Walter Van Beirendonck was a member of the Antwerp Six, a well-known group of fashion designers who graduated from Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1980. During the 80’s Walter and others managed to present a distinct and radical vision for fashion resulting in gaining fame al
Walter, now in cooperation with IKEA shows his new collection titled as ‘GLODANDE’. GLODANDE is a range of ready-to- cut fabrics, paper stationery, shopping bags, rugs, porcelain and pillows that use different materials and techniques.
When IKEA approached Walter to initiate a design collabora- tion, it was because of the way he works with materials and graphic patterns, as well as the stories that his fashion collecions always tell, said the experts of IKEA.