2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Google’s Material Design, a design system that has shaped the digital landscape since its inception. To celebrate, we crafted a unique identity comprised of three main components: a grid, numerals, and an “M” signature.

The GRID symbolizes the foundation of every interface, the invisible scaffold that brings order and harmony to digital experiences. It is the canvas where creativity and functionality converge, ensuring a seamless and consistent user experience across all platforms. This structure is the bedrock of Material Design, highlighting its commitment to a coherent and unified approach in digital design.

The NUMERALS, ranging from 1 to 10, represent the dynamic journey of Material Design over the past decade. Each number signifies a year of evolution, growth, and refinement. These numerals are not static; they are fluid and adaptable, reflecting the versatility and continuous innovation that are the essence of Material Design. They showcase how the system has grown and adapted to meet the changing needs of designers and users alike.

The M SIGNATURE adds a personal and human touch to the identity, as if Material Design itself has signed the anniversary campaign. This handwritten element embodies the collective spirit and effort of the designers and developers who have dedicated their creativity and expertise to bring Material Design to life. It serves as a tribute to the collaborative nature of the design community and its ongoing contribution to the system’s success.

Together, these elements — the grid, numerals, and M signature — celebrate Material Design’s foundational principles, its adaptability, and the personal touch that has made it a beloved and indispensable part of digital design.

Head over to https://design.google/ to see all the designs.

Team: @bethabes@rituqhiya@milesbarretto@yanisberrewaerts


Designed in 2024

Self initiated project.

Poster work for “How to do Things with Colour”, an exhibition that concludes a series of lectures about the use of colour in sculptures. It is a part of a mini research on colour and glazes on sculptures as part of @barbaravandecauter teaching at @sculptuur_glas_keramiek_luca.
Designed in 2024.

Self initiated work inspired by NYC. Designed in 2024.

Updated sticker pack (back by popular demand 🫶🏻🤍) online now in my shop. Shipping in February 2024. Limited supply.

€10.00
5 stickers:
1. GLOW IN THE DARK 50mm x 30mm
2. METALLIC SILVER 148mm x 13.5mm
3. METALLIC CHROME RAINBOW 50mm x 30mm
4. TRANSPARENT 50mm x 50mm
5. METALLIC CHROME RAINBOW 70mm x 70mm

DISPLACED DISPLAY LETTERS
24 May 2024
Workshop by Stephanie Specht
Forward Festival, Amsterdam

During this workshop we created the English alphabet in a new, unique way together with the other participants. Every letter from the English alphabet was designed by 3 different participants. Everyone had to be very creative with a tiny piece of workspace, it was only 1/3 of a letter. It was an unexpected collaboration where we would only see the outcome at the end of the workshop.

You can download the typeface here.

Blikveld is a professional association for landscape and garden architecture in Flanders. This publication is called ‘The landscape as a master’ and contains 15 leading projects in landscape architecture in Flanders, Belgium. There were too many beautiful images to choose from that I ultimately opted not to put an image on the cover but to type a landscape with the title myself.

Cover artwork for ‘All For The Love’ single by 90 Hertz Wide Cut. Designed in 2023.

Visit dazeddigital.com/issuezero for the full experience.

Animation by Lucas Hesse and sound by Oval Angle:
View animation

Three different artists had to dig into the Nike and Dazed archives, reimagining the past to create the future. The result is 'Issue Zero', a digital magazine that showcases three different approaches to one journey, taking inspiration from existing materials to imagine the new. Dazed and Nike joined forces to find new, sustainable ways to create art, by sharing resources and digging through existing materials, inspired by Nike's “Move To Zero” ethos.

While browsing through the Nike archive I found myself zooming in on the printed raster of the scan. Something I find so beautiful, to see the touch of the ink on the paper and see the age. All these dots together forming one full image. When thinking about an online raster, you can look at a pixel as being circular in a way. Impossible amounts of designs can come out of this. This brought me to the fact that, as a designer, I often think in ISO 216 terms. This growing and dividing concept is really appealing to me. I have always been fascinated by the Fibonacci sequence in nature. From one small element we get these amazing complex multiplying forms that can go on forever.

This is a multifunctional publication, something large that can be reduced to something small and vice versa. By zooming in on the Nike archive (old) and combining it with contemporary typography (new) new images have been created that can be seen as posters but at the same time they are very multifunctional: you can transform the publication in a new one by combining posters or cut up posters into smaller pieces. Nothing goes to waste in this design. Every element can stand on its own and yet everything together is a whole. Old and new side by side, history and the ‘now’ go hand in hand. Pixels meet rasters and become friends.

Designed in 2020.

A positive message applicable to different subjects. Self-initiated work.

Designed in 2022.

Cover artwork for ‘Flexible Audio’ single by 90 Hertz Wide Cut. Designed in 2023.

B for Burgunder. A custom B created with Nanna Reseke still going strong. B for beautiful semi professional outdoor gear too.

Sooo excited to show you my contribution to BREAD, a new zine by @cashapp that’s flipping the convo about money. Bread aims to blends financial education with culture. Issue #1 is all about reintroducing bitcoin. Many many thanks for this fun and very free project @akouaaa_ @mariapesce @ceciliaazcarate 🤍🤍🤍
They’ve partnered with a crew of artists and writers to discuss bitcoin in ways you’ve maybe never seen before. The Bitcoin Issue is available in select stores across major US cities, while the majority of readers can also access the zine online at https://breadzine.com.

