INTERIEUR 2018 EXPANDS BEYOND THE EXHIBITION HALLS AGAIN. UNDER THE TITLE TO OBJECT, THE RENEWED INTERIEUR FESTIVAL GUARANTEES A SURPRISING AND CREATIVE CITY PROGRAMME CENTRED AROUND THE PREMISES OF THE NOW DEFUNCT SINT-MAARTEN HOSPITAL. VARIOUS YOUNG DESIGNERS AND EMERGING STUDIOS WILL USE THE ABANDONED SINT-MAARTEN HOSPITAL AS A BACKDROP FOR THEIR CREATIVE CONCEPTS. EXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS,…

WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN INSTALLATION AND OBJECT DESIGN, SABINE MARCELIS IS LOOKING FOR ‘MOMENTS OF MAGIC’ WHEN IT COMES TO NEW MATERIALS AND DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING PROCESSES. HER CHARACTERISTIC USE OF MATERIALS AND COLOURS MAKE HER ONE OF THE MUST-WATCH DESIGNERS OF THE MOMENT. ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERIEUR BIËNNALE 2018, I PHOTOGRAPHED THE…

ILLUSTRATOR INGE RYLANT IS INSPIRED BY SIMPLE LINES AND JAPANESE WABI SABI. TOGETHER WITH KEWLOX, SHE DESIGNED A GRAPHIC UPDATE FOR THE ICONIC BELGIAN STORAGE RANGE.  ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERIEUR BIËNNALE 2018, I PHOTOGRAPHED HER ATELIER AND HOME IN BORGERHOUT, ANTWERP.    

CONRAD WILLEMS IS A GHENT BASED VISUAL ARTIST WHO MAINLY WORKS WITH DRAWINGS, SCULPTURES AND PERFORMANCES. HIS WORKS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY GEOMETRY, REPETITION AND MODULARITY. BOTH IN HIS DRAWINGS AND IN HIS SCULPTURES, HE STRIPS ARCHETYPAL ARCHITECTURAL FORMS OF THEIR FUNCTIONALITY. INSPIRED BY THE BUILDING BLOCKS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD, HE CREATED A LANDMARK INSTALLATION FOR…

EXHIBITION ‘OVER DE RING’ BY PUBLIC SPACE AT FLANDERS MEETING & CONVENTION CENTER ANTWERP.

OBSERVATION ROOMS THE DISUSED ST MAARTEN HOSPITAL IN KORTRIJK WAS ONE OF THE VENUES FOR BELGIUM’S BIANNUAL DESIGN FAIR, INTERIEUR, WHERE IT MADE AN IMMERSIVE BACKDROP FOR INSTALLATIONS, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS. HERE’S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE, IN ALL ITS EERIE BEAUTY. COMMISSIONED BY BIENNALE INTERIEUR.