What translates into Japanese as “bead on a ring”? Tamawa it is! This Belgian design brand plays on the beauty of Bakelite beads. Bakelite, an early plastic, was developed in 1907 by Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland and today still worldwide known as billiard balls. Tamawa took the material into a new direction: design objects and accessories. Read the rest of this entry »
27
Apr
2012
Apr
2012
Ta Ta Ta Tamawa
17
Mar
2012
Mar
2012
Frederik Vercruysse
Frederik Vercruysse (1974 – check out a self-portrait he did for Architectural Digest Germany on the I Love Belgium facebook page) is a Belgian photographer based in Antwerp. He combines architecture, interior, still life and portrait photography. Creating images with spaces, furniture, people, plants, clothing and other objects in a fresh, graphical and realistic but sometimes also in a surreal way. Read the rest of this entry »
9
Mar
2012
Mar
2012
Wallpaper Loves Belgium
Wallpaper confirms what we already know: Belgium is a design nation! For the very first time, the international design, fashion and lifestyle magazine Wallpaper includes Belgium in its top ten style and design nations. Read the rest of this entry »
14
Dec
2011
Dec
2011
Nest by CSD
Wallpaper categorized CSD architects within the next generation of architectural talents, catapulting them onto the “to-watch-list” of many architecture lovers. Here at I Love Belgium, we don’t like to wait and see, that’s why we’ll show you our favourite, the Nest House, now! Constructed on a very small plot of land in the centre of Antwerp this house measures only 4 meters wide by 12 meters deep. The challenges? To maximize the spatial qualities, to obtain an abundance of light, and to have a maximum of contacts between the spaces. Read the rest of this entry »
22
Feb
2011
Feb
2011
Modular Mode
Discovering the possibility of arranging and rearranging. Playing with colour, patterns and endlessness combinations. Yes Lego was an eye-opener for children with a design dream! Luckily for us, those kids grew up to be respectable designers with modular qualities. A reason for the I Love Belgium team to collect three designer with a Lego past. Read the rest of this entry »
