Current

• Co Owner at Freaks United
• CEO at buroJET

Past

• Designer at Droog design
• Prototype developer. at Ineke Hans Arnhem

Education

• Design Academy Eindhoven

Connections

90 connections

Industry

Design

Egbert-Jan Lam’s Summary

Burojet was founded by Egbert-Jan Lam.
Egbert-Jan was born in Alkmaar, the Netherlands in 1971, graduated in building-engineering in Alkmaar (1994) and in design at the Design academy, Eindhoven (former AIVE) in 1999.

In 2000 he set up buroJET, a design studio in Eindhoven.
That time he worked a lot for other designers, producing some designs of his own, producing national and international design exhibitions, initiating and participating in artist cooperations / foundations.
He participated in several design exhibitions for f.e. Droog design and The design academy in Milan.
In 2003 he got a government grant for developing his work for a year.
During this time he developed a lot of skills and network in the field of design management, manufacturing, prototyping, product-development, sales, distribution, planning and advice.
In 2005 he moved to the city of Arnhem and started a cooperation with fellow designer Jorine Oosterhoff which resulted in 2006 in design studio Freaks-United working for international producers in the field of onboard flight entertainment and interior products.
In the summer of 2007 the decision was made to make buroJET a fulltime design studio, now working as an independent design buro buroJET designs and develops concepts and products for their own label as well as national and international contractors and manufacturers.

buroJET and Freaks-United are currently based in Arnhem.

Egbert-Jan Lam’s Specialties:

design management, manufacturing, prototyping, product-development, sales, distribution, planning and advice

Egbert-Jan Lam’s Experience

• Co Owner

  Freaks United

  (Design industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

• CEO

  buroJET

  (Design industry)

  January 1998 — Present (12 years )

  Product design and development, design advice and curating.

• Designer

  Droog design

  (Design industry)

  April 2008 — April 2008 (1 month)

  Development of design PLANO (buroJET) for HOTEL DROOG Exhibition in Milan.

• Prototype developer.

  Ineke Hans Arnhem

  (Design industry)

  January 1998 — April 2008 (10 years 4 months)

  Production, product development, logistics, sales, presentation and prototyping for Ineke Hans and Ineke Hans Collection.
  For national and international contractors as Cappellini, Ahrend, Magis, Lensvelt, SBB, Royal VKB, MVRDV, Toolsgalerie, VIVID, Arco frozen Fountain, DROOG, CorUnum, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, etc.

Egbert-Jan Lam’s Education

• Design Academy Eindhoven

  Ba , 1994 — 2000

Additional Information

Egbert-Jan Lam’s Interests:

Structures; physical aswell as management/social structures

Egbert-Jan Lam’s Groups:

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•    China Networking Group
•    Association of Dutch Designers (BNO)
•    Design Management
•    Alumni Design Academy
•    Arnhem - Nijmegen Network
•    Arnhem aan Zee
•    Arnhem Nijmegen Cool Region
•    BoDW
•    Arnhem
•    Ontwerp Platform Arnhem
•    Slimmer ondernemen - Syntens
•    Arnhem Direct
•    DutchDFA
•    CONNECTING DESIGNERS & MANUFACTURERS
•    Dutch Design Week
•    Open Design

Egbert-Jan Lam’s Honors:

Awarded a starters-stipendium of the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts,
Design and Architecture in 2003

Grant awarded by Prins Bernhard Culture foundation 2008

Egbert-Jan Lam’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch