What Ex Interiors B.v. does

Ex Interiors B.v. is a Dutch interior architecture firm headquartered in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, that designs sustainable and circular built environments for enterprise clients across corporate, education, healthcare, and government segments. The firm's core service offering — branded "EX INTERIORS" — delivers interior architecture projects that integrate circular economy principles, biobased materials, biophilic design, and a "Tech & Touch" philosophy, with disclosed projects including the Triodos Bank headquarters (12,994 m2), the Gorlaeus Gebouw at Universiteit Leiden (30,500 m2), the ASML Auditorium in Veldhoven (7,000 m2), the Jakoba Mulderhuis at HvA (25,000 m2), and the Park 7 masterplan in Brussels.

The firm's proprietary technology and product assets include the co-founded INSIDE/INSIDE platform (developed with NIBE and the Dutch Green Building Council) for objective measurement of interior sustainability, circularity, and health; the FL'EX-BOX hybrid co-working/co-living habitat; the Green Cabinet modular plant system (with Het Groenlab and Lensvelt); the Desso & Ex flooring collection (with Tarkett/Desso); the BYBORRE & Ex 3D textile (with BYBORRE and ROFA); and PLAN-T-AS (with i-did). These are commercialized via licensing, royalties, and partner distribution.

Ex Interiors generates revenue through project-based professional services fees from enterprise clients secured via competitive tenders and design competitions, supplemented by licensing royalties and product sales through OEM partners such as Lensvelt, Tarkett/Desso, BYBORRE, ROFA, and i-did. The firm operates a vertical segmentation strategy with primary focus on Corporate Offices and Educational Institutions, and is led by founder and creative director Odette Ex. Geographic operations are concentrated in the Netherlands with selected Belgian commissions and globally distributed product collections through partner networks.

Name

Ex Interiors B.v.

Legal name

Ex Interiors

Website

https://ex-interiors.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ex Interiors B.v. is a Dutch interior architecture firm headquartered in Nieuwegein that designs sustainable, circular, and biophilic interior environments for enterprise clients in corporate, education, healthcare, and government sectors across the Netherlands and Belgium, complemented by licensed product collections.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Interior Architecture Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (541410)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial Interior Fit-Out (Offices & Corporate) (IMAFANAA), Residential Interior Fit-Out (Multi-Family & High-End) (IMAFANAE)

Keywords

• Sustainable interior architecture
• Circular design services
• Biophilic workplace design
• Circular office interiors
• Interior architecture firm

Headquarters

HQ city

Nieuwegein

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Interior Architecture and Design Services: Professional services for interior architecture projects including concept development, design, and project supervision for corporate, educational, healthcare, and government clients.
2. Product Design and Collections: Design royalties and licensing from product collections including FL'EX-BOX, Green Cabinet, Desso & Ex collection (carpet and rugs), BYBORRE & Ex textiles, PLAN-T-AS, and Moduplus.
3. Collection Sales: Direct sales of designed products through partners such as Lensvelt (Green Cabinet), Tarkett/Desso (flooring), BYBORRE (textiles), and i-did (PLAN-T-AS).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Ex Interiors B.v. is an interior architecture firm that designs sustainable, circular and biophilic interior environments for corporate offices, educational institutions, healthcare facilities, government buildings and select residential clients. Services cover concept development, design, and project supervision. The firm also maintains a licensed product collection (FL'EX-BOX, Green Cabinet, DESSO & Ex flooring, BYBORRE & Ex textiles, PLAN-T-AS) distributed through manufacturing partners and operates the INSIDE/INSIDE sustainability measurement platform co-founded with NIBE and Dutch Green Building Council.

Product overview

Ex Interiors B.v. is an interior architecture firm offering a unified portfolio of services and products centered on creating sustainable, circular, and inspiring living and working environments. The core offering consists of interior architecture services (EX INTERIORS) complemented by a curated product collection (EX COLLECTION) featuring furniture and materials designed in collaboration with partners - including the FL'EX-BOX modular workspace, Green Cabinet plant systems, Desso & Ex flooring collections, BYBORRE & Ex textiles, and PLAN-T-AS plant carriers. The company also operates the INSIDE/INSIDE sustainability measurement platform and maintains a thought leadership platform (EX INSPIRATION) through lectures and publications. The firm is led by Odette Ex and emphasizes the balance between technology and human touch, circularity and biodiversity in all projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• INSIDE/INSIDE: Online platform co-founded by Odette Ex for objective assessment of interior sustainability, circularity, and health impacts, developed with NIBE and Dutch Green Building Council.
• FL'EX-BOX
• Green Cabinet
• N'EXT