‘A Brief Moment ( ) A Long Tradition’ is an aesthetic, poetic and beautiful book from @1616_arita_japan
Art direction, design and illustrations by the lovely and most talented women from @allthewaytoparis.

The book reflects on 1616 / arita japans’ rich 400-year history of craftsmanship and how it has been brought into the contemporary design scene by @momotanoriyuki in close collaboration with Creative Director and Designer @teruhiroyanagihara.
The collection of 1616 / arita japan is presented in its full and the porcelain makers are portrayed.

My part in it? As a chapter 16 artists from different fields were invited to give their personal views on a chosen plate by 1616 / arita japan. I was invited by @allethewaytoparis to contribute. This was in 2019! The brief: “For “16 People, 16 Plates” we kindly ask you to describe your perfect thing/things/food/idea to put on the plate. Your contribution can be a photo, a text, an illustration…”. They sent me 2 beautiful 1616 / arita Japan plates and I put them on the table for a while, to look at and get inspired by. One morning I noticed dried flower petals on the plate, coming from a bouquet I received weeks earlier on February 19, my birthday–this made me think about life and death. I thought about the random order the petals had on the plate, compared to the spiral pattern they have when being ‘alive’. Realizing this could be an accidental symbol of the universe on my plate, I scanned the combination of petals and plate and suddenly I saw the flower shape in the plate, leading me to think about Fibonacci.

23 × 29,5 × 3,5 cm, 224 pages / Clothbound hardcover
Available via @the_tableproject

Published in 2023

For the opening of the new Antwerp flagship store by @edwineurope I designed a custom t-shirt. Window display was also created.
Limited edition.

Designed in 2022.

Album artwork for @iamjengi forthcoming EP ‘Nothing Is Easy’ due to be released 14 April via @ffrrecords. “The Nothing Is Easy EP channels the spirit of the dance floor along with showcasing Jengi’s incredible ability to glide between electronic genres including bassline, speed garage, melodic organ house, techno and phonk.”

Designed in 2023

New campaign poster for upcoming Masters Expo 2023 @royalacademyantwerp

During the Spring workshop week last May at @ecal_ch I met @vincentschwenk and totally loved his work. So when @rauch_offspace asked me to submit a design for their upcoming experimental poster exhibition in August I immediately thought it would be interesting to ask Vincent to join. I have no experience with 3D and it’s a whole different world.

As we are both fans of nature we quickly came up with the topic of mushrooms and especially the interesting connections of fungus roots - mycelium. The motto was "Everything is connected underneath the surface”. We ping-ponged back and forth between flat graphic design and 3D and I think the outcome is something totally unexpected.

This poster is a visualization of the organic network called mycelium that lies beneath the soil and connects individual plants to transfer water, nitrogen, carbon and other minerals.
There are many layers to discover in this work. The base layer is a flat shape inspired by the stringy substance of mycelium. In addition, you see some mushroom shapes that float through a strong, almost technical 3D shape, a glass representation of mycelium.

If you look closely, you can see the entire poster reflecting off the glass. Similarly, everything in this poster is connected – organic elements with mechanical surfaces and textures.
This is perhaps a good description of the collaboration, as Vincent's specialty is creating exciting new 3D textures, while mine is more focused on flat, organic yet structured shapes.

The exhibition is expected to be on display from 25th August to 22nd September 2023.

Collaboration with @oursisterofficial is available online now! ‘If you only knew the magnificence of the 3,6 and 9, then you would have a key to the universe’ said Nikola Tesla. According to him, these numbers represent the paths through which energy and information manifest themselves to form the material world, attributing them to a superior consciousness in comparison to the others. My design for Our Sister has a main focus on 3,6,9 and might become your lucky garment. 🫣 A frequency untold, a gateway to unfold … Everyone needs a spiritual accountant! 😘🤍🤍🤍👋🏻🫶🏻

Designed in 2023

Logo for AOA — Academy Open Air. The Academy. Then garden from Royal Academy Antwerp will be reactivated as an exhibition space. Curators will invite students to submit a proposal for a work that dares to enter into a dialogue with this special environment. Designed in 2021.

Experiments and accidents from 2023.

Self initiated work. All these designs are now available in my shop as A3 prints. 🤍✌🏻
Designed in 2022.

Poster for the yearly Antwerp Academy Art Book Fair 2022!

One of my old (first project goes back to 2018) and favorite clients, @parkstudio_la, are working on creating an online course for how to use the program called AutoCAD. As they were making the course, they were thinking about the favorite commands they use in the program, so they decided to launch merch when they launch the course. As always, working with Jolene is fun and to the point. Even though they are based in Dallas, our communication is always so quick and efficient! Can’t wait to see these designs come alive on bags, mugs and who knows what else. 🖤

Designed in 2023

Hmmm, it seems that projects related to 'connectivity' come my way often these days. And in this case I literally connected all the posters together.

