Karel Willemen
Dutch designer
Karel Angèle Antonius Willemen (born May 15, 1967 in Dongen) is a Dutch designer. He is mainly recognized for his contributions to the fantasy-themed amusement park Efteling, located in Kaatsheuvel in the Netherlands.
Willemen started at Efteling in 1988, after completing the Royal Academy for Arts and Design in Den Bosch, as a Senior Modeler, Sculptor and Decorator. In 2001 he moved completely to themes & design, and since 2005 he has been working as a Senior Designer for conceptual experience and theming.
Efteling-portfolio
- Fairy Tales
- Fairy Tree[1]
- Cinderella
- animatronic for The Castle of Sleeping Beauty
- model for the animatronic of Tom Thumb
- contributed at Rumpelstiltskin
- contributed at The Chinese Nightingale
- several contributions at The Wishing-Table
- Rides:
- Flying Dutchman
- theme for George and the Dragon
- contributed at Dreamflight[2]
- contributed at The People of Laaf
- side entrance and other contributions for PandaVision
- design for new Python trains
- design for new Bob Track trains
- new waiting area and other contributions for Bird Rok
- Other creations:
- Forest Realm
- East Station (Station de Oost)
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Efteling
- Baron 1898
- Bird Rok
- Flying Dutchman
- George and the Dragon
- Max & Moritz
- Python
- Carnival Festival
- Dreamflight
- Fata Morgana
- Symbolica
- Villa Volta
- Anton Pieck Square
- Aquanura
- Children's Railway
- Diorama
- Efteling Theatre
- Efteling Museum
- Efteling Steam Train Company
- Fabula
- Fairytale Forest
- Gondoletta
- Halve Maen
- Pagoda
- Piraña
- Ravelin
- Steam Carousel
- The House of the Five Senses
- The People of Laaf
- Tin Lizzies
- Bob Track
- Haunted Castle
- PandaVision
- Pegasus
- Polka Marina
- Rowing Pond
- Henny Knoet
- Anton Pieck
- Peter Reijnders
- Ton van de Ven
- Karel Willemen
