COLLECTION_ inspired by Marijke Vissers’ home

February 9, 2017

In my last blog post, I shared the beautiful apartment of Marijke Vissers. Many of you let me know they were really inspired by her interior, so I figured I’d give you a little hand in recreating her apartment’s cosy atmosphere in your own home. From luxurious materials such as velvet and brass to quirky details such as robots and humorous messages, this collection has got you covered!

Cactus vase by Serax. Get it here.
Reade table lamp in black, by Menu. Buy it here.
Wooden hand by Hay. Find it here.
Marble and messing floor lamp by QAZQA. Order it here.
Velvet pillow case by Dutch Decor. Get your hands on it here.
Lamp letterbox by Sissy-Boy. Click it home here.
Cubebot puzzle by Areaware. Find it here.
Eye print designed by Blacknboo. Order it here.
Glass carafe by Hema. Buy it here.

INSIGHTS_ Marijke Vissers

January 29, 2017

“Don’t expect too much!” Marijke told me before I came by for this photoshoot. I did have high hopes for her interior, as her instagram feed and her old blog had already convinced me of her good taste and knack for decoration. Like I expected, she didn’t have anything to worry about. With the beautiful wooden flooring, that cosy handmade bench in front of the bay window, her collection of knick-knacks that reflects her personality so well, the cute original kitchen and her impeccable taste altogether, Marijke’s apartment fits in perfectly to the INSIGHT series.

FRAGMENTS_ MAAT

January 18, 2017

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Ever since I read about the new museum for architecture, art and technology in Lisbon, or the MAAT, I couldn’t wait to visit this impressive piece of architecture on the bank of the river Tagus in Lisbon’s district of Belém. Unfortunately, I was only able to visit the foyer of the museum, as the new exhibitions were still a work in progress. However, the architecture itself did not disappoint. The tiled facade, curving towards the river, beautifully reflected both the sound of the waves and the play of light on the water surface. On the undulating rooftop, the balustrades and stairs collided into a playful composition of lines. I hope these images give you an impression of Amanda Levete’s design and encourage you to leave Lisbon’s city center for its Belém district. For more must-visits in the wonderful city of Lisbon, have a look at my city guide here.

INSIGHTS_ Joni Vandewalle

January 15, 2017

When searching for interiors to photograph, I always look for interiors that display the inhabitant’s personality and passions, and Joni Vandewalle’s interior is the perfect example. Just like our past two INSIGHTS interviewees, Joni has a passion for flowers, which is undeniably present in her interior. This freelance journalist and stylist recently turned her hobby into a side project and started flower atelier Bloe Monday. Together with a friend, she offers bouquets to order and decorates events and parties. Flowers thus can be found in all shapes and sizes all over her apartment. “I think every table in every room needs flowers, as they add color and match with everything. There’s no such thing as an ugly flower, right?”

COLLECTION_ blush

January 11, 2017

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While I’m a monochrome girl at heart, I’ve always had a soft spot for, well, soft pink. That’s why today’s collection is wrapped in blush tones, displaying several ways to see life through rose-colored glasses…

Pink Stairs print by Annaleena Leino Karlsson. Buy it here.
Pastel pink instax mini, currently on sale here.
Matching pink camera bag, unfortunately sold out, but other colors are available here.
Kitchen in the atelier of Belgian sculptor Thomas Lerooy, designed by OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen and photographed by Frederik Vercruysse. See more images here.
Outtake from Leigh Merrill’s photo series This Place. Find more photos here.
Blush colered Le Creuset, get it here. (photo source)
Powder pink suede Vans. Get them here.
Photo titled “Parallel systems” by Jan Vranovský, taken in Aoyama, Tokyo. Discover more of his work here.
Pink, terrazzo and a mirror in Anne Van Assche‘s kitchen, designed by Atelier Dialect. See more here.