I was happy to design a couple of posters and small reader for the Architecture department of the University of Luxemburg in Autumn 2023. That semester @zdravo.marija, @cerreyes and @davidpeleman are launching a design studio "Worlding Soils. Caring for Soil Communities in Minett" at the @master.arch.lu.

The design studio centers soil—a system commonly overlooked in architectural discussion and representation—as its subject, matter, and site for the analysis of histories and presents of capitalist extraction, as well as a projection of solidary and shared futures of co-existence. Understanding underground not only as a passive recipient of political, economic, and social processes coming from above, but as a space of resistance, as “somewhere to (dig and) plot,” to quote Kathryn Yusoff, the studio will position soil beyond its resourcefulness and productivity for humans, trying instead to think what would it mean to test practices of care and repair in building soil communities and enabling interdependencies between all those who share the condition of life in the ruins of capitalist extraction?

The studio will be accompanied by a stellar public lecture series with four amazing guests, including Mio Tsuneyama @miotsuneyama, Paulo Tavares @pauloxtavares, Maria Puig de la Bellacasa @m.puigbellacasa and Marina Otero Verzier, taking place at @lucacenterforarchitecture throughout the course of the semester.

@culturesofassembly
@uni.lu

Type designer @margot.leveque asked me to make a design with her typeface Romie.

Have you ever heard ‘The Lark Ascending’ by Vaughan Williams? I did and it brought me to tears when first listening to it (headphones). It’s romantic and dramatic and very fragile to me, just like the Romie typeface and the story behind the composition is also beautiful.

Designed in 2023.

Digital portfolio book for #sigridadriaenssens. I met this wonderful human during my time in the USA in 2009. Until today I am still delighted whenever she asks me for design-help. She is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Princeton University (PU) and also an affiliate Faculty member of PU School of Architecture. She runs @formfindinglab in Princeton too. A very smart multitalented woman!

I see a garden full of vibrant colors of flowers in bloom but very very few bees. 🐝 In Flanders, 1 in 4 bee colonies died last winter. Beekeepers who have been taking care of their bee colonies in the same way for years are suddenly confronted with dead bee colonies. The causes of bee mortality are complex and not always easy to identify. In any case, there is a need for new and modern beekeeping techniques to make bee colonies more resistant to changed climatic conditions, the impoverishment of the Flemish landscape, the varroa mite and advancing predators such as the Asian hornet. The drought in the summer of 2022 led, among other things, to a limited food supply for bees. Plants produced less nectar and bees could collect less pollen. The lack of pollen in the summer in particular is detrimental to a bee colony preparing for winter. The beekeeper plays an important role in the survival of the bee colonies. 🐝

I'm planning to do a beekeeper course next year because graphic design isn't going to save the world 😂 … Not that I can save the world, on the contrary, but nature is so important to me that I decided to do something extra. 🤍🐝 I will keep designing for 100% ❤️ but I'm going to walk an extra small path at the same time.

Designed in 2023.

This is the graphic design work (all typography and captions) I did for the current expo at @fomuantwerp by James Barnor. Scenography by @isabrck — The expo runs from 27.10.2023 - 10.03.2024. 
Make sure to go see this! His work is so incredible beautiful. @james_barnor_archives 

James Barnor - Studio of Life offers an overview of James Barnor’s (b. Ghana, 1929) remarkable career. His multifaceted and powerful images made him a photography pioneer. This exhibition not only showcases Barnor’s rich and diverse body of work but also examines the cultural connections between Accra, London and Antwerp. #jamesbarnor

Type TRJN DAVINCI DISPLAY by @virgileflores and a whole lot of the super nice ROM family by @abcdinamo
Photos ©We document art/ FOMU 2023

During the upcoming Erfgoedweekend, the Royal Academy Antwerp garden will be reactivated as a new exhibition space: Academy Open Air.

Curators Vaast Colson and Leon Vranken, both visual artists and lecturers at the Academy, invited students to submit a proposal for a work that dares to enter into a dialogue with this special environment. They chose the most inspired proposals for the exhibition ‘Historie, Heesters & Meesters’.

Sigurros Björnsdottir — Master Sculpture
Niel De Vries — 1BA In Situ³
Frederique Kraus — 2BA In Situ³
Feng Li — Master In Situ³
Paul Müller — 3BA In Situ³
Oona Oikkonen — 3BA Photography
Denys Shantar— Master Costume Design

This Erfgoedweekend is the kick-off for a series of exhibitions in the Academy Garden, with the aim of revitalizing this open-air exhibition space and creating new challenges.

New publication for Slow Writing Lab called ‘HECHTINGEN’ – meaning stitches. Slow Writing Lab is a collaboration of the Netherlands Foundation for Literature and Literature Flanders with art courses in creative writing in the Netherlands (Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Image and Language, HKU Writing for Performance and ArtEZ Creative Writing) and in Flanders (Conservatorium Antwerp and RITCS Brussels).
Want to read more about the Slow Writing Lab or the participants? Go to: www.slowwritinglab.nl/writers/2022/ 🔍🔍🔍🔍 Thank you Elianne van Elderen en Betül Sefika for the nice project!

Designed in 2022.

To celebrate the release of their webshop in December 2022R Rosemary asked me to design a limited edition T-shirt . Screenprinted by Afreux in Antwerp.
Available now on their webshop and in-store!

Designed in 2022.

