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New Book Drop: Aykut Erol, written by Max Borka. From Aykut Erol’s radical 2004 manifesto to the groundbreaking Line system and now Line 2.0, Erol redefines design as a tool for connection, simplicity, and meaning. This book is the first full overview of Erol’s visionary work that captures two decades of experiments that blur the line between design and art—lean, light, and radically human. In a world fractured by division and excess, Erol’s ideas feel more topical than ever.

With a love for proportion, our latest book project, A House to Live With, published by Park Books, has just arrived. This is the first comprehensive monograph on the houses designed by Dom Hans van der Laan and his companions, authored by Caroline Voet and Hans W. van der Laan.

Dom Hans van der Laan (1904–1991) is something of a cult figure in post-World War II architecture. A Dutch Benedictine monk and architect, he dedicated his life to exploring fundamental principles of architecture, and his ideas on numerical relationships and dimensional systems were highly influential in mid-20th-century architectural theory.

A House to Live With delves into the residential buildings designed by Van der Laan and his companions. Sixteen houses, built between 1966 and 1985, are meticulously documented with newly produced photographs and plans, and analyzed for their compositional and design principles. Essays in the book explore the mathematical relationships of numbers and volumes that are central to Van der Laan’s work, and discuss how his designs were influenced by ancient Roman architecture. The book also examines the relationship between house and garden and house and patio, and the positioning of the one large table in the house, which to Van der Laan was of key significance.

The Letterenhuis serves as the literary archive of Flanders. It brings people together around literary heritage by collaborating with many diverse partners to collect, preserve and disclose the collection. The previously large, empty space on the ground floor has been transformed into a dynamic public area. The Letterenhuis now welcomes visitors with a themed exhibition and includes a newly established reading room, workshop space, meeting room, shared office space, co-creation space, and writing room. The graphic design concept is rooted in the letter as the foundation for authorship and the genesis of literature. The terms 'Letteren' and 'Letterenhuis' are employed to create geometric patterns, called 'Moving Type Structures’, which allude to the historical convergence of experimental typography and literature. Scenography by VOET architectuur, Graphic Design by undercast.

New work to discover by Annelies Vanoost.
Colibri x Dancing Garden
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16 - 29th May (Sint-Antoniusstraat 12, 2000 Antwerpen​)
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Thank you all for a colourful expo opening 🫶 Feel free to visit our showroom and check out the ‘Colibri x Dancing garden expo by @annelies_vanoost untill May 26th. #expo #graphicart #graphicdesign #vitrapartnerstore #artek #stool60 #designclassic