Bořek Šípek

Role

Architect, designer and thinker

The name Sipek is world-renowned in design circles, our father Borek Sipek was a prolific architect, designer, and thinker. He is often referred to as the father of the Neo-Baroque style. We have learned a lot from him but we have also had the opportunity to create our own unique style. Milan Sipek lived and worked in Asia for almost two decades and developed a number of his own brands and projects.

Šípek Crystal presents you with new and innovative handmade bohemian crystal design, with a tradition that spans more than a decade and three generations of glass artists. Stationed for almost a hundred years in northern Bohemia, the glass center of Czech Republic, the Šípek/Roubíček name has spread itself all over the world over and over again. Starting with René Roubíček, one of the first Czech glass artist to ever show and work outside of Czech republic and even across the oceans, the godfather of Borek Šípek.

René took Borek Šípek under his wing from a young age and opened up his mind to the beauty of glass. Borek Šípek went on to work with glass, as well as many other media, in a pursuit to awe the world with bold design. He founded his company in Amsterdam, where he fathered two sons, Milan Šípek and Dalibor Šípek. Both sons took to art from a very young age exploring as many media as possible.