Album and singles artwork for Belgian musician Simon. All work produced in 2021-2022.

I am currently creating affirmations visuals for @nbg.nike (NOTHING BUT GOLD) by Nike – a new kind of shopping app dedicated to sport, style, and self-care for girls who 'Just Do It' their own way. The app is designed and developed by Enjoy The Weather.

NBG is still in private beta (a.k.a. super-secret-stealth mode), and they want you to build with them. DM them on IG for a chance to get in!

Many thanks to Ian Coyle and Jesse Jones from Enjoy The Weather for giving me this opportunity!

Poster for last weekends 3BA expo at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.
Designed in 2021.

Super honored to have been asked by Dazed to design a poster for the Belgian human rights activist Anuna De Wever — for the project 'A Future World' by Dazed and for the world to wake up.

A Future World platform’s mission statements from people paving new pathways for our planet, whether that’s activists, inventors, fashion pioneers, technologists, or AI scientists.

It brings entertainment to the environment, for the generation changing the world. A Future World makes academic topics accessible while keeping Dazed’s irreverent tone. It’s optimistic about the future, enthusiastic about innovation, and passionate about climate action.

A Future World is a place for discovery, where the ideas of the next generations are given time and space, civilization’s pioneers are celebrated, and the possibilities of our planet are dreamt about.

www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/52427/1/artists-activists-mission-statements-for-the-future-climate-a-future-world

Last September 2021, Goûte Mes Disques asked me to design a t-shirt and said ‘you can do whatever you want’ AKA the magic sentence. It’s nothing too crazy. A mmmmmmmmmm for the goûte and a plate with lettes for the disques 🖤 It is a very limited edition. Buy here: goutemesdisques.bigcartel.com

Logo for Els Vervloesem. Els Vervloesem (Leuven, 1978) is a Belgian architect. She is a researcher and writer in architecture. In her designs, publications and other professional projects she focuses on the social dimensions of architecture and urbanism.

Designed in 2022

Made a poster for @trix_online - a music venue in Antwerp. This is probably the weirdest font pairing I have used but we liked it so we went for it 🙃.
In HANDLANGERS they are looking for young makers with a striking and multidisciplinary idea about music. Convince them of your crossover project between music with theatre, dance, performance, painting, virtual reality, photography or something completely different. Do you have a fascinating, multidisciplinary idea about music, are you between 16 and 30 years old and are there are at least two of you? Register soon!

Designed in 2023

This is the cover for the new book by @bulkarchitecten. It’s been almost 1,5 years in the making.
A lot of things have been changed along the way – certainly since there was an exhibition first that guided us towards new insights for the book design. The cover is a word play. The main title ‘room for change’ pushes the subtitle away while there is a shift happening as well on that second level. Room for air, for thoughts but also windows and entrances.

In 2019 Bulk architects received a Bouwmeester label for their research into robust open buildings as the key to a more resilient city. This resulted in the ‘Construct, room for change’ exhibition (until April 17 in @desingelartscentre) and the book 'Room for change. Robust open buildings for the future'.
Based on a curiosity about history and future possibilities, ‘Room for change. Robust open buildings for the future' contributes to the convergence between architecture, structure and sustainability.

The book is available from 13.04.2022. Pre-order possible. For the launch of the book, @stephengeoffreybates (Sergison Bates architects) and Koen Van Bockstal (Bulk architects / University of Antwerp) are invited by the Flanders Architecture Institute and the University of Antwerp for a double lecture. Check the site of @vlaams_architectuurinstituut for details.

Thanks @jasperponjee and @tupidus for the very nice collaboration!

Final design in 2022

Artwork for single by Simon.
Photography by Darwin Cabrera.

Designed in 2021.

An identity for a new type of structural consulting practice based in New York City named One Hermitage. 🕊 #stalenliggersalsninspiratie #structuralengineering

Visual identity for @nuits_sonores / @european_lab festival! In collaboration with @charles_ardilouze.

From 12 to 16 October, Arty Farty Brussels and @bozarbrussels welcome all of you to Nuits sonores & European Lab Brussels 2022, five days of electronic culture, emerging music and debate between four cultural spaces, third places and emblematic buildings in Brussels: Bozar, @c12_bxl, @lavallee_bxl and Reset.

They will announce the first names and kick off the ticket sale on 26 April at 11AM, set your alarms!

#NSBXL2022 #Bozar

Many thanks to @cassiegld, @dorianmeeus, Guillaume Duchêne and @julienroche5 for the nice project to work on! 🙏🏻

TODAY IS A VERY
VERY VERY VERY
GUMMY PLACE

A curatorial and publishing project by @grande.madre.lab & Ruja Press @rujapress (@josequintanar_artist and @ruohong_wu)

99 maps / 99 artists / 99 actions.

1 exhibition / 1 book.

@rujapress invited me to be part of this project which will become a publication and an exhibition in Rotterdam, beginning 2021.

99 artists were invited and received a map. This doodle map is unique and it is generated by a computer. They wanted us to take it as a prompt, as the starting point of a game in relation with a place.

I perceived the map as very jumpy and playful. I saw the form of a fence and this lead me to the common pangram 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’. I felt like connecting the dots and lines and see what would appear. I took the map as a starting point to draw all letters from alphabet.

