8
Jan
2013

Them Sculptures

I Love Belgium, Belgian Blog, sculptures, them, Tom Dekyvere, light, festival, Ghent, Amsterdam, Han van der TolThe Christmas and New Year’s Eve period is best know for its bright lights and musical abundance! Yet this winter something with the same elements but with a whole different outcome drew our attention. We’re talking about the work of Them Sculptures. Belgian-Dutch artist duo Tom Dekyvere and Han van der Tol are the masterminds behind light, form and sound projects which they’ve been designing for several European light festivals. Read the rest of this entry »

8
Dec
2011

All Black Everything by gents agency and Nalden

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In the beginning blogs were just online journals where people wrote down their daily thoughts. Sometimes they published a recipe because they made an amazing chocolate chip cookie, and yes, sometimes they bragged about that awesome sweater they bought. Suddenly dollar bills appeared in savvy marketeers’ eyes because they realized the reach and credibility of this target group. Read the rest of this entry »

28
Nov
2011

Urban Jewellery

Liesbeth Bussche, Urban, Jewellery, Amsterdam, Art, Context, I Love Belgium, BlogHow do you reinvent something? You take it out of its context and you blow it up! That’s what designer Liesbeth Bussche did with her urban jewellery project. Small interventions to the street scape transformed street dividers and concrete balls into a charm to a chain or earring backs to a concrete ball. Read the rest of this entry »

19
Jun
2010

La Fille d’O collection presentation via chatroulette

La Fille d’O has always been a pioneer in social media. They were on Friendster (remember that people?), Myspace and of course now also on Facebook and Twitter. Tonight 19/06 La Fille d’O designer Murielle Scherre will be presenting her new collection via chatroulette. Read the rest of this entry »

5
Jun
2010

I Love Belgium interviews Clyde Burrows

Yes, Belgium is a small country and sometimes it’s too small for some of us. One of those people is Clyde Burrows aka Tom Eerebout, a stylist from Bredene, a tiny town at the Belgian seaside. After studying in Antwerp, he took off to Amsterdam where he met his boyfriend, upcoming Dutch fashion photographer Joost Vandebrug. They both moved to London to try their luck across the canal. Clyde is currently working with Nicola Formichetti, the personal stylist of Lady Gaga. I Love Belgium sat down with Clyde and picked his brain. Read the rest of this entry »