Yvonne Doornbos (1979) was born and raised in Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. Already as a young child she was fascinated by expressing her creativity. Her first pieces of art consisted of compilations of coloured pieces of paper and empty pasta boxes.

With time, she becomes more interested in various and novel materials. Pasta boxes are replaced with paper, clay, dough and paint. After playing an afternoon in a girlfriend’s house, she doesn’t tell how much fun it was, but describes the house interior to her parents.  She even builts her onw city with miniature buildings.

After highschool she is trained as florist. Weekly she spends one day at school, the rest of the week working at a florist shop. After four years and after gained a wealth of experience, she decides time is ready to undertake a new study.

In 1999 Yvonne starts with the study “Designer, Advertisements, Presentation and Communication” in Zwolle. During her traineeship at Maupertuus Vos Interieur she starts the production of her first lamp, Starlight, a revolutionary lighting design.

After having graduated as designer, she becomes Traffic Coördinator in 2003 at graphical design company Tiekstra Media in Groningen. 

In 2005 she accompanies her soulmate to Delft. Once arrived in the west of the Netherlands, Yvonne pursues her dream, the design and production of her personal, unique products. Doornbos Design is since 1 January 2006 a fact!