2021

Radiance

Designed in 2021.

New identity for @kxrxt.tv — a NL/BE based film and photography production company. ✔️ A bike design was also created, a collaboration with Trevor.

Designed in 2023

Billboard up in Ghent! 🖤🌷Thanks to 019 and Design Museum Gent. On view until October 1, 2020 in Drabstraat, Ghent (Belgium).

Title of my work: Location does not matter.
This pattern consists of several illustrations of houses based on some of my drawings when I was a child. As a symbol of the many places where I have lived, they were strongly compressed to emphasize the full feeling. The whole becomes very abstract from a distance, almost a haze - the depth disappears, just as memories of the details of the houses gradually disappear and only an atmosphere remains. 🌬

This billboard is a collaboration between Design museum Gent and 019. It functions as an alternative exhibition platform for (graphic) designers. A leftover from the Museum Of Moving Practice project that happened between the 18th of May and the 17th of September 2017, where 019 temporary occupied a part of the museum. This billboard is a copy of the Billboard Series framework that has been hanging at 019 since September 2015. (A project by Artlead, All Things Contemporary Vzw & 019)

Each billboard stays up for two months.
The designers are selected by 019.
Photography: Michiel De Cleene
Billboard framework: Olivier Goethals

For their online shop Sevenstore asked me to design three posters for their editiorial about World Earth Day 2022. Sevenstore is based in Liverpool, UK. Read the story here.

Brown paper tape (5 cm wide) and a card designed by Nanna Reseke and myself — tape for sale (20€ incl shipping) and 6-pack cards (15€ incl. shipping). See shop!

We (Nanna Reseke, Mia Prce and myself) designed a scarf to support the students of the Royal Academy Antwerp and it’s been such a joy to see them appearing online and offline everywhere.

Designed in 2020

🏁 Poster for the ‘Starters Prize 2021’ 🏁 by @royalacademyantwerp — open to all students of the Academy.

Designed in 2021

A form of (graphic) support for Brussels venue Atelier 210, designed together with Nanna Reseke. We were happy to contribute to LIVE2020 (the fund that supports the entire music sector). All proceeds of this t-shirt will go entirely to Supportlive2020. Other designers who designed t-shirts were Stromae (AB), Willy Vanderperre (Trix).

The lines of the façade of the Atelier 210 building inspired us and we came to a new sleek yet playful shape that represents the letter A and the numbers 210. Furthermore, we focused on the numbers: 2 + 1 + 0 = 3: In numerology, life path number 3 is a strong vibration, one of creative self-expression, independence, playfulness, and communication. People with Life Path Number 3 have a very high level of creativity and self-expression. We found that applicable to a venue like Atelier 210. Or as De La Soul sang: 3 is the magic number! 🎶🎵

Designed in 2020.

Identity for Whisper Festival in OLT Rivierenhof, Belgium.
More soon …

Super excited to share what I have designed for the Dazed poster project that communicates messages created in response to the changes that COVID-19 has brought to lives worldwide, promoting reflections of the now, positive future narratives and new ideas. Dazed called on its community of artists, musicians and designers to create artworks that inspire and imagine the possibility of new worlds, explore humanity in the present climate, and demonstrate the power of art as a medium for political message.

My poster is called Satori: a Japanese Buddhist term for awakening—the acquiring of a new point of view in our dealings with life and the world. Now more than ever I am aware of rural borders, since these have been closed in Belgium due to Corona. Freedom is no longer about physical movement, but has to take place in your head. I did not want to create borders for myself for this design, so I decided I would allow my intuitive side to take over. It became a smiling face that is embraced by a comforting organic form that has a similar smile. As if I drew my soul that wants to still my thoughts. These shapes stand together and yet alone: ​​an answer that can be given to the old Dazed slogan ‘how does it make you feel’ in these weird times.

As part of the campaign, Dazed Media has partnered with BartsCharity, who support the work of staff at the Barts Health NHS Trust, who are on the frontline of the COVID-19 outbreak. They are raising emergency funds to help staff cope with the challenges they’re facing everyday.

Vivienne Westwood, Wolfgang Tillmans, Katharine Hamnett, Jefferson Hack in collaboration with David Wise at Forthcoming Studio, Christopher Kane, Charles Jeffrey, 3D (Massive Attack), Fai Khadra, Peter Kennard x Jamie Reid, Matty Bovan, Gaika, Kris Andrew Small, Jonas Lindstroem, Margot Bowman, Lotte Andersen, William Farr, George Rouy, Wilson Oryema, Kingsley Ifill, M/M Paris, Stephanie Specht, Polly Nor and Samuel Ross have donated their limited edition signed artworks to a prize draw.

Designed in 2020.

Solidarity action for the students of the Academy through an online art sale (CLOSED) CLOSER.

This academic year had a rough start. Although we're all in this together, the current measures hit our art students severely.

Apart from the lack of creative interactions and social contacts in the studios, the many student jobs in cafés and restaurants also stopped entirely. In order to offer some perspective, we joined forces for a solidarity action. Students from all disciplines sent in works for an online art sale.

We hereby transformed (CLOSED) into CLOSER: an online art sale entirely for the student's benefit!

