Belgian architect and designer has debuted a very personal collaboration with Zara Home, that reflects on his past work, and creates refined new designs for the masses. Quality materials, such as solid French oak, sanded stone from Spain, pure cottons, and linens were paramount, but as a self-proclaimed “democrat in heart and soul,” Van Duysen was drawn to Zara’s ethos of affordable design for everyone.
The 19-product collection includes furniture, lamps, rugs and smaller decorative items with timeless silhouettes and the ability to evoke an ethereal calm in any room.
The Belgian architect and designer has debuted a very personal collaboration with Zara Home, which draws on his own 30- year career, archives, and homes. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
“My furniture pieces can find a place in any kind of living room for any kind of person anywhere in the world,” he says. Each piece lives beyond trends.
Sofa 01 in Green. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
The Belgian architect and designer has debuted a very personal collaboration with Zara Home, which draws on his own 30- year career, archives, and homes.
Love Seat 01 in Natural Cotton. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
The 19-product collection includes furniture, lamps, rugs, and smaller decorative items with timeless silhouettes and the ability to evoke an ethereal calm in any room.
Quality materials, such as solid French oak, sanded stone from Spain, pure cottons and linens were paramount, but as a self-proclaimed “democrat in heart and soul,” Van Duysen was drawn to Zara’s ethos of affordable design for everyone.
“My furniture pieces can find a place in any kind of living room for any kind of person anywhere in the world,” says Vincent Van Duysen. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
The pieces are designed to work with the scale and style of a city pad or country house.
“Expect my bone colors, my warm browns, my dark greens, and the smoky grays that I took out of the palettes from my homes for the upholstery”, states Vincent. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
Each piece lives beyond trends.
“My furniture pieces can find a place in any kind of living room for any kind of person anywhere in the world,” he says. The designer who works for big-names like Flos, Kettal, Kvadrat, and Molteni&C | Dada, was enamored with the idea of democratizing his look through a collaboration with a prominent, affordable brand like Zara.
Armchair 01 and Foot Stool 01, in Mid-Blue. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
The question was: “How could I precisely describe my style and determine what people are interested in from me for their homes? I had to look backward.”
“My furniture pieces can find a place in any kind of living room for any kind of person anywhere in the world,” says Vincent Van Duysen. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
So he dug into his archives both professional — over the three decades of his career, he’s been known for a desaturated, soft-on-the-senses aesthetic originally born as a rejection of the brash excess of the ’80s — and personal, via an analysis of his own living rooms.
“I started to pick out some items, revisited them, and made them even purer, stripping off anything excessive,” he says of the process.
Each piece is intended to live beyond trends with the spotlight on durable raw materials like leather, solid oak, and limestone that embrace both form and function. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
“There are also my bone colors, my warm browns, my dark greens, and my smoky grays that I took out of the palettes rom my homes for the upholstery.”
Stool 01, is made from Oak and leather in black. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
Each piece is intended to live beyond trends with the spotlight on durable, raw materials like leather, solid oak, and limestone that embrace both form and function.
Shoppers can find loveseats, woven leather armchairs, herringbone carpets, desks, boucle sofas in cotton and linen, oak armchairs, sleek stools with subtly curved seats, stark, low-slung coffee tables and decorative accents like graphic table lamps all infused with Van Duysen’s DNA that allow spaces to breathe.
Loveseat 01 in boucle. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
“I would rather see you bring in some of these pieces in your house and let them live their lives,” the designer explained in a statement.
Table Lamp 01 in lacquered steel, with linen shade. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
“I’ve spent 35 years building my career, my aesthetics, and my DNA, and I want to inspire so that anybody in the world can buy beautifully crafted furniture at a decent price from me.” Van Duysen elaborates. “I want my pieces to be in everyone’s home, no matter who they are and no matter at what scale.”
Lounge Chair 01 is made from Oak and leather in black. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
“We all have our basics, these essential elements that live in a room.”
It was nice to look at them from the beginning and see what I was doing 30 years ago,” Van Duysen says, “but I never stepped away from where I initially started. I’ve always been consistent.”
Chair 01 in natural solid oak. Photo credit: Zara.co.uk
