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The Playful Informality of Faye Toogood’s ‘Doodles’

October, 15 2019

Drawing on tinkering techniques and her own hand-made textile artworks, British multidisciplinary artist Faye Toogood has materialised a vibrant, three-dimensional rug collection in collaboration with Italian rug manufacturer cc-tapis.

Dirty Monitor: The Rolling Stones of Rockerill

October, 11 2019

Pioneers in the field of content conception and realisation for video mapping and audiovisual productions, TLmag caught up with the Belgian company’s co-founder Mauro Cataldo.

Corning Glass Works: Past, Present and Future

October, 10 2019

This year’s Corning Glass Works’ annual seminar on glass is in conjunction with the exhibition New Glass Now and focusses on the past, present and future of contemporary glass. The exhibition provides a unique insight into the institution’s history exploring the Glass 1959 and New Glass: A Worldwide Survey (1979) exhibitions.

Francis Metzger: The Recycled City

October, 09 2019

TLmag speaks to celebrated Belgian architect Francis Metzger about his dedication to renovating iconic structures and the notion that architecture requires an ethic that goes beyond the idea of beauty.

Michael Anastassiades: Things that Go Together

October, 03 2019

Designer Michael Anastassiades presented his first survey exhibition at NiMAC, in Nicosia, Cyprus, titled Things that Go Together. This book takes the exhibition as a starting point for exploring Anastassiades’s work and approach to design.

Multiple Transmissions: a Variety of Perspectives

September, 27 2019

The show at Wiels Centre for Contemporary Art invited us to look at the transversal heritages and the global resonances of ideas, images, sounds and energies that characterize contemporary African art.

Vienna Design Week 2019: Processing Video Games

September, 27 2019

This year’s Vienna Design Week highlights video game design’s interdisciplinary capabilities in a dynamic, all-around experience featuring well-known players in the local and international game development scene.

PAD London 2019: From Contemporary Design to Antiquities

September, 24 2019

This year PAD London returns for its 13th edition to Berkely Square with a refined combination of contemporary and modern design, glass and ceramics, tribal art and antiquities, modern art and jewellery.

Adrien Vescovi: The Art of Letting Go

September, 24 2019

TLmag speaks to French visual artist Adrien Vesovi who, after a serious skiing accident in 2004, adopted a repetitive artistic process that still leaves room for surprise – creating what he likes to call “wanted accidents”.

Lake Como Design Fair: The Complexity of Colour

September, 22 2019

‘’Those who really know what design is know how to make choices and, how to make bold choices.’’ Matteo Pirelli wrote resolutely in Lake Como Design Fair’s catalog to welcome visitors this weekend to its second edition and sparked curiosity to its focus: questions concerning the notion of color within the practice of design and architecture.

Archipelago: Kustaa Saksi for the European Council

September, 19 2019

TLmag talks to Kustaa Saksi about craftsmanship and the inspiration behind ‘Archipelago’, a 26-metre long tapestry commissioned by the Finnish Government for the European Council in Brussels.

Maison Julien Vermeulen: Transforming the Use of Feathers

September, 16 2019

Winner of the 2018 Fondation Bettencourt Schueller prize “pour l’intelligence de la main – Talents d’exception”, Julien Vermeulen and his Maison are one of the few feather artisans still practicing in France.

Monoliths: Silence and Fragility by Definition

September, 15 2019

Jörg Bräuer created Monoliths, a unique work containing different 100-year-old cedar and oak wooden slabs with philosophical citations engraved. This, together with much of his other work, is on show at Spazio Nobile from January until March 2020.

Bela Silva’s Sunday Studio Brunch

September, 13 2019

This Sunday, visual artist Bela Silva opens the doors to her studio in Brussels’ very own Zaventem Ateliers to host a cosy brunch where everyone is invited to come and gather,

The Eutopia of Francisco Gómez Paz

September, 12 2019

Spazio Rossana Orlandi and Cascina Cuccagna are presenting Eutopia, the latest project by the Argentinean designer. His inspiration for the chair? Tech meets genius loci.

David Martin: La Paix and Carpe Diem

September, 11 2019

Chef of the 2 Michelin-starred restaurant La Paix, as well as other establishments — including Black Pearls in Brussels Airport and Le Lieu in Genappe — David Martin is just as passionate about contemporary art as he is about cooking.