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.
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
