After the Cityscape construction (which is still there!), Brussels has a second Arne Quinze masterpiece.  On Sunday November 16, ‘The Sequence’ was officialy inaugurated.
The giant wooden structure connects the House of Flemish Representatives with the Flemish Parliament.  It will stay there for at least 5 years.
Concrete and wood are the materials used for this construction.  [...]

If you love good eigties music, you should download one of Tinez’ mixes.  He’s a Belgian DJ with a deep love for italo, miami bass and soulful music in general.  As a graphic designer he’s also involved with the Flexx label and he has something with old Lamborghinis.  Gotta love this guy…
www.tinez.be
www.piksel.be
www.flexx.be

The Corvette is one of those really iconic American muscle cars.  In 2005 ‘Corvette’ became an independant marque, this was also the year the sixth generation (C6) was launched.
Over the years the car lost some of it’s raw, edgy, powerful design.  Best example of this style were the two ‘Mako Shark’ Corvettes designed by Larry [...]

A lot of iPod Touch and iPod owners are a bit dissappointed by the battery life.  Swedish product designer Peter Thuvander thought of a remarkable and ubercool solution, the iYo.  An induction charged yoyocharger for Apple.
Since he lives in Sweden, a solar charger wouldn’t solve the problem.  So induction would be the right technology,  a [...]

One of the little projects that I have been working on from time to time is the personal blog of the owner and editor-in-chief of HeadQuarters magazine.
This company publishes professional information for the assocation meeting professionals on a Pan-European level.
It still needs some work but we’re getting there.  Many thanks to Scott Wallick for the [...]

Aston Martin released a bit more information on their supercar, the One-77.
The engine will be a heavily-revised version of the DBS’s six-litre V12, bored out to seven litres and developing something around 700bhp – a jump of nearly 200bhp over the not-at-all-slow DBS.
Also the weight should be no more than 1 500 kg, thanks to [...]

The Pentawards is the first and only worldwide competition devoted to packaging design in all its forms. I particularly like packiging design because of its democratic nature, it’s something we are confronted with every day.
The highest prize – Diamond Award – is awarded to the ‘Piper Heidsieck Rosé Sauvage’ by Dutch fashion designers Viktor [...]

Tonight 70 years ago the infamous ‘Kristallnacht’ toke place.  Although most young people in Belgium only know this name because of the party night in Ghent in December called ‘Kristalnacht’, it’s good to remember that 92 people were murdered and 25 – 30 000 were arrested.  All Jews ofcourse.  They were deported to the concentration [...]