the interiors and the architecture of vincent van duysen (lokerenen, belgium, 1962) are characterised by a mixture of simplicity and sensuality, and a preference for primary forms and compact volumes. his style can be described with a long line of adjectives: flat, simple, clear, but also pure, elementary, essential, minimal, and silent, quiet, relaxed.
for van duysen the design is the outcome of a process of progressive refinement in which the raw material –a mixture composed of suggestions, awareness and reminiscence– is gradually purified and ordered until it reaches a final point of stable geometric equilibrium. when called on to renovate a building, he works more on the space –always revealing the original structure– than on the furnishing, using a reductionist design that underlines plastic and communicative values.
his prolific output includes a wide diversity of works and projects extending from furniture design, via interior design for houses, apartments, shops and offices, to the planning of single-family housing. (by gg)