They all love him: John Galliano, Vivienne Westwood, Walter Van Beirendonck, Boy George, Lady Gaga, Grace Jones… an endless list of Stephen Jones followers. Since his beginning till today, Jones stayed the world’s most radical and important milliners of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. From the 8th of September 2010 the MoMu will present a retrospective exhibition of his extraordinary work. Read the rest of this entry »
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Stephen Jones at MoMu
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COLLECSSION by Sayaka Yamamoto
COLLECSSION is a solo exhibition by Eindhoven Design Academy graduate Sayaka Yamamoto The three collections are all inspired by different parts and aspects of plants, and also by Sayaka’s passion of collecting. Read the rest of this entry »
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Rotor at Venice Architecture Biennale 2010
Brussels based architecture firm Rotor occupies the Belgian pavilion at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia. Within the overall theme of “People meet in Architecture”, curated by Kazuyo Seiima of Sanaa, Rotor explores wear as a reaction to use in architecture. Read the rest of this entry »
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Okinaha
Fashion concept stores are popping up everywhere but ever heard of a health & beauty concept store? Well, now there’s Okinaha, a new boutique revolutionary in the health & beauty domain. You’ll find all-natural products full of active ingredients working in different areas (anti-ageing, nutritherapy, antioxidants). There’s also a library where you can stay up to date about a healthy & balanced lifestyle. Read the rest of this entry »
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Lazy Design
Lazy (sun)days, don’t we all like them? Preparing for one is quite easy as they only demand a few ingredients. A good movie, finger food and a whole bunch of pillows. If you want to bring this recipe to a higher level, then the I Love Belgium team found the perfect solution. The Brussels based designers Linda Topic and Christiane Hoegner created pieces that will bring you to that highest level of laziness! Read the rest of this entry »
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The Devil’s Collection
Rebranding… get rid of those slick marketing boys and hire yourself some youngsters! Cause magic only happens when some creative minds re-wrap a Belgium old time beer favourite! Duvel Collection is the name of this creative child, a successor of Arne Quinze’s collaboration with Duvel in 2007. Only this time they went international with Dutch graphic artist Parra and British/Japanese fashion brand Eley Kishimoto. Yet they stayed true to their roots with Belgian graphic designer Denis Meyers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Achraf Amiri
Illustrations are hot! You can’t flip open a fashion magazine without seeing aquarelles of catwalk silhouettes or articles illustrated with artsy drawings. Sometimes they’re just nice. You look at them and you think “mmm, that’s a nice drawing”. But then you also have drawings that really evoke certain emotions. They make you smile or they make you sad. They make you raise an eyebrow or they fill you with disgust. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Reference – Les Filles
What do you get when you bring a chef, a musician and a dancer together? A brilliant lunch concept called “Les Filles – Plaisirs Culinaires“! These three girls: Jeanna, Pascale and Line, dreamed of a communal kitchen where you can get a healthy lunch, follow a cooking course or get a group lunch delivered to your office door. Read the rest of this entry »
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Five star avant-garde
You can wear Maison Martin Margiela, you can decorate your house with its ‘white objects for the home’, you can perfume yourself with its fragrance that was launched a few months ago and now you can also take a MMM holiday. Read the rest of this entry »
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Bue The Warrior
Bue The Warrior, a graffiti artist skilled enough to mix the sesame street inhabitants with manga inspired Pokémons, is in a league of his own. Based in the historical city of Ghent, he single-handedly turned the gray spots into a more colorful and funny environment. His walls portray a world full of whimsical, colourful, cuddly, loving creatures that provide you an instant smile! Read the rest of this entry »
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Local Loving
Locals, we are all one and we know plenty of others. They come in handy if you visit their city and want to dance the night away in an underground club. The question stays: do you know a Belgian one? If the answer is no, then don’t worry. Spotted By Locals is a cityblog that only has local driven content. So if you want to know which bars are around place Saint Gery in Brussels or which beloved shops you can find in Antwerp, then this blog is what you’re searching for.
