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The Duvel Collection: Tulip Glass Graphic Design Competition

The Duvel Collection: Tulip Glass Graphic Design Competition

The tulip glass is a textbook example of a design object that has crossover appeal for particularly astute (some might say snobby) subset of imbibers, the contingent of beer-quaffing gastronomes that has grown alongside the microbrewing trend. A tulip... 

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Mercedes-Benz Presents the Avant/Garde Diaries: Transmission 1 Curated by Raf Simons, Launch Recap from Berlin

Mercedes-Benz Presents the Avant/Garde Diaries: Transmission 1 Curated by Raf Simons, Launch Recap from Berlin

While fashion designer Raf Simons is perhaps best known for his work for Jil Sander and his eponymous label, he actually studied industrial design, launching his career as a furniture designer before switching to fashion a few years later. His approach... 

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Mulling it Over with Tom Muller

Mulling it Over with Tom Muller

Although we left him off of our list of six comic book cover artist/designers to watch out for, Belgian graphic designer Tom Muller is already a household name in the world of comic cover and logo design. Although we left him off of our list of six... 

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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Green

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Green

Unfortunately — and I mostly say that because it looks like a beautiful country — the only thing I know about Romania is Gheorghe Hagi, who is a very talented futbol player and I remember fondly rooting for Romania in the 1998 World Cup.... 

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Dawn of the Doodle

Dawn of the Doodle

As the financial crisis rages over the world, its consequences are becoming evident in identities too. One of them is the disappearance of the iconic Fortis bank logo from the streets of the Benelux (the economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands, and... 

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June Diary

June Diary

Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk LONDON FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE 19 JUNE – 4 JULY The city-wide biennial will take over London for 19 days this summer under the banner The Welcoming City (a nod to the 2012 Olympic slogan,... 

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Once in a Belgian Blue Moon

Once in a Belgian Blue Moon

The city of Mechelen (population 80,000) is the tenth largest city of Belgium, located between Brussels and Antwerp. The city of Mechelen (population 80,000) is the tenth largest city of Belgium, located between Brussels and Antwerp. Exactly 175 years... 

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The Concrete Quarterly

The Concrete Quarterly

It’s been around for millennia, but concrete is a building material that pretty much defines the architecture of the modern era. The reconstruction efforts after the second world war really got the world interested in concrete in a big way —... 

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Collages from a Diary

Collages from a Diary

I was looking through the portfolio of Belgian photographer Gaetan Caputo , when I saw a diary section, the new craze with photographer sites ( See Terry ’s and Hedi’s Here). In there I found these 3 collages that I really jumped out to me.... 

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Les cahiers du Poème 2 on BehanceNetwork

Les cahiers du Poème 2 on BehanceNetwork

Long time i didnt post any news here ! Quite busy, lots of work. Last weekend, I saw that two of my latest works were picked up by the actual Behance Network curators to be featured on their homepage ! And I was quite happy ! Les Cahiers Du Poème 2... 

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