Earth Meets the Sky in this Antwerp Penthouse by Bruno Spaas Architectuur.Despite perching 15 floors up high, there is solid ground in the newly inaugurated Antwerp penthouse belonging to Belgian architect Bruno Spaas. With the entire 350-square-meter floor surface made from chunks of local light brown natural...
Stories on Design: Captivating Curtains.Have you ever taken a moment to consider the power of the curtain? Far from mundane, the humble textile “structure” has the power to radically alter our perception of space and shape our architecture. From the unconventional,...
Linde Freya Tangelder’s Latest Exhibition in Antwerp Is Bold, Brutalist and Beautiful.Destroyers/Builders is an unlikely name for a design firm, but it suits its founder. After all, Linde Freya Tangelder has never been one to fit the mould. The Dutch-born, Belgium-based designer, whose first solo exhibition—titled...
Silversquare Central: Brussels Coworking Space Designed by 12 Architects & Artists, Curated by Maniera.Known for never playing it safe, Maniera recruited twelve progressive architects and artists to deconstruct the theme of a co-working space through their own artistic language across this 6,000 sqm interior. Colourful and unconventional...
Koenraad Dedobbeleer at Maniera Gallery Brussels.Maniera Gallery in Brussels presents a solo show by Belgian artist Koenraad Dedobbeleer, transforming the gallery space into a bar. Inspired by the modernism of the Austrian architect and designer Joseph Hoffman, Dedobbeleer’s joy for...
Christoph Hefti Exhibits New Textile Works at Dries Van Noten’s First American Home in LA.Designer, artist and former creative collaborator of Dries Van Noten, Christoph Hefti, is exhibiting new textile works at The Little House, an exhibition space at Dries Van Noten, LA, the designer’s first American location. Hefti...
Cobra Studios’ Debut Furniture Collection Inspired by Classical Roman Architecture.Brussels-based Cobra Studios debut collection of tables is inspired by the classical order of Roman architecture. Titled Solids, the dinner tables, coffee tables and side tables are made up of geometric shapes that confront each other in...
Studio Mumbai’s Handmade Furniture at Maniera Gallery in Brussels.The new furniture collection by Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai is constructed entirely by hand with the aid of a few basic tools. On show at the Maniera gallery in Brussels, the collection manages to at once resemble historical artefacts from...
Going East Design a Smokin’ Co-Working Space in Brussels Inside a Brutalist Icon.Co-working spaces just keep upping the ante. Take Fosbury & Sons latest co-working venture, ‘The Office’. This is their second location designed by the Belgian interior architects Going East, located inside the iconic, modernist...
