Vincent van Duysen:  Private 
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Vincent van Duysen:  Private 
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In the past three decades Vincent van Duysen has become a quiet but important force in design through his minimalist yet expressive architecture. This book documents the source of his inspirations and ongoing laboratory: his own homes.
Considered to be one of the masters of minimalism, the Belgium-based Vincent van Duysen has had an outsized influence in the world of design, from the rarified echelons of high design to highly successful collections for Zara Home. Through the use of spare but beautiful materials such as bleached wood, travertine, and hand plaster, van Duysen has created a unique design language that is both monastic and sensual, brutal and elegant, primal and refined. He has been commissioned for large retail buildings, commercial interiors, as well as office towers and hotels, but he is best known for his houses. Uncompromising modern and endlessly inventive, his homes are both design laboratories and highly individualized. This is especially true of his own homes, the subject of this book. From his home in Belgium, where van Duysen has carved out modern spaces from a centuries-old former notary office, to his ground-up abode in Portugal, where living spaces flow between elemental walls—van Duysen carve residences with stone, wood, plaster, and light.
In collaborating with the photographer Francois Halard, van Duysen presents a truly personal vision of his own practice and point of view, where he becomes the architecture, and it becomes him.
Francois Halard is a photographer based in Arles and Paris, France. He is the author of numerous Rizzoli books.
"As someone who famously reports his client being the number-one priority, Vincent Van Duysen rarely speaks of his own spaces. This narrative changes with his new monograph, Private, which titularly references the AD100 designer’s own homes, and thus intimately reveals his multitudinal practice. The book is supplemented with photographs from the esteemed François Halard, who captures Van Duysen’s abodes—from Belgium to Portugal—with visual eloquence." —ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST PRO
Considered to be one of the masters of minimalism, the Belgium-based Vincent van Duysen has had an outsized influence in the world of design, from the rarified echelons of high design to highly successful collections for Zara Home. Through the use of spare but beautiful materials such as bleached wood, travertine, and hand plaster, van Duysen has created a unique design language that is both monastic and sensual, brutal and elegant, primal and refined. He has been commissioned for large retail buildings, commercial interiors, as well as office towers and hotels, but he is best known for his houses. Uncompromising modern and endlessly inventive, his homes are both design laboratories and highly individualized. This is especially true of his own homes, the subject of this book. From his home in Belgium, where van Duysen has carved out modern spaces from a centuries-old former notary office, to his ground-up abode in Portugal, where living spaces flow between elemental walls—van Duysen carve residences with stone, wood, plaster, and light.
In collaborating with the photographer Francois Halard, van Duysen presents a truly personal vision of his own practice and point of view, where he becomes the architecture, and it becomes him.
Details
ISBN13: 9780847899555
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 180
Edition:
Publication Date: 02 Jul 2024
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Publication City, Country: New York, United States
Dimensions (cm): 27.9(H)x35.6(L)
Weight (gm):
Author Biography
Vincent van Duysen is an awarding-winning architect based in Antwerp, Belgium. He is currently the creative director of Molteni.Francois Halard is a photographer based in Arles and Paris, France. He is the author of numerous Rizzoli books.
Reviews
"Vincent Van Duysen’s work has been enjoyed by many design lovers through his design of Hotel August in Antwerp and the furniture he’s designed over his years as creative director of Molteni&C. Now, through his new book Vincent Van Duysen: Private, with photographs by François Halard, readers can experience his most personal projects—his own homes." — ELLE DECOR"As someone who famously reports his client being the number-one priority, Vincent Van Duysen rarely speaks of his own spaces. This narrative changes with his new monograph, Private, which titularly references the AD100 designer’s own homes, and thus intimately reveals his multitudinal practice. The book is supplemented with photographs from the esteemed François Halard, who captures Van Duysen’s abodes—from Belgium to Portugal—with visual eloquence." —ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST PRO