Through a pdf you were able to choose a work from the online catalog and pick it up in time at the Academy to start the Christmas season with inspiration and beauty!

PARTICIPATING STUDENTS

Alessio Capone // Alexandra Samarova // Ana Lucia Fernández Rincón // Angelique de Limburg // Anne Van de Schaft // Anne Decot // Annelise Cerchedean // Anouk Van Offenwert // Assaf Hinden // Azuli Peeters // Bernadette Zdrazil // Brent Decraene // Daan Peeters // Denys Shantar // Emily Van Overstraeten // Emma Van Den Broeck // Esther Weidenbaum // Feline Van Der Kamp // Frederique Kraus // Giorgia Galfré // Hanne Abbeloos // Helena Berg // Jackson Shallcross-Platt // Jana Coolen // Jeanette Slütter // Jivan Kalicharan // Johanna Adojaan // June Osselaer // Laura Shipard // Laurence Petrone // Lee Van Camp // Liisa Pöysti // Locuratolo // Luca Sági // Malena Guerrieri // Mara Harbon // Maria Iarmenco // Maxim Preaux // Michel Vertongen // Michelle Piter // Miguel Garchitoreno // Milana Starklova // Nel Maertens // Niel de Vries // Niels Van Looveren // Nina Faivre // Pit Riewer // Sarah Stone // Sarah Kirchner // Siguros Björnsdôtir // Sun You Park // Tim Rosenbaum // Tobias Wendt // Vincent Königs // Wang Zhizong // Witold Vandenbroeck // Yang Mengyu // Yixi Zhong // Zhang

Designed in 2020.

New identity for @blikveldvzw — an arena for creative manouvres, professional support and inspirational exchanges on landscape and garden architecture. ☘️🌿🌱🌷🌴🌳🌵🌲🍃 Work in close collaboration with @julievanseveren and @astridetienne97 ! 🤍 Thanks to @bjornbracke and @debezieldetuin for the nice project! 👋🏻

My poster TIJD (time) was part of an exhibition ARBEITEN in may 2021 at Spoiler in Berlin. The 1st of May is about taking ‘time’ off to reflect on work. As a self-employed designer, time for me is client / deadline related. It’s often not a number that comes from myself. If I work on self-initiated projects, time does not exist. I made this poster while there was ’no time’. The text on my poster is a dutch word-play. Translated into English it would say ’Times does not exists, it flows’ but literally translated it is: ‘Time does not stand, it flows’. Only Dutch people will understand :) The illustration is a reference to a clock where the most important numbers float around, disappear and interact.

You are able to purchase the poster at Spoiler shop here.

Designed in 2021

Proud to present the new identity for Media Culture Fast Forward — a VRT initiative about the future of media and culture. The idea behind the logo is multiple choice 🔘⚪️, it offers “everything" but in use you have to choose. 🔴🔵 MCFF is one festival with two parts. Typeface Mad Sans and Mad Serif from Colophon Foundry.

Much love to my design team Nanna Reseke — Marcel Backscheider (design intern) — Studio RGB (web), Lucas Hesse (motion design) and G Designstudio (face filters, coming up in the future). Can’t wait to show you the development of the project!

Designed in 2020

This book is about seeing and discovering forms, experiencing freedom and about people in my close and distant circle. It shows a selection of work produced in the last 5 years (Forms). Additionally, I strove to include different topics that I care about (Notes). There’s talks I’ve had with people who have had an influence on me, both professionally and personally: Mads Teglers, Kali Nikitas, Eike König, Hakeem Steele Lewis, Leon Vranken, Geran Knol, Ines Cox, Margot Populaire, Alexandra Verschueren, Braulio Amado, Levi Lanser, Tanja Rubbak and Adam Passarella.

120 pages, full color, 203,2 x 254 mm, paperback, open spine, English
Designed in 2019.
Published in 2020.

This book is a first edition. 100 copies were printed.

See Shop to buy.
Also for sale via:

- Draw Down Books (online, USA)
- Printed Matter (in store, New York City, US)
- Copyright (in store, Ghent & Antwerp, BE)
- Counter Print (online, UK)

These are some of the results of the workshop called ‘Read Me’ I gave in November 2021 during the Google VISD Summit by Google Design.

A short hour where participants received a folder with a selection of typefaces, color swatches and guidelines so they could create a simple typographic poster in Indesign using all kind of treatments. They also had to collaborate in pairs on their design. Minimum input, maximum output! From the 23 typefaces they picked Terminal Grotesque, Selva Scrip, Editioral New, Mineral Solid and Millionaire.

For the cover I used all designs on top of each other. Wondering what could have been done in one day with this workshop though … many more layers and collaborations could lead to something super vibrant!

2021

In 2018, Bressers Architects (Ghent, Belgium) contacted me to develop a 2 identities. One for the Bressers Erfgoed (the heritage department) and one for BLAD (their architecture lab). Bressers Architecten is specialized in restoration, conservation, renovation and contemporary architecture. The icon for the heritage part, Bressers Erfgoed, refers to the B, a (re) construction and a floor plan. The combination of the serif and sans serif type refers to the combination of past and present and detail and minimalism. The logo for BLAD is constructive and a bit kinetic. Website by Studio RGB.

Flou.

Designed in 2021.

