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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Benoît Santiard has been in touch about a new branch of Belgian agency, Salutpublic , opening in Paris. Benoît and Salutpublic opened the new studio in collaboration, they’ve already produced a 348 page bilingual book as part of the exhibition...
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The composite image above shows two things: To the left is the logo for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) designed by Burton Kramer in 1974 , and the remainder of the image shows a photograph taken by Stefan Kraft in the London Underground...
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I won’t even attempt to wax poetic about the city of Gent (also Ghent in English and Gand in French) in Belgium because, other than the amazingly picturesque photos oozing Old World charm I just browsed through and whatever I could regurgitate...
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