Products and services

• EX INTERIORS Interior Architecture Services End-to-end interior architecture services including concept development, design and project supervision for corporate offices, educational buildings, healthcare facilities and government organizations.
• FL'EX-BOX Hybrid co-working and co-living habitat concept that is fully circular, modular, demountable and self-sufficient. Distributed by ROFA.
• Green Cabinet Modular, flexible plant cabinet system co-designed with Het Groenlab and distributed by Lensvelt, providing mobile greenery solutions for workspaces.
• DESSO & Ex Contract Flooring Collection Floor covering collection consisting of 115 different designs across five color groups (Botanical Green, Denim Blue, Industrial Grey, Bohemian Red, Mellow Yellow) for modern layered interior design. Distributed by Tarkett/Desso.
• DESSO & Ex Nature Flooring Collection Textile floor concept inspired by nature for personal residential styles, featuring weathered structures like natural stone, travertine, stucco and linen in six base colors with deeper variants. Distributed by Tarkett/Desso.
• DESSO & Ex Concrete Flooring Collection Layered floor design inspired by modern artisanal materials, creating a serene minimalist backdrop for industrial interiors. Distributed by Tarkett/Desso.
• PLAN-T-AS Multifunctional carrier bag for transporting plants, made from recycled textiles in collaboration with i-did social enterprise.
• BYBORRE & Ex 3D Textile Unique 3D textile combining color, texture and material with sustainable and circular production methods; jacquard motif inspired by interior textile traditions reinterpreting flora in layered 3D structure. Available via BYBORRE Textile Room and ROFA.
• INSIDE/INSIDE Platform Online platform co-developed with NIBE and Dutch Green Building Council that objectively measures the environmental impact, sustainability, circularity and health of interiors in one overview.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple international award recognitions including Dutch Design Awards, Dezeen Awards longlist, FRAME Awards nominations, and International Property Awards
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• INSIDE/INSIDE (NIBE & Dutch Green Building Council)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Odette Ex co-founded INSIDE/INSIDE with NIBE and Dutch Green Building Council. This is the definitive online platform for objectively measuring how sustainable, circular, and healthy an interior is. The platform provides one overview showing the environmental impact of interiors and which components influence it.
• Het Groenlab (Lensvelt)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEx Interiors and Het Groenlab (by Lensvelt) co-designed the Green Cabinet, a modular flexible plant cabinet system for integrating nature into work and living environments. Het Groenlab provides green expertise for various projects including bbn adviseurs, ASML, and BPD Melkfabriek.
• N'EXTflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerN'EXT is a collaboration between 'creative design activists' including Ex Interiors, Lensvelt, Het Groenlab (Judith Baehner), ROFA/Moduplus, Verwol, Schadenberg Groep, i-did, Blooming Business, Restaurant Huis de Wiers, and Tarkett. Founded on the premise that everything is interconnected and the desire for a new collective consciousness.
• BYBORREcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEx Interiors and BYBORRE launched a unique 3D textile combining color, texture, and material with sustainable and circular production methods. The jacquard pattern is inspired by interior textile traditions and reinterprets flora in a layered 3D structure.
• Tarkett/DessocoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerLong-standing collaboration with Desso (part of Tarkett) producing the Desso & Ex collection including Contract, Home, Nature, and Concrete lines. The collection offers 115 different designs in almost infinite combinations for modern layered design.
• i-didcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-designed PLAN-T-AS, a multifunctional green carrying bag made from recycled textiles. i-did is a social enterprise that processes textile waste into valuable raw materials while helping people who have never or long not worked transition to employment.
• ROFAminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorROFA distributes the FL'EX-BOX and includes BYBORRE & Ex textiles in their specifications and price lists.
• LensveltcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLensvelt distributes the Green Cabinet and has collaborated on the N'EXT event showcasing sustainable products.
• ModuplusminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPart of N'EXT collaboration, Moduplus contributes to the sustainable product ecosystem.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Concrete Architectural Associates: Amsterdam interior design firm with strong hospitality, retail, and workplace practice. Directly comparable Dutch boutique with overlapping client base in commercial and hospitality interiors.
• i29 architects: Amsterdam-based interior architecture firm with comparable boutique scale and a portfolio spanning commercial, residential, and cultural projects. Shares Ex Interiors' emphasis on bold material experimentation and high-craft interiors.
• Studio Partington: London interior architecture firm with sustainability focus across workplace, hospitality, and residential. Comparable firm size and design-led approach to commercial interiors.
• UXUS: Amsterdam-based design agency specializing in hospitality, retail, and brand experience interiors. Comparable boutique scale with strong international client base in hospitality, which overlaps with Ex Interiors' 12 hospitality projects.
• D/Dock: Dutch design studio purpose-built around circular economy and sustainable interior design — the most direct peer to Ex Interiors on the circular interiors value proposition, with similar scale and methodology.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with strong sustainability practice and BREEAM/WELL project expertise. Competes for the same enterprise and institutional clients that anchor Ex Interiors' portfolio, at significantly larger scale.
• Mecanoo: Dutch architecture firm with deep interior design work in education, healthcare, and public buildings. Direct overlap with Ex Interiors on institutional typologies (HvA, Universiteit Leiden, Radboud UMC) at much larger firm scale.
• MVRDV: Major Rotterdam architecture firm with interior design capabilities across commercial, cultural, and residential typologies. Much larger scale and broader scope but overlaps with Ex Interiors on Dutch-built-environment leadership.
• Gensler: Largest global design firm with extensive interior architecture practice across workplace, hospitality, and healthcare. Represents the global scale against which Ex Interiors competes when enterprise clients consider multiple interior architecture partners.
• UNStudio: Amsterdam-based architecture firm with global presence and a sustainability-forward design philosophy. Larger scale and broader typology mix, but overlapping pursuit of human-centric, future-focused interiors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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