B is for Burgunder 🔥 created together with Nanna Reseke.
https://burgunder.xyz/

My time as a student at @royalacademyantwerp is one that I will never forget. 🙃 It was the first time that I got into a large creative pool that has shaped me into the designer I am today. So when @plusoffice_architects and @omgeving.be asked me if I wanted to design the Spatial Masterplan Mustaard Campus Antwerp publication, I was very delighted!

In March 2020, at the start of the first lockdown, I started the assignment. I was still teaching at the Academy, but of course those lessons only took place online and I missed the building itself. That is why this assignment was extra nice because it guided me through the future plans of one of the most creative institutions in Antwerp. Pretty soon I got @nannareseke involved but only in November 2020 we were able to complete it. The form of the publication will be very basic due to a small budget: square perforations and black wire-o with a cover that is double: you can open it and study the large Nolli plan. This form is a small reference to the typical school course books. Printed by @diekeureprinting

Designed in 2020

Poster for ‘HORTUS CONCLUSUS ⏤ Emerging From A Walled Garden’, an exhibition by students from the InSitu3 department of @royalacademyantwerp

The exhibition itself follows the theme of a garden and is scenographically set up to resemble a living garden with paths going through the Wintertuin.

Opening during the Open House: 11.03.2023 / hours 9:30-17:00
Other opening times: 13.-17.03.2023 / hours 12:00-17:00
Location: Wintertuin, Royal Academy

The discovery of a single possibility can change a perspective.
Designed in 2020.

On 16 October, the 7th edition of the Antwerp Academy Art Book Fair will take place. Mark your agenda and check later this year the school’s site to see which exhibitors will be present with art books, catalogues, monographs, editions, zines etc etc!

Designed in 2021

Mission text by FVWW architects — design for window lettering in their office.
Designed in 2020.

Come and see the first steps of a new generation of visual artists and designers from the @royalacademyantwerp! From Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 June, the Antwerp Academy welcomes you to our Masters Expo 2022, (MA22) where you can discover the graduation works of our new batch of artists.
The master's year is a radical and intense period for every student and determines the start of their early artistic career. All the graduation works will be on display in the exhibition, in the presence of the 80 masters from all departments.

Identity for the Masters Expo from Royal Academy Antwerp.

Designed in 2021

Poster for Soup Sessions for Royal Academy Antwerp, currently without soup. 🚫🍵🚫The Safe Sessions are a weekly lunchtime gathering on Tuesdays for, by and between researchers of the the Academy. In a one-and-a-half hour session, two researchers host a dialogue about their research projects. They use the time of the meeting to get to know each others’ practice, to generate exchange and to learn from each other, while sharing insights and involving peers into an interactive dialogue. The Soup Sessions are temporarily held in the open air outside on the terrace next to the Research Room.

Designed in 2020.

A poster for Kunst op de Campus. Beginning of May 2021 you where able to visit a show by 12 students of In Situ of the Royal Academy Antwerp.

Designed in 2021

In 2023, @royalacademyantwerp celebrates both the 360th anniversary of the Academy, as the 10th edition of ART ON CAMPUS! For the 10th time, master students of In Situ will show the result of their dialogue with the green environment of Campus Drie Eiken. 

This open-air exhibition will be festively inaugurated on 27 April and run until 2 July. The publication 'Ten Editions of Art on Campus' will be presented during 'Antwerp Art Weekend'.


→ In Situ Master students: Alessio Ragno Capone, Árni Jónsson, Damien Troadec, Elle Verstraeten, Jiyoung Kim, Malena Guerrieri, Mitya Proost, Rafaela Figurski Vieira, Timothy Laskaratos, Wang Tianjiao



Art on Campus is realised in collaboration with the University of Antwerp.

Frequency

Designed in 2021.

Poster for art talk series at the Royal Academy Antwerp.

Designed in 2020.

New poster for Antwerp Academy Art Sale. After the overwhelming success of last year 2020, @royalacademyantwerp decided to make the art fair an annual event. Pin 18 December in your calendar 🗓 and support the students by purchasing their works of art.

More info soon! 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 🖤🖤🖤 #antwerpacademyartsale Type #vicomtefy by @joachimvu

Come check out art 🤍 at the @royalacademyantwerp during @antwerpart weekend in May! 🖤

New new new new info brochure for the Royal Academy Antwerp. Many thanks to Nanna Reseke for being part of the beginning design phase.

Designed in 2021

Graphic system for cover series by Sustainable Academy tested on the publication of ‘The Universal Declaration of Material Rights’.

People obviously have rights. But what rights do the materials have that make our lives possible? Nothing has ever been laid down on that subject. As a consequence, any approach towards materials seems to be permitted, even at the expense of materials that enable our very existence.

If we, mankind, would treat materials in a just manner, similar to the manner in which people should be treated, we would create a world with a future. That is why there is this initiative to draw up the Universal Declaration of Material Rights.

Check https://theuniversaldeclarationofmaterialrights.org/ to read more. You can download the declaration, share it for purposes of inspiration and debate, and sign the petition in order to enable them to submit their declaration to the United Nations. #theuniversaldeclarationofmaterialrights #sustainableacademy

Poster for Educatieve Master Beeldende Kunst at the Royal Academy Antwerp.

