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Spouse(s)
  
Marie-Anne Boeykens

Name
  
Daniel Ost

Children
  
Maarten Ost, Nele Ost

Role
  
Artist

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Born
  
08/05/1955
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

Occupation
  
Floral artist, Floral designer, Garden architect

Books
  
Remaining Flowers, Invitations: Daniel Ost

Daniel Ost, créateur floral


Daniel Ost (08/05/1955, Sint-Niklaas) is a Belgian floral artist, floral designer and garden architect. CBS News has described him as "the world's leading flower designer," while the New York Times says that "to call him a master flower designer is akin to calling Annie Leibovitz a shutterbug."

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His clientele includes numerous royal families, sheikhs, multinational organisations as well as humanitarian organisations like UNICEF.

Daniel Ost: The master of flower arrangements | DW English


Biography

Daniel Ost is born in 1955 in the suburban town of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium in a family of which he was the eldest of 6 children.

Marriage and children

Daniel Ost and his wife Marie-Anne have 2 children. Maarten Ost is a children's book author and lives in Leuven, Belgium while his daughter, Nele Ost, is following in his footsteps as a floral designer.

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  • Maarten Ost is a children's book author and animation designer.
  • Nele Ost (08/11/1984) is following in her father footsteps as a floral designer, and is currently in charge of the retail operations.
  • Education

  • Sociology at Bisschoppelijke Normaalschool in Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) from 1967 until 1973
  • Flower Design at IMOV Institute in Afsnee (Belgium) from 1973 until 1976
  • Master of Floral Art at Tuinbouwschool Vught (The Netherlands) from 1976 until 1979
  • Instructor Floral Art in Japan & Taiwan
  • Founder of Daniel Ost Flower Academy in Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) and Tokyo (Japan)
  • Published works

    Throughout his career, Daniel Ost published numerous books about his exhibitions, decorations and gardens. He has also been featured in numerous magazines like Elle, Vogue, Architectural Digest and Bloomberg regarding floral design and garden architecture.

  • Leafing Through Flowers I (1989)
  • Leafing Through Flowers II (1993)
  • Leafing Through Flowers III (1997)
  • Ostentatief (1998)
  • Invitations (2002)
  • Remaining Flowers (2003)
  • East x West (2005)
  • Transparant (2007)
  • Invitations II (2009)
  • Daniel Ost - The Master (publishing date November 2015)
  • Awards

  • 1st place Belgian Championship in Brussels (Belgium) in 1979
  • 1st place Belgian Championship in Brussels (Belgium) in 1983
  • 1st place Golden Orchid in Hannover (Germany) in 1981
  • 1st place Golden Orchid in Hannover (Germany) in 1983
  • 2nd place European Championship in Brussels (Belgium) in 1983
  • 2nd place World Championship in Detroit (USA) in 1985
  • 1st place Osaka World Expo in Osaka (Japan) in 1990
  • Citizen of Honour of Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) since 2005
  • Top 7 European Garden Designers in Germany in 2014
  • Citizen of Honour of Kurashiki (Japan) since 2015
  • References

    Daniel Ost Wikipedia