[1] He is the son of cabinet maker and studied interior and furniture design at the Sint-Lucas, Ghent institute for architecture.
In order to learn the tricks of the trade he started as an agent for international design collections.
He founded Extremis, a company located in West Flanders, Belgium that designs contemporary outdoor furniture.
Along the years, Wynants also collaborated with other internationally renowned designers like Michael Young and Arnold Merckx.
Prof. Dirk Wynants is a Master of Outdoor Durable Furniture and Equipments Design with The Beijing DeTao Masters Academy (DTMA), a high-level, multi-disciplined, application-oriented higher education institution in Shanghai, China.