'C-Bench' by Peter Donders

The Belgian designer Peter Donders developed these ultra-light seating furniture made from 462 m (pouf) and 320 m (bench) of carbon-fibre under his label morphs. The single string of fibre was twisted around a form that was removed afterwards.


“The resulting structure is airy yet incredibly strong and has been aptly described as ”caligraphy in 3d”. Currently the ultimate material available in terms of weight to strength ratio, carbon fiber is used to produce Formula One racecars, the highest quality sporting equipment, and even the chassis of spacecrafts. This exceptional piece will be offered in a limited edition of 10 pieces.”

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'Animal' by Quentin de Coster

For his small children’s desk the Belgian designer Quentin de Coster found inspiration in the scetches of dogs and tables he asked some five year olds to draw. The beautiful figurative yet simple design results from a mixture of these drawings.

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'Tension Table' by Alain Gilles

The Belgian designer Alain Gilles realised this series of coffee tables for the newly opened Galerie Gosserez in Paris. It is made from a decent wire frame and a folded sheet metal top.

“Visually, the aim of the project is to create a sense of  tension and weightlessness, as if the tables were resting on one leg only”, the designer explains.

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'Print' by Sylvain Willenz Established & Sons

This soft and highly elegant pendant light presented by British manufacturer Established & Sons was developed by the Belgian designer Sylvain Willenz. Against one’s expectations the single bubble of blown glass which includes the shade, the colour, the reflector and the diffuser has been produced throughout one gesture. ‘Print’ is a not only a reinterpreataion but a smart and graceful advancement of the archtypical light globe.

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'The Narrow House' by Bassam El-Okeily Architecte

This curios house located in Bilzen, a small city in the northeast of Belgium is the first building designed by the Egypt born and Brussels based architect Bassam El-Okeily. Its wide glass front fills the building’s modest width of only 5,30 m and stages the cubistic interior – the dramatic coulourful light concept does the rest.

'The Narrow House' by Bassam El-Okeily Architecte

“The house has a closed ground floor exterior (entrance & garage) topped by a total transparency in glass. The display window reveals two balconies in skewed positions projection from a white façade.
The lower balcony contains a reading corner for a library belonging to the gentleman of the house, while providing him with a sheltered view of the street. The upper balcony accommodates an artist’s studio, the private domain of his wife. Blue light turn the façade into a spectacular light sculpture after dark. it’s a narrow house in a narrow street, which offers the tale of a man , a woman and their passion.
Architecture become a pretext to chair something else than the sidewalk. A house is a space to live; it could also be a place to remain.”

'The Narrow House' by Bassam El-Okeily Architecte

'The Narrow House' by Bassam El-Okeily Architecte

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'House Satiya' by adn architectures, photo by Filip Dujardin

The young architects of the Ixelle, Belgium based practice adn architectures recently unveiled this extension of an existing single family residence. The interior space of the semi-detached house was enlarged from 100 m² to 350 m².

'House Satiya' by adn architectures, photo by Filip Dujardin

“The first will is to include the extension in continuity with the neighbourhood (inclined roof, black tiles, white painted bricks, etc). Secondly, the intention is to reflect on creative architecture, as well by its external/interior geometry, as by a more significant dimension (reflexion on textures of the external facing amongst other things). The extension results in a principle of envelope recovering a volume in which the included spaces are conceived like functionalized boxes. A play of full and vacuum is set up and expresses the will of close, direct, generous relations between the various levels. The external openings meet the internal needs for the house, with the specific choices of sights on the external environment, like the run of the sun during the day. The street front defines clearly the position of the entrance. External and interior volume is a set of diagonals inducing a dynamics of space. The choice of abstraction by the black & white is a desire to propose the conceptual aspect of the project while allowing architecture built to put itself “besides”, to allow the space to live as such.”

'House Satiya' by adn architectures, photo by Filip Dujardin

'House Satiya' by adn architectures, photo by Filip Dujardin

'House Satiya' by adn architectures, photo by Filip Dujardin

'House Satiya' by adn architectures, photo by Filip Dujardin

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Void House, photo by Filip Dujardin

This single family house was realised by the Brussels based architect Gon Zifroni, collaborator of at Metahaven, a studio for research, graphic design, architecture and media. Void House was constructed in assistence of POM-Archi for the construction.

Void House, photo by Filip Dujardin

Here is what Eric Troussicot wrote about this project for A10 magazine:

“The project’s second tour de force is that the entire volume can be experienced from any point of the house. This design choice, linked to the creation of a continuous space and the absence of a ground floor, gives this project a resolutely modern character. The internal minimalism is the fruit of a pragmatic approach, which involved proceeding by elimination, thereby reducing the building to its essence. This minimalism can also be seen in the limited recurrence of structural elements (the stairs, which form a common thread throughout the internal design) and materials: aluminium, brushed metal and wood panelling on supporting walls and floors, which is made from natural bamboo slats processed without using any treatments or toxic adhesives.
With this project Zifroni forcefully and convincingly exemplifies the current return to modernism, which some people rightly or wrongly qualify as hyper-modernism. While it is mainly being adopted as a style, (and no longer as a cause, as once claimed by Anatole Kopp) the Void House successfully expresses its own constraints by relying on no aesthetic features other than the structure itself.”

Void House, photo by Filip Dujardin

Void House, photo by Filip Dujardin

Void House, photo by Filip Dujardin

Void House, photo by Filip Dujardin

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'Tripart' chair by KIBISI for Quinze + Milan

Quinze Milan recently unveiled the novelties they are going to show during this year’s Salone del Mobile. Amongst them the beautiful series of aluminium tables by the Chinese designer Zhili Liu which looks a bit like the inordinate version of a table by our friend Nosigner.


“Its exposed sunken screws bolt together the table top with all the “branches” of table legs, forming dozens of stable triangles, which make the table top part of the frame to share the stress in the legs, thus material needed to make a table is minimized”, the designer explains.


You will find all products live in Hall 12 – Booth C23.

'Shrub' tables by Zhili Liu for Quinze + Milan

'One Leg Down' by Søren Rose for Quinze + Milan

The Danish designer Søren Rose foud inspiration in the traditional kitchen chop block for his new series of side coffee tables. The colouful stripe is made from Corian.

'BW1' soga by Max Wehberg for Quinze + Milan

'Atoll' armchair by Jacob Mac Farlane for Quinze + Milan

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KANTOOR INFRAX WEST by Crepain Binst Architecture

The Antwerpen based practice Crepain Binst Architecture recently unveiled this new office building for the Belgian utilities service provider Infrax. Due to diverse eco-innovative techniques such as a technical front wall with integrated photovoltaic panels, a borehole energy storage field (BEO field) and core concrete activation (BKA) the architects yielded primary energy savings of 42%, a saving of ca. €30,000 each year.

KANTOOR INFRAX WEST by Crepain Binst Architecture

“The central pillar of the design is the creation of an innovative wall that is both literally and metaphorically green. It is construction in different ‘skins’, allowing it to regulate light, air and sound for the building.
The outer skin consists of screen printed glass panels in 3 colours and three degrees of transparency. The mosaic formed by all these elements and the wall’s ingenious construction have made an unmistakable contribution to the building’s expressive and dynamic character. This technical ingenuity has been combined with unbroken space in the offices: A large free height of 3.40 m and a column-free span of 16 m have made the space airy and extremely flexible. The décor was deliberately kept restrained, using white as the main colour and warm shades of grey for the flooring and acoustic screens. A few carefully chosen black accents emphasise secondary functions and vertical circulation in the building.”

KANTOOR INFRAX WEST by Crepain Binst Architecture

“The closed character of the upper building is in contrast to the transparency and openness on the ground floors where the semi-public functions and lunchroom are located.
The large areas of glass give visitors and passers-by a look behind the screens at everyday business in and around Infrax.

We also designed a new logistics centre consisting of a functional warehouse with connected outdoor storage located beside the office. This warehouse is more than a mere depot: it is an extension of the office’s architectural qualities which does not compromise sustainability and flexibility.”

KANTOOR INFRAX WEST by Crepain Binst Architecture

KANTOOR INFRAX WEST by Crepain Binst Architecture

KANTOOR INFRAX WEST by Crepain Binst Architecture

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'ff1' or 'fox and freeze1' by James van Vossel and Tom de Vrieze

The newly founded Belgian design studio fox and freeze started by James van Vossel and Tom de Vrieze on October 2009 recently presented their first project.

The ‘ff1′ lounge chair is made from one square sheet of synthetic felt, which is twisted and twisted again, just like a scarf, ending in an asymmetric, stable object. The structure is self-supporting, so beside the flax rope which contracts the chair, there is no additional material needed.

'ff1' or 'fox and freeze1' by James van Vossel and Tom de Vrieze

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