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Cinematic masterwork
One of the real masterworks of modern cinema is Belgian and has the quite blunt title of JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES. Director Chantal Akerman was was only 25, in 1975, when she captured (with an all female crew) this three-hour-and-20-minute film about three days in the life of a widow, mother and prostitute. Akerman follows Jeanne Dielmans day to day rituals: washing, straightening, cooking and turning on and off the lights when she enters a room. Her son comes home, they have dinner, they take a walk, she puts on the radio and knits. But during the day she has gentleman in and turns tricks, leading to an inevitable crack in Jeanne’s facade. It’s both a structuralist triumph and a stunning indictment of society’s gender roles. Read the rest of this entry »
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Materialise Me
Don’t we all love a new and intriguing technology? Being hailed as the technology to revolutionize the production process, Rapid Prototyping has to live up to its promise! With the help of the Leuven based Materialise Group, this technology is on its way to change everything. Through its unique .MGX by Materialise division for design products, Materialise has opened the market for customized Rapid Manufacturing. Recently the company launched a new service called i.materialise. This on-line service offeres customized 3D creation and 3D printing service to you. The start of a consumers revolution? Why driving to Ikea if you can design your one-of-a-kind lampshade or picture frame from your sofa? Read the rest of this entry »
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Online Design
Where will you find a wide arrange of excellent vintage design in one place? Belgium! You name a memorable design piece and one of the many dealers will have it. Going from the wanted Eames, Colombo and Poulsen to the more rare Wabbes, Caprioli or Cuneo. And if you don’t have the time for vintage treasure hunting in Antwerp (Kloosterstraat) or Brussels (Marollen) then you still have the 24/24 online shops. The I Love Belgium team made a selection of the best out there (and yes, they ship internationally). Read the rest of this entry »
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Chauncey
There are some labels you just fall in love with. Everything is just right. Not only the clothes but also the identity, lookbook, model,… One of those brands is the Belgian brand Chauncey by Nathalie Bouhana and David Sdika. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sales forever
In Belgium the summer sales period starts the 1st of July and ends the 31st of july. We know that our Belgian designers are not the cheapest, but we know you’re willing to pay the price for innovative qualitative designs. There are places in Belgium where you can find Belgium’s finest at a fraction of the price. Yes, sales forever! Read the rest of this entry »
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Julien Lanoo Photography
Julien Lanoo Photographs is a young photo studio in the centre of Europe, in the Belgian-French region of Lille. By its personal approach and its images of high quality, the studio is worth the name of “quality house”. Since its start in 2007, the studio photographed some of the worlds finest architecture. This includes names such as Jean Nouvel, Beal Blankaert, Sanaa and Shigeru Ban. But it’s not only the international names that find there way to this studio, Belgian studio’s such as DierendonckBlancke Architects, VitraPoint Ghent and BURO II are on the client list as well. Read the rest of this entry »
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Yukkuri by Jan-Jan Van Essche
Jan-Jan Van Essche (1980), a Fashion Academy graduate, born and raised in Antwerp just launched his first men’s collection Yukkuri. After his graduation in 2003, he won several prices including the prestigious Dries Van Noten and FFI price. Now Jan-Jan is ready and set to go. But this will be on his own pace. Read the rest of this entry »
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Rosas Danst Rosas
In 1983 Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker was a revelation in the modern dance scene because of her repetitive, minimalistic choreography. Her extremely powerful composition, Rosas danst Rosas was also the start of the Rosas group; the four female dancers – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Michèle Anne De Mey, Fumiyo Ikeda and Nadine Ganase – were the first members of the new dance company. Read the rest of this entry »
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Belgian Summer music
Yes we haven’t been that productive the last weeks, but that’s going to change. The I Love Belgium team has been out and about enjoying the Belgian Summer weather (hot hot hot) and looking for new and exciting stories to share with you. Belgium is the place to be for summer festivals, the Werchter festival has been called out to be the best festival in the world several times now but there’s also Couleur Café, Dour, De Lokerse Feesten, Pukkelpop, Brosella, Jazz Middelheim, De Zomer van A, de Gentse Feesten,… Read the rest of this entry »