Designed in 2022

Open House at @royalacademyantwerp. 2022

Logo for a brand new design and fashion agency called Studio City. A 350m2 space in the North of Antwerp.

Designed in 2020.

Super happy to share this with you: the next Riso Club edition by @risottostudio is from Antwerp. With a contribution by @maximpreaux #jefcuypers @biekebettens and myself. If you sign up for the Riso Club you’ll receive 4 postcards (risograph printing) by 4 different artists (from a similar city) every month. Check the site of Risotto Studio!
Designed in 2022

An ode to my favorite book (A New Earth) by Eckhart Tolle. Every day I wake up with this hope for a general awakening of humanity and that often feels so naive, 🧝🏻‍♀️ but I rather live in that kind of ‘bubble’ than to allow the fears and negativity in my head and body. Read the book and you know what I mean.

Designed in 2020.

Poster about finding a balance between trust and thruth in these times. I am trying to only read the news once a week to avoid ‘mind attacks’. From tomorrow on, shops open again in Belgium and while it is a positive thing for the economy, I find it hard to start participating in that world again. Going to crowded places or shops freaks me out. I try to buy online as much as possible from local shops.

In some situations in the supermarkets it feels like the virus does not exists, people already act ‘normal’ again and forget to keep distance and in other situations you feel the unseen anxiety. When I am out in nature, where there’s no people around, it feels like we live in a bubble in the city. And then I wonder about how much anxiety we are getting ‘fed’ by news. And how much we need to trust our government, how much we rely on them telling us the truth. There’s a part of the North of Antwerp that they did not speak about (about how many patients there were) and that only popped up now. It drives me crazy. Eckhard Tolle wrote: ‘Accept - then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.’ helps me live in the now and not worry about the future. If you are still reading this, thank you 🥰 / Typeface by Victor Gérard.

Designed in 2020.

New York design studio Violet Office came up with this great initiative Good Glyphs. We’re living through an unprecedented health crisis with an unseen global impact. Good Glyphs is a small way for us to give back, raise money, and spread good vibes. Good Glyphs is more than a set of icons, these tiny artworks are here for you to collect, love, and use. Licensed under SIL Open Font License v1.1. Donate any amount and you’ll be able to download the font file immediately. All proceeds are being donated to @doctorswithoutborders.
Designed in 2020.
I created the GGG ‘good glyph ghost’, available under S and s. goodglyphs.com

All the contributors:

@olivershaw
@marybanas
@pablorochat
@anthonypicarelli
@justinhuntsloane
@mwillis.global
@bobby.engvall
@benjamincritton
@matt.borgia
@vancewellenstein
@selmandesign
@spechtstudio
@shawncarney
@probablywhatever
@diegofunken
@johncaserta
@kristian_henson
@placeholdernyc
@daleluiza
@drama_drama_drama_drama_drama
@cdxs
@carolinesettergren
@c.arolinedavid
@pannyc
@rosa.aamunkoi
@ultratype
@maxackerman
@drpepper
@calvadon
@violetoffice
@johnprovencher
@nicofunken

Some snippets of a lecture that I designed for and put together with Sigrid Adriaenssens (PhD—Associate Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering, @princeton @formfindinglab ) about the transformation and geometry in architect #annetyng ’s work! This was part of the ‘2020 Women in Design and Architecture Conference’ at @princetonarchitecture. The work Sigrid presented, arose out of a conversation we had. We are also working on a publication that will be published later.

About the 2020 Women in Design and Architecture Conference
This annual conference celebrates the work and legacy of a pivotal female #architect or #designer with contributions from international historians and scholars, in addition to artists, curators, and practitioners. This year was about Anne Tyng. (#notamuse) Through independent projects, in addition to her work with architects #LouisKahn and #PierLuigiNervi, Tyng explored #geometry as it relates to natural form and construction. She approached design as a process and profession through teaching and writing, addressing the social, psychological, and experiential dynamics of creativity and collaboration; her work has influenced other practitioners as well as models of practice.

My A = 1, 1x2, 2x2 🧱 I was challenged by Studio Spgd together with @bureaucollective @gregory_page_ @nikolastype and @w__h____ to design one letter ‘A’ on instagram.

Designed in 2020.

Artwork for 360 years of the Academy in 360°.

In 2023, the @royalacademyantwerp will blow out 360 candles! It’s about a position not in time but in space: 360° Academy.

In 1663, artist David Teniers took the initiative to establish the Antwerp Academy. This made it one of the very first art schools in the world. Instead of looking back and forward, they are now looking 360° around them during this 360th anniversary. How is the Academy positioned in the world, and how does the world work in the Academy? With 360° Academy in 2023, they reflect on their role in the contemporary arts landscape and their position in the global art world in dialogue and interaction.

360° Academy is an invitation to all 'friends & peers' to connect with the Academy in all its facets. The 360° Academy programme kicks off during the 2023 Drawing Marathon and aims to focus on a June 2023 highlight during the festive year in addition to its regular cultural programme.

With the SHOW and Masters Expo coming up, the month of June an sich already constitutes a concentrated bundle of events that highlight the core values (inter)nationally. In honour of the anniversary, they put an additional focus on networking, alumni outreach and celebration!