Phone - 0031 (0)6 307 594 63
Mail - info@korinnavanbalkom.com
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As a fashion designer, I create exclusive collectors items in collaboration with varying graphic designers and artists, producing them locally in limited quantities from sustainable materials.

My designs are modern, minimalistic and technical, emerging from extensive research into form, materials and systems. I approach my work mathematically by imposing challenging constraints on myself, requiring me to seek a "solution" during the design process.

By engaging in collaborations with talented graphic artists, I not only provide a platform for their work but also offer people the opportunity to wear unique artworks from admired designers. In this way fashion becomes a form of self-expression, a means to convey one's identity and remain true to oneself.

As the items I design can also be hung as artworks on the wall, they acquire emotional value and personal significance. Wearers will connect with them. Clothing deserves to be maintained with care and worn for an extended period, given the time, energy, craftsmanship, materials and costs involved in the design process.

Awards & Funds

Oscar for Best Costume Design by Holly Waddington.
Yorgos Lanthimos film ‘Poor things’, starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe and Ramy Youssef, 2024

Gemeente Utrecht. 2022, Utrecht.
Funding for KD26 A with graphic designer Daan Rietbergen

Art Bussiness Centre, 2016, Arnhem.
Funding for tattoo on leather with product designer Anna Boone

Publications & Intervieuws

'Korinna van Balkom - Van een handgemaakte kimono voor KD26 tot een gedeconstrueerd kostuum voor Poor Things', Ecopolitan, 2024.
Interview about my work.

People of Print, 2024.
Intervieuw about KD26 A with graphic designer Daan Rietbergen.

‘Driven to Change the World’, BNO, 2024.
Intervieuw about Shopper/tote with graphic artists Graphic Surgery.

‘One Week About' by curators Patrick Aarts Sen (BNO) & Katja Lucas (DDF), Dutch Design Daily, 2024.
Intervieuw about Shopper/tote with graphic design studio House TMM.

It’s Nice That, 2021.
Intervieuw about Rosdar face mask with graphic designer Daan Rietbergen.

‘Kalenderboek’, Stichting Print, 2017.
Illustration The Francolin.

‘Raw Deal’, JÓNmag, 2014.
Fashion editorial of men's tailoring collection Suit.

‘The Francolin’, Fucking Young, 2014.
Fashion editorial of men's accessory collection The Francolin.

Indie Mag, 2014.
Fashion editorial of men's accessory collection The Francolin.

‘Suit Up’, Fucking Young, 2013.
Fashion editorial of men's tailoring collection Suit.

‘Collectie Arnhem 2012’, Elle, 2012.
Fashion editorial of mens and womens collection Collectie Arnhem.

Exhibitions & shows

‘KD26 A’, De Utrechtse Boekenbar, Utrecht, 2023.
KD26 A Magazine launch with graphic designer Daan Rietbergen.

‘KD26 A’, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, 2023.
Fashion exhibiton with graphic designer Daan Rietbergen.

‘This is me’, Nicolaikerk, Utrecht, 2022.
Series of self-portraits.

‘This is me’, Watdajel, Utrecht, 2022.
Series of self-portraits.

‘Antwerpen à la carte’, MAS Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerpen, 2019.
Illustrations for exhibition with graphic design studio LAVA.

‘Seven days’, Louis Hartlooper Complex, Utrecht, 2019.
Series of unique artworks on aluminium.

‘The Much, Much’, Fashion Week, Paris, 2014.
Group show & exhibition of fashion collection.

‘Suit’, De Kleefse Waard, Arnhem, 2013.
Show & exhibition of Suit collection.

‘Collectie Arnhem’, Studio Umsjatka, Amsterdam, 2012.
Group fashion show.

‘Rokjesdag’, Public Library, Eindhoven, 2010.
Group exhibition of fashion designs.

‘Don’t Feed the Birds’, Trix & Rees Huis, Arnhem, 2009.
Group exhibition of fashion design.