Michiel van den Brink is a Dutch design artist, born in Barneveld at 23 october 1977.

After his study Industrial Design at the Delft Technical University he started working as an industrial designer, expressing a strong passion for everything that is mobile, pure, simple, lightweight and highly efficient. Combining these characteristics with clear and simple shapes into a beautiful and useable product is Van den Brink’s strength and true passion.

The ultimate combination of mobility, simplicity, low weight and optimal efficiency can be seen in bicycle design. Michiel’s insight in this matter resulted in the ‘MITKA‘, a new mobility concept for individual transport, and a collection of bicycles for Jan Janssen; the first Dutchman ever to win the Tour de France (1968).

Automotive design is one of the most demanding design trades. This is where all disciplines come together in one object: ergonomics, construction, aerodynamics, brand identity and style. For his automotive designs Michiel draws his inspiration from the rich automotive past as well as from various different sources like nature and art.

Michiel began his career as a car designer in 2005 at Spyker Cars NV in The Netherlands, where he created the exterior and interior styling of the D8 Peking to Paris SSUV, which was first shown at the 2006 Geneva Autosalon.

In 2006 Van den Brink teamed up with master coachbuilder Alwin Hietbrink to start his own automotive design company Vandenbrink Design. The main company focus is on special coachbuilding for highly exclusive cars.

The cooperation between Hietbrink and Van den Brink also extends to exclusive furniture and sculptures. All creative products, other than automotive, are created and available under Michiel’s own name.

Whether he works on cars, bikes, furniture or sculptures, Michiel strives to create objects of timeless beauty.