Bewaren

INSIGHTS_ Loes and Max

January 1, 2017

“I’ll come downstairs and show you the way, people tend to get lost here!” Loes tells me through the intercom. The door buzzes, I enter the gate and walk through an impressive corridor that leads to an equally impressive courtyard. There’s no doubt: this is not your usual apartment in Antwerp. Loes explains to me the place is owned by an artist, who bought and renovated the whole block. That explains the mural and the several remarkable glass additions to the building. (Just have a look at this apartment in the same building to know what I mean.) The flat she shares with her boyfriend Max and their cat Sjakie, is probably the smallest one in the building, but that doesn’t mean a thing. Spread over three floors with the top floor containing a tiny rooftop terrace and a glass orangery that reminds me of a miniature version of Antwerp’s station hall or the royal greenhouses, it certainly stands out.

FRAGMENTS_ Le Point du Jour

December 28, 2016

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During our road trip through France, Lies and I indulged both in breathtaking nature and stunning architecture, and today I’m concluding my report of our trip with the latter. Le Point du Jour is a housing project designed by Fernand Pouillon between 1957 and 1963 in Boulogne-Billancourt, a Parisian suburb. The twenty five buildings house no less than 260 apartments, facilities and shops and yet the site never feels dense, on the contrary! The materials, the lines of the buildings, the greenery and the colors form a perfect composition that never bores the eye. A must-see if you’re visiting Paris and prefer magnificent architecture over tourist traps, but then again, who doesn’t?

INSIGHTS_ Hanna Moens

December 25, 2016

Those of you that spend some time on Instagram or Pinterest once in a while, have probably come across Hanna Moens. Her impeccable eye for aesthetics and her bright and airy photos filled with beautiful design have gathered quite a few fans, me included. We met when I did an internship at Baroness O., a design studio where until recently she was responsible for communication and content creating. Nowadays she’s freelancing as a copywriter in addition to her part time job in a library and enjoying her newfound free time. Posting pictures on Instagram is a hobby that got out of hand quite some time ago and she recently enrolled in a flower class, as she’s been arranging flowers for friends’ parties for quite a while.

FRAGMENTS_ Les grands ensembles de paris

December 21, 2016

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Inspired by Laurent Kronental’s photo series Souvenir d’un Futur, Lies and I decided to see those Grands Ensembles in Paris for ourselves during last summer’s road trip through France. These enormous housing projects were built between the 1970s and 1980s and were meant to be a solution to the housing crisis, urban migration and the inflow of foreign immigrants, while also meet modern needs. The resulting buildings must have looked pretty futuristic back then, but nowadays they feel rather like the captivating movie decor of a Modernist utopian city. We visited three of these Grands Ensembles in the outskirts of Paris during our trip (one of which I didn’t photograph because it felt inappropriate, but you might have already seen Bofill’s Les espaces d’Abraxas in the hunger games movies anyway) and today I’m sharing two, the circular Les Arénes de Picasso in Noisy-Le Grand, designed by Manuel Núñez Yanowsky and the Le Viaduc (1980) and Les Arcades du Lac (1975) in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, designed by Ricardo Bofill and dressed in rosy hues. If you want to see more of our roadtrip, have a look here on the blog or here on instagram, and keep an eye out for my last post about our vacation if you’re enjoying these posts filled with stunning architecture!

WORK_ Model House by Gijs Van Vaerenbergh

December 18, 2016

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Last week I visited Gijs Van Vaerenbergh’s exhibition “Sections” at Valerie Traan, where I came across Model House, a piece they initially made for the Atelier à Habiter exhibition at Z33 in 2013, and models of their installations Labyrinth and Reading between the lines. I realized I never shared the photos I took of Model House on the blog, so I wanted to do so now and at the same time encourage you to go see Sections for yourself at Valerie Traan. If you’d like to know more about Model House, which depicts a typical Flemish “fermette” that’s in the process of being demolished from the bottom up, you should have a look at Gijs Van Vaerenbergh’s artist talk here. (Only in Dutch though.)

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