Life 3

Number 2. Life 3
Per Benjamin,
Thomas De Bruyne, and
Max van de Sluis

Life 3 started in 2002 after the three designers met at a competition when, after the show they were talking and began critiquing each other’s work. They hit it off and started their company six months later.

All three of these great designers have worked in all fields of floristry. They focus on the emotional side of flowers and teach throughout the world and in their own countries. Each has their own consulting and design companies.



“For me the challenge is not to find the most beautiful and rare flowers but to find new ways to use the ordinary ones and show their beauty….Focusing on color, being the first and strongest impression, I play with accessories of all different materials and textures to put a new focus on, and show the beauty of, any and all flowers. Not to see limits and old traditions as obstacles; on the contrary to see them as possibilities and inspiration for new ideas is my overall intention and challenge” Per Benjamin




“Sometimes it seems there are no limits.” Max van de Sluis







“As a floral designer, I try to strive for harmony, commercial as well for artistic. Harmony is a subtle co-existence of contrasts: light and shadow, continuity and discontinuity, soft and harsh. The balance has to be present in all aspects varying from color to form and proportion. It is harmony, which gives an extra value to a floral arrangement. It is the combination of technique, knowledge and respect of creativity that will develop into a piece of perfect harmony.” Thomas de Bruyne

Here are some pictures of their Artistry: