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The best Belgian-only art, food, photography, music, travel, architecture and neighbourhood tips from the magazine’s team of editors.

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We team up with hub.brussels, Brussels’ Business Support Agency, and shine a light on 50 of the Region’s start-up success stories driving the capital city’s economic landscape forward. From the eco-conscious manufacturer to the technology-enabled post-production imprint, our 50-strong selection of portraits and interviews plays testament to the Region’s dense and dynamic culture of entrepreneurship.

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We’re teaming up with Bike for Brussels to put together a 100-strong selection of local heroes shaping the city each in their own way. From designers and DJs to performers and publishers, these are the creatives riding Brussels forward.

The Mechelen Hundred

Nestled between Brussels and Antwerp, Mechelen has often been overshadowed by its larger neighbours. Yet teaming up with the City of Mechelen, our line-up of 100 of the city’s most prominent people, places and projects proves the extent of its potential. From artists and creatives to critical thinkers and fighters, these are the powerhouses driving Mechelen forward one step at a time.

The House Hundred

We’re teaming up with Bulldog to select 100 essential people, places and projects in Belgian house music. From producers and DJs to record labels and festivals, these are the forces driving the homegrown house scene forward, one BPM at a time.

The Leuven Hundreds

We’ve joined forces with Leuven to highlight 100 local people, places and projects that contribute towards making the city what it is today. From artists and architects to producers and professors, these are the driving forces powering Leuven forward one ingenious initiative at a time.

The Antwerp Hundreds

We've teamed up with This is Antwerp to bring you The Antwerp Hundreds, a 100-strong selection of local movers and shakers setting the tone for the neighbourhood of tomorrow.

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An in-depth look at the work of Belgian design studios, published monthly.

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Selections of essential Belgian movies handpicked by artistic directors, curators and all-round cinema connoisseurs.

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Intimate conversations with curators dissecting the ambitions, intentions and narratives of their recently opened exhibitions.

Exhibition reviews

Visual documentaries of recently opened contemporary art exhibitions in Belgium.

Portfolio reports

Reviewing the practice of Belgium-based artists through in-depth looks at their recent works.

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Exploring the environments and artistic spaces of some of the country’s foremost contemporary artists.

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Insights into the lives of local contemporary art movers and shakers through our office Quicksnaps.

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Selections of essential Belgian tracks handpicked by local tastemakers, from DJs and producers to record label heads and record store clerks.

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15 reasons to visit Brussels’ Art & History Museum

15 reasons to visit Brussels’ Art & History Museum

We distilled the often overlooked gem of an institution that is the Art & History Museum into 15 essential points.

Music
“Running a cassette label was basically just another means of coping with my addiction.” EE Tapes’ unabashed infatuation with obscurity

“Running a cassette label was basically just another means of coping with my addiction.” EE Tapes’ unabashed infatuation with obscurity

In a rare interview, EE Tapes' founder Eriek Van Havere talks tape swaps, his love of compilations and why he continues to release Alain Neffe music.

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“I think you need some guts to live here”: The enduring and contradictory appeal of Borgerhout

“I think you need some guts to live here”: The enduring and contradictory appeal of Borgerhout

We round up some of Borgerhout’s most involved and committed residents to consider the neighbourhood’s many different facets and discuss what makes it the hotbed of possibilities and potential it is today.

Neighbourhood life Area codes
The initiatives shaping the Charleroi of tomorrow

The initiatives shaping the Charleroi of tomorrow

From creative space to live music venue, we drop in on four venues that are strenghtening the city’s cultural landscape and shaping its future.

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
Save the D.A.T.E

Save the D.A.T.E

In its ever growing quest to cement its reputation as an all-round creative force, the city of Antwerp, is putting on the second edition of D.A.T.E.

Art
Ten things to do during Design September

Ten things to do during Design September

What to eat, see, buy, visit and listen to during this year's edition of Design September, which opens tomorrow.

Art
Fit to print

Fit to print

In a converted printing press we learn about the early days of Brussels' art activism and post-digital letterpresses.

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My top iOS apps by Damien Aresta

My top iOS apps by Damien Aresta

Graphic designer and technology buff Damien Aresta presents his very favorite iOS apps and explains why you should try them out.

Five industry moves that rocked the fashion world in 2012

Five industry moves that rocked the fashion world in 2012

In fashion, you can't take anything for granted. Here are the top 5 moves that shocked and excited the industry in 2012.

Stephan Schneider on curating the Nationa(a)l Pop Up Store

Stephan Schneider on curating the Nationa(a)l Pop Up Store

We spoke with the German designer about his selection, the new generation and why a strong product is always key.

The year’s three most infamous fashion industry cat fights

The year’s three most infamous fashion industry cat fights

In the second installment of our best-of list fest, we look at the ballsiest and bitchiest fashion cat fights of 2012. Meee-ow...

CEO Marco Probst takes Belgian luxury leathergood house Delvaux into the future

CEO Marco Probst takes Belgian luxury leathergood house Delvaux into the future

"We don't need a star designer. Our product is the star": New Delvaux CEO Marco Probst talks strategy.

Art
Adeline and Alexandre on the opening of Nationa(a)l Pop Up Store

Adeline and Alexandre on the opening of Nationa(a)l Pop Up Store

Cousins Adeline and Alexandre's blink-and you'll-miss-it one stop shop for Belgian creative entrepreneurs sets up in Brussels.

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An interview with the creative minds behind Belgian fashion label Percy Stone

An interview with the creative minds behind Belgian fashion label Percy Stone

Percy Stone are yet another creative city-side couple in the early days of their joint enterprise. They answer our questions about their two's company.

Fashion designer Christian Wijnants on his 20th collection and winning the Woolmark prize

Fashion designer Christian Wijnants on his 20th collection and winning the Woolmark prize

Throwing a big party to celebrate winning the Woolmark prize is not really Christian Wijnants' thing, he's saving his energies for Paris next year.

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Inside the very serious business of Belgian beauty

Inside the very serious business of Belgian beauty

Here’s our shoutout to the people behind Belgium’s parties for the pretty, from the Mister Belgium promoter to Belgium's Miss East Africa.

Art
The meat you eat, from start to finish

The meat you eat, from start to finish

How does the meat you eat actually end up on your dinner plate? Who farms it, slaughters it, transports it, treats it, processes it and sells it? We've visited five essential places from the deboning factory to the slaughterhouse.

Art
Belgian design by numbers

Belgian design by numbers

As part of the pink album's design special we did some research and found some interesting facts about design in Belgium.

Neighbourhood life
Inside Brussels’ latest hotbed of design innovation Studio With A View

Inside Brussels’ latest hotbed of design innovation Studio With A View

We dropped in on Studio With A View, an innovative artist hub that unites five designers, two photographers and an architect under one roof.

An interview with high fashion shop Smets’ buying director Pascaline Smets

An interview with high fashion shop Smets’ buying director Pascaline Smets

Glamorous style heiress Pascaline Smets uses her role in the family business to bring a cosmopolitan edge to Brussels.

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The craftsmen that are the backbone of Belgium’s design industry

The craftsmen that are the backbone of Belgium’s design industry

It’s a well-known fact: behind every great designer lies a great craftsman. We've visited five specialised ateliers in Belgium to bring to the fore those that usually take a backseat.

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The five movers and shakers that gave Belgian designers a voice

The five movers and shakers that gave Belgian designers a voice

Scenes don’t just magically take shape. We talk to five individuals instrumental in instigating, supporting and promoting design in Belgium.

Art
An interview with the founders of Antwerp-based design practice Unfold

An interview with the founders of Antwerp-based design practice Unfold

We've been profiling notable Belgian designers this month, and today we talk digital technology and the means of production with Antwerp-based multidisciplinary design duo Unfold.

Art
A visit to upscaling design practice Atelier 4/5’s Brussels workshop

A visit to upscaling design practice Atelier 4/5’s Brussels workshop

With a penchant for craft, these two architects by training have been making over furniture since 2009. As part of Design September's Open Doors, they're inviting us all in for a look around.

Art Studio visits
An interview with hot and up-and-coming Brussels design practice Hopop Studio

An interview with hot and up-and-coming Brussels design practice Hopop Studio

These two architecture graduates set up shop in Brussels' St. Gilles neighbourhood last September and they've been renovating, renewing and recycling furniture ever since. Their atelier, Hopop Studio, is open to the public for one weekend only.

Art
An interview with the founders of Ghent-based design imprint Studio Woot Woot

An interview with the founders of Ghent-based design imprint Studio Woot Woot

Founder of Ghent-based Studio Woot Woot Karen Soors is kicking about at La Fabrika with collective exhibition 'Colour' . She kicks of our Design September-inspired series of profiles of outstanding Belgian designers.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
The best new faces in Belgian fashion

The best new faces in Belgian fashion

With the new fashion season upon us, we review agencies' books, sifting through their pages for the new faces of tomorrow.

Neighbourhood life
Visionary Paris-based Belgian designer Bruno Pieters on sustainable fashion

Visionary Paris-based Belgian designer Bruno Pieters on sustainable fashion

Graced with an interview with designer Bruno Pieters, we discuss 'Honest by.', a new concept that focuses on high-end, sustainable clothing. Transparency is the new black.

Neighbourhood life
Grey expectations

Grey expectations

By 2020, 40 percent of the Belgian population will be over 50. They will want to have fun, travel, and stay healthy and mobile in their own (renovated) homes. These four professionals understand that seniors will soon rule the world.

Pablo Henrard

Pablo Henrard

Pablo Henrard, a talented fashion student we spotted last year, opens up to fill us in on his 4th year womenswear collection, getting the girls for his last show and interning with the "family" at Gaultier Couture in Paris.

Art
Photographers…and everyone around them

Photographers…and everyone around them

Photographers need a whole team of specialists behind them, from framers and printers to airbrushers. In a bid to shine a light on those professions essential to the photographic process, we profile four of these artisans.

The middleman

The middleman

We sat down with Marc Gysemans to talk about his collaboration with industry darling Raf Simons and his profession as a producer in general.

A taste for paradox

A taste for paradox

We sat down with Paris-based Belgian Kris Van Assche - who designs Dior menswear as well as his own line - to talk about his style, avoiding sartorial clichés and why having fun with clothes is so important.

Neighbourhood life
Truck drivers

Truck drivers

Belgium is an obligatory pit stop on most truckers’ itineraries. Here, we hitch a ride with some of the local boys, capturing the loneliness that comes with having chosen life on the road.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
The best travel spots in Belgium

The best travel spots in Belgium

This month is all about travel at The Word, and we've been busy touring the country trying and testing Belgium's best and most original getaway spots, from habitable Trojan horses to design hotels and the loveliest of bed & breakfasts.

Neighbourhood life
Podcasts

Podcasts

Damien Aresta talks podcasts, belatedly inspired by a bunch of captivating audio files. Read all about it.

Welcome to the jungle

Welcome to the jungle

We invited a number of fashion experts including American style icon Diane Pernet to discuss the industry and what it takes for young designers to make it.

Neighbourhood life
Collaborate. Cooperate. Consume

Collaborate. Cooperate. Consume

Economic models based on sharing, swapping, bartering, and collective buying are outstripping outdated modes of shopping. We spoke to five alternative economisers, collaborative consumers and collective shoppers.

Neighbourhood life
The start-up survival kit

The start-up survival kit

We’ve pieced together a range of survival kit items to get you through the start-up years, from the essential laptop bag to lifesaving Aiki Noodles.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
The best online shops for fashion

The best online shops for fashion

Online shopping goes native with our pick of Belgium's best e-tailers, plus a round-up of our favorites abroad, with a focus on sites featuring Belgian brands.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
The best start-ups in Belgium

The best start-ups in Belgium

Handpicked by our in-house team of editors, designers and web developers, we select the most promising Belgian technology start-ups of the year.

Art
Xavier Hufkens

Xavier Hufkens

In the very last installment of our interview series with Belgian gallery owners, we have a chat with Brussels-based Xavier Hufkens about this year's Art Brussels gig and art fairs in general.

Art
Art Brussels’ 30th edition

Art Brussels’ 30th edition

The 30th edition of Art-Brussels opened last night and we were there to take the temperature and give you our pick of must-sees.

Art
Rodolphe Janssen

Rodolphe Janssen

Art is in the air in Brussels today as the city's big art bash kicks off. We had a sit down with gallery owner Rodolphe Janssen to speak about his show at the prestigious Art Brussels fair and his job as juror.

Art
Tim Van Laere

Tim Van Laere

This weekend sees Belgium's art event of the year roll into Brussels, and we've sat down to get the view from gallery owner Tim Van Laere on his upcoming show at Art Brussels.

Art
Baronian Francey

Baronian Francey

In the second part of our ongoing interview series with Belgian gallery owners, we speak to Baronian Francey founder Albert Baronian about his plans for Art Brussels.

Art
Alice Gallery

Alice Gallery

We kick off a week of Art Brussels coverage with an interview with Alice van den Abeele and Raphaël Cruyt, the creative geniuses behind Brussels' Alice Gallery.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
The best new male models in Belgian fashion

The best new male models in Belgian fashion

We've selected our favourite Belgian cover boys and girls for spring, eight fashion forward faces that'll soon be gracing a glossy cover near you, if not already. Here's the boys.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
The best new female models in Belgian fashion

The best new female models in Belgian fashion

We've selected our favourite Belgian cover boys and girls for spring, eight fashion forward faces that'll soon be gracing a glossy cover near you, if not already. Here's the ladies.

Art
Jean-Luc Moerman wraps up ING’s Brussels headquarters

Jean-Luc Moerman wraps up ING’s Brussels headquarters

Money meets art in the form of Belgium's most humongous tarpaulin to hide the battle scars of ING's large-scale HQ facelift, a colour infused second skin by artist Jean-Luc Moerman.

Neighbourhood life
Back to zero

Back to zero

As part of our series on new beginnings, here's Julien Mourlon and Mieke Dumortier who've accomplished something most of us scaredy cats daren't do: they took the reigns of their careers and said so long to playing it safe.

Neighbourhood life
The rise of e-suicides

The rise of e-suicides

Today we kick off our series on 'new beginnings' by taking a look at those who dare to say goodbye to their social network accounts. But, as the Eagles put it: “You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave.” Or can you?

Fifteen questions to Alice Knackfuss

Fifteen questions to Alice Knackfuss

We talk to the designer about feminism, the "freedom" of menswear and why she ultimately refuses to believe in fast fashion.

Art
Christian Aschman

Christian Aschman

You wait and you wait for a book by Christian Aschman and then two come all at once... the photographer sits down with the Word and opens up about opening up.

Neighbourhood life
Our new website

Our new website

A few words on our freshly re-launched website, the team behind it and the writers and photographers whose contributions we've enlisted.

Neighbourhood life
Hunting and Collecting’s Niels and Aude

Hunting and Collecting’s Niels and Aude

Niels and Aude are the creative geniuses behind Hunting and Collecting, a Brussels-based concept store that's made a name for itself in Belgium and beyond.

Neighbourhood life
Face to Face’s Delphine and Flore

Face to Face’s Delphine and Flore

On a total love buzz, we've begun harvesting some of February's Valentine spirit. We've decided to while away the month by introducing you to some inseparable Belgian two-pieces. Some are musicians. Others photographers. The odd DJ-duo, even. We kick off our series with Brussels-based graphic design team Face to Face.

The Beautiful Fall

The Beautiful Fall

A fascinating read about the bitter rivalry between iconic fashion designers Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent.

Stockman dummy

Stockman dummy

In the third part of our designer survival kit we introduce you to the Stockman dummy - an essential no future fashion maker will be able to do without.

Premiere Vision

Premiere Vision

Twice a year Premiere Vision, the world's number one fabric fair, brings together designers from all over the world in Paris.

WWD

WWD

Need to get up to speed on the inner workings of the fashion industry? Want to find out who's holding which position in which company? Or how a recent sales dump in Asia has affected luxury brands' stock price? A yearly subscription to fashion bible Women's Wear Daily's really all you need.

Neighbourhood life
Rainy days

Rainy days

A couple of words on why our grey album will not be coming out just yet.

Art
Seeing right through you

Seeing right through you

A campaigner, a law enforcer, a lawyer and a investigative journalist. We profile four local heroes that strive towards making your society a more honest and transparent one.

Art
White coats: The baker

White coats: The baker

In part three of our feature on wearing white coats at work, we profile Himschoot, Ghent's oldest bakery.

Art
White coats: The cheesemonger

White coats: The cheesemonger

Meet cheesemaker Walschot in the second instalment of our series on professions that still cherish the white coat as working wear.

Art
White coats: The poulterer

White coats: The poulterer

Do you remember the time when wearing a white coat at work was a pre-requisite, not an option? Here, we visit four professions who still insist on donning a white apron during working hours.

Neighbourhood life
Damir Doma

Damir Doma

We sit down with 30 year old Croatian fashion designer Damir Doma to talk production issues, being an introvert in Antwerp and choosing white for his latest collection.

Neighbourhood life
Spicing it up: Saveurs et Savoirs

Spicing it up: Saveurs et Savoirs

For the last instalment in our four-part series of inspiring retail start-ups, we spice things up a little with Saveurs et Savoirs, a temple to the senses set to open in Brussels this December.

Neighbourhood life
Ménage à deux: When fashion, art and lifestyle collide

Ménage à deux: When fashion, art and lifestyle collide

In the third instalment of our series on new retail innovations, we meet DJ duo Ménage à deux a couple of days prior to the opening of their concept store of the same name, a fashion, design and culture emporium nestled in the heart of Brussels.

Neighbourhood life
Miam Miam Bio: Organic food Grandma-style

Miam Miam Bio: Organic food Grandma-style

In part two of our ongoing series on dynamic, local retail start-ups that enliven your neighbourhood's retail landscape, we meet the owner of Miam Miam Bio, an innovative organic concept that puts Grandma-style cooking at the centre of its philosophy and offering.

Art
Open door policy: Inside Atelier 4/5

Open door policy: Inside Atelier 4/5

How and where do Belgian designers work? Find out in part four of our design studio tour.

Art Studio visits
Open door policy: Studio Simple

Open door policy: Studio Simple

Meet designers Ann Vereecken and Jeroen Worst from Ghent-based design practice Studio Simple in part three of our series on Belgian design studios.

Art Studio visits
Open door policy: Inside Raphael Charles’ studio

Open door policy: Inside Raphael Charles’ studio

In part two of our feature on designers' studios, we visit Brussels-based Raphael Charles.

Art Studio visits
Open door policy: Inside Maarten Deceulaer’s studio

Open door policy: Inside Maarten Deceulaer’s studio

We visit the studios of Belgium's leading designers - Maarten Deceulaer, Raphael Charles, Studio Simple, Tom Mares and Atelier 4/5 - to find out what, exactly, really happens behind closed doors.

Art
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That’s yellow spelt L-O-W

Gucci, Chanel or Mercedes will never push money-off coupons through your letterbox. Just like they will never use yellow in their corporate colour portfolio. Yellow is used in marketing to mean cut-price bargains for the proletariat, and the last thing a luxury brand wants is for customers to think that their products are made “for […]

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Sustainable fashion: Believe the hype

Sustainable fashion: Believe the hype

As hot and trendy as it may be, sustainable fashion remains a divisive subject. Eco-evangelists believe it’s the only way forward, while others cannot help raise an eyebrow or two. We invited leading industry professionals and fashion insiders to Brussels to discuss the issues at stake. As we settled down in the cosy settings of […]

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The unprintables: beyond the veil

Death is the one single certainty in life, and one that nobody can escape. And where nurses, local institutions and family members used to handle the necessary arrangements, we now face a globalised multi-faceted industry in constant evolution, with a turnover estimated to be €350 million per year in Belgium alone. Fact of the matter […]

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