Vincent Van Duysen

AND EIGHT THINGS HE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT.

BY VANESSA LAWRENCE

It can be tempting to classify Vincent Van Duysen as both a minimalist and the epitome of modern Belgian aesthetics based on his beautifully pared-down work (and his Antwerp home base). But the architect and interior designer vehemently defies such labels. “I’ve always been very individualist. I don’t like when people categorize me within such definitions,” says Van Duysen, who is the creative director for the Italian firm Molteni&C. “It’s too easy and commercial.” A self-described “kid of postmodernism,” he got his start as an assistant to Aldo Cibic, the Italian cofounder of Memphis, before working with fellow Belgian designers Jean-Jacques Hervy and Jean de Meulder. Over the past 30 years, he has brought his signature, quietly elegant use of natural materials and earthy tones to a dizzying array of…

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