Jacco Bregonje was born in The Netherlands in 1964 where he studied architecture and design. In 1992 he moved to Italy where he worked for one year in Milan and for 8 years at the Design-Center of Whirlpool Europe. As senior design manager he initiated the strategic project 'Macrowave'(2000) which has become one of the most important approaches what concerns innovation for Whirlpool at global level. Afterwards he decided to enlarge his professional scope and established in 2001 'bid' (Bregonje Industrial Design) as he believes that the role of the designer is to be the generalist within a project-team of specialists. He has received various international awards and participated in various international exhibitions. His works has been published in many important magazines and special literature. The SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art) selected in 2003 his chair 'Divina'(Felicerossi) for their permanent collection. He is active in the field of industrial & strategic design for international low and high-tech industries. For Felicerossi he is (with Carlo Magnoli and Roberto Sartorio) art-directing the companies research activities.
Jacco Bregonje
Architect Varese / Italy
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Jacco Bregonje was born in The Netherlands in 1964 where he studied architecture and design. In 1992 he moved to Italy where he worked for one year in Milan and for 8 years at the Design-Center of Whirlpool Europe. As senior design manager he initiated the strategic project 'Macrowave'(2000) which has become one of the most important approaches what concerns innovation for Whirlpool at global level. Afterwards he decided to enlarge his professional scope and established in 2001 'bid' (Bregonje Industrial Design) as he believes that the role of the designer is to be the generalist within a project-team of specialists. He has received various international awards and participated in various international exhibitions. His works has been published in many important magazines and special literature. The SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art) selected in 2003 his chair 'Divina'(Felicerossi) for their permanent collection. He is active in the field of industrial & strategic design for international low and high-tech industries. For Felicerossi he is (with Carlo Magnoli and Roberto Sartorio) art-directing the companies research activities.
