Arno Declercq

BELGIAN DESIGNER AND ART DEALER, BORN IN 1994, WHO MAKES BESPOKE OBJECTS WITH PASSION FOR DESIGN, ATMOSPHERE, HISTORY AND CRAFT. 

ARNO GREW UP IN A FAMILY WITH PARENTS WHO LOVES TO WORK WITH BEAUTIFUL BRANDS AND OBJECTS.

HIS FATHER STUDIED AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS FASHION DEPARTMENT, HE WORKED FOR BIKKEMBERGS AND MADE HIS OWN FASHION BRANDS, BUT HAS ALSO COLLECTED TRIBAL ARTS FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. HIS MOTHER, WHO WORKED WITH HIS FATHER FROM THE BEGINNING, BOUGHT A SHOE STORE IN 2010 WHERE THEY SOLD BRANDS AS RICK OWENS, ANN DEMEULEMEESTER, MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, ... 

WITH THE INTEREST IN BEAUTY HE LEARNED FROM HIS PARENTS, ARNO STUDIED INTERIOR DESIGN, AFTER LEARNING A LOT ABOUT MATERIALS AND WITH GREAT KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY HE DESIGNED INTERIORS AND OPENED HIS OWN GALLERY FOR ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND DESIGN. AFTER A YEAR HE CLOSED THE GALLERY AND STARTED HIS OWN BRAND OF ROUGH BESPOKE ITEMS WHICH HE LAUNCHED IN MAY 2017.

EACH COLLECTION COMES TO THE IDEA THAT THERE ARE TOO FEW INTERIORS WHERE THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE BIG AND STATIC VASES AND CANDLESTICKS THAT THE PEOPLE HAD IN BIG HOUSES OVER 100 YEARS AGO. BY FOCUSING ON ARCHITECTURE, ANCIENT ARTS AND DESIGN, DEFENSE BUILDINGS (BUNKERS AND FORTRESSES) AND TRIBAL ARTS, HE CREATES COLLECTIONS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN FOUND IN MORE THAN 40 INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES.