About

There is no place for timid, mundane, or formulaic in his design vocabulary, instead Gert’s brilliantly coloured world celebrates the daring and the exceptional. His magical roomscapes ignite our imaginations, fuel our dreams, and enhance our realities.

– Hamish Bowles, Editor in Chief of The World of Interiors

Gert Voorjans is an iconic Belgian tastemaker and interior architect renowned for his unique style. He has designed homes for some of the world’s leading residential and corporate clients. Drawing on influences from East and West, he creates richly layered environments suffused with colour, each one visually stunning.
Voorjans studied Interior Architecture in Hasselt, Belgium,and has a postgraduate degree in Art History from Siena and a further postgraduate degree in Styles & Arts from Sotheby’s in London. In 1997, he opened his own architectural and design practice in Antwerp. In 2018, he collaborated on the creation of an exquisite collection of fabrics and home furnishings for Jim Thompson. Consecutive in 2020 & 2021 Architectual Digest France named him one of ‘Les 100 Décorateurs du Moment’.

Chronology

2024

An extraordinary hotel project at a Unesco protected site in Hangzhou, China

2023

Opening of the Dries Van Noten Galerie Quai Malaquais, Paris

2022

Opening of Hotel Flora, a boutique hotel with 7 unique rooms in a 15th century merchant's house in the historic heart of Antwerp

2021

Architectural Digest France includes us in the AD100 Hors Série "Les 100 Décorateurs du Moment".

2020

Launch of the third book "Collectibles", published by Lannoo

2018

Designer for Jim Thompson Fabrics: Gert Voorjans x Jim Thompson

2017

Selected by AD France for AD Intérieurs Paris for the second year in a row

2017

Opening of the new Silver-Diamond museum in Antwerp

2016

Selected by AD France for AD Intérieurs, Paris in "La Monnaie de Paris"

2016

Launch of the second book "Daily Life", published by Lannoo

2015

Opening of Private Members Club "Manila House" in Manila, Philippines

2012

Launch of the first book "Interior Life", published by Lannoo

2011

Renovation of a Historical Townhouse for Sir Mick Jagger, London

2007 - 2008

Opening of the Dries Van Noten Flagship Stores in Paris - France

2005 - 2007

Opening Flagship Stores for JOYCE Boutique Holdings in Hong Kong & Shanghai

1997

Opening of Gert Voorjans Interior Design Studio in Antwerp, Belgium

1996

Opening of the first Dries Van Noten flagship store in Aoyama, Tokyo - Japan

1995

Start of Collaboration with Dries Van Noten

1988

Joins the team of Axel & May Vervoordt

1987

Postgraduate ‘Styles & Art’, Sotheby’s London

1986

Postgraduate ‘Art History’, Siena, IT

1985

Graduated from College of Interior Architecture, Hasselt