Storage capacity is one of the key elements when you are a kitchen and bathroom manufacturer. So what do you do when you’re in need of additional space? You construct some, there was only one p...
We continue with our Beaufort04 series with these playfull benches of Danish artist Jeppe Hein. This time we’re on the dyke of coastal village De Haan where you can find his ‘Modified Soc...
It’s a bank holiday in Belgium and yes we have been slacking. Blame it on the weather, it’s 25 °C in our country and your I Love Belgium prefers being outside enjoying than inside bloggin...
Ghent-based photographer Stefanie Geerts caught our attention with her stunning Human Escape series. These painting-like pictures make use of old film rolls, hence the beautiful colour palettes and s...
Jogging alongside the quays in Antwerp, yes sometimes we do a little exercise, we were confronted with the 19,8 miles (3,2 kilometers) long wall of poetry from Peter Holvoet-Hanssen. Reading it while...
As the temperature is rising, we know it’s time to talk about Beaufort04. The Triennial has become an indispensable cultural event which is not to be missed. The Belgian coast and contemporary ...
A colorful, fun world with a strange twist: that’s the amatic world of Philip Bosmans. We’re talking about a graphic designer with a history in graffiti and street art. But what’s so special about hi...
When walking down the street in Antwerp, It was not the first time we were perplexed by the beauty of the building in the Volkstraat in Antwerp. Looking all mysterious, we took a closer look and disc...
For our 500th blogpost, the I Love Belgium team decided to give you what you love the most: surrealist topics! Although what we’re going to show may remind you of the Fictions series by Filip D...
Who doesn’t love a great statement necklace? In Belgium they’re also gaining popularity. Away are the teeny tiny necklaces it’s all about volume, popping colours and a bold attitude...
Where do you find a private art domain where culture, nature and ecology go hand in hand? In Kemzeke (yes, it’s in the middle of nowhere) The Verbeke Foundation offers all of this, since 2007, when i...
The French designer Léa Peckre has proved her worth already in 2011 when she won the prestigious Hyères festival. She wowed the judges with her marble and granite colors and textured clothes. She lea...
Sometimes you do your discoveries in unexpected places. In Herentals the I Love Belgium team spotted a modern take on a Belgian red brick house. The inclining roof really is a true eye catcher and se...
Back in 1996, the seven year old Artur Eranosian moved from an unstable Armenia to quite, rural Belgium. Yet his life only really changed seven years later when he was watching a documentary about le...
Here at the I Love Belgium office, we have a weak spot for simple yet relevant design pieces. So when we received an email from Liège-based, young design talent Quention de Coster we were more then h...
Whenever Ward Hermans, the designer behind Fer & Dubois starts designing something he almost always ends up with the combination of iron (=fer) and wood (bois). Fer & Dubois has the cutest sa...
Do you know the Capara sisters? Their name sounds like an eccentric sister duo from a Tim Burton movie and I’m sure they would like the sound of that. Capara was founded in Antwerp by sisters V...
Nostalgia: it’s an emotion that gives you a fuzzy feeling and puts a dreamy smile on your face. Nothing more nostalgic than the vinyl record: the cracking sound, the oldies music… But in this digital...
Remember our “The Pub’s Floor” article? The photography of Jimmy Kets turned out to be one of April’s best read articles. So we assume that the I Love Belgium reader has a thi...
Here at the I Love Belgium office we have a hunch about the future greatness of graphic designer Xavier Segers and his young graphic design agency The Last Dodo. This half Belgian/half Korean with a ...
Contrary to what you might think, Belgium has a rich auto mobile history. Brands such as Minerva, Métallurgique, Excelsior and Nagant were building strong in the first decades of the 20th century. Ye...
Weekends normally have positive connotations but if you start your weekend hearing that one of Belgium’s finest milliner’s, Christophe Coppens is filing for bankruptcy, we do not immediat...
It rarely happens that the Brussels skyline receives a new and exiting skyscraper. So the I Love Belgium team just had to talk about the Elishout tower by Xavier De Geyter Architects. After spending ...
Images that cling to you like sticky gum: that seems to be the best way to describe work of Karin Hanssen. This artist ‘borrows’ images from the past and recreates them on her canvas. To do that she ...
They’ve been there for ages but now they’re also all the rage in Belgium: cupcakes! Apparently the term “cupcake” was first mentioned in 1828 in Eliza Leslie’s Receipts cookbook. In...
In the heart of Brussels, rue Lebeau 17, design and jewellery come together in the Collectors Gallery. Not just a jewellery shop but a true feast for the eyes. The shop contains tight designed jewels...
You’re born with talent, without any doubt. One day your talent will come out whether you’re 6 or 60. Belgian designer Niels Peeraer’s talent showed really quickly. At 18 he went to...
How do you transform a former brewery into a housing unit for artist? You just have a look at the example of the Hallemans brewery in Brussels which was conceptualised by architecture office L’...
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 Belg...
Assemblé makes the past and the future meet. They make the cutest retro silhouettes on children’s size, introducing future generations to past generations. ‘Debardeurkes’, woollen sweater...
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