Fever Dream, Book, 2025 / of 5 / More info

With great pride, I’m hap­py to share our next project: a unique port­fo­lio book that brings togeth­er five years of work by artist Victor Verhelst. The book was designed by Corbin Mahieu, Lennart van den Bossche, and Victor Verhelst, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Albe De Coker and Fedrigoni Worldwide. Special thanks to Xavier De Coker and Larah Lezy from Fedrigoni Group. The goal was to blur the lines between book­mak­ing and art. Books are often under­es­ti­mat­ed today — where they were once con­sid­ered small works of art, they are now too often seen as dis­pos­able objects. This time, the design­ers want­ed to cre­ate some­thing that goes beyond a fleet­ing cof­fee table book. They aimed to cap­ture the joy of unre­strained cre­ation, free from the lim­its of con­sump­tion or rigid purpose.

Using a brand-new Fedrigoni paper and an inno­v­a­tive dig­i­tal print­ing tech­nique — FOGRA59 on the KONICA MINOLTA KM1 — they com­piled an almost Pantone-lev­el body of work across near­ly 500 pages by the young dig­i­tal artist Victor Verhelst. To ele­vate the book into a true art­work, they ensured that each copy is unique.

Every back cov­er includes a dif­fer­ent frag­ment of a mas­sive art­work that Victor cre­at­ed espe­cial­ly for this book. The full piece only becomes vis­i­ble when all books are laid side by side — a moment that will take place just once, dur­ing the open­ing of his solo exhi­bi­tion at Plus One Gallery on April 3, 2025, in Antwerp, made pos­si­ble by Jason Poirier dit Caulier and Thomas De Ben.

Because the artist and design­ers want­ed full con­trol over the book, they chose to pub­lish it inde­pen­dent­ly, with­out a pub­lish­ing house. They want­ed to show that with ini­tia­tive and vision, dreams can be made real. The book launch itself becomes a unique event and an art­work in its own right.
We are incred­i­bly proud of the final result, which we hope will con­tin­ue to inspire across many fields for years to come.

Print is not dead; it has sim­ply become art.” — Corbin Mahieu & Victor Verhelst

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Abrupt Festival, 2024 / of 3 / More info

We were asked to do the art direc­tion of the brand new brus­sels-based fes­ti­val called Abrupt. To kick off the release, we col­lab­o­rat­ed with motion design­er Vincent Van Lieshout to cre­ate the fea­tured cam­paign video. Be sure to check out the new web­site cod­ed by Studio Dier / www.abrupt.brussels

We worked around the idea of por­tals”. We regard music as a trans­for­ma­tive force that guides lis­ten­ers through var­i­ous spaces and dimen­sions, each genre offer­ing a unique audi­to­ry jour­ney. Our visu­als reimag­ines music as an art form capa­ble of instan­ta­neous trav­el, tran­scend­ing time and bridg­ing dif­fer­ent uni­vers­es.

Project togeth­er with graph­ic design­er and artist Victor Verhelst. Thank you to all par­ties involved for trust­ing this style and let­ting it grow with the festival

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Robbrecht en Daem architecten, Website, 2022 / of 5 / More info

We were asked to design the new web­site of respect­ed Belgian archi­tects Robbrecht & Daem. The web­site fol­lows a very strict grid and plays with­in the lim­i­ta­tions of these self-made choic­es. Following Robbrecht en Daem’s unique count­ing sys­tem called Louie” (Named after the American archi­tect Louis Kahn) the web­site only uses lines and one weight and height of a grotesk type­face to make a log­ic view­ing sys­tem. Referring to archi­tec­tur­al plans or sketch­es and the way a build­ing is based on lay­er­ing the cor­rect mate­ri­als. We hope you get lost and are chal­lenged by the uncon­ven­tion­al inter­face, when going through their projects, encoun­ters and thoughts. Besides this min­i­mal­ist sys­tem, we also tried to includ­ed the use of a visu­al hori­zon. We want­ed this con­cept to be the start­ing point of the home­page. We hope view­ers expe­ri­ence a vir­tu­al land­scape of build­ings or projects going from left to right. Their unique approach on design need­ed to have a unique dig­i­tal out­come. Besides this port­fo­lio web­site we also helped to to cre­ate a per­son­al dig­i­tal data­base and made sure their newslet­ters are made auto­mat­i­cal­ly. Project togeth­er with web devel­op­er Rein van Oyen. Visit the web­site www​.rob​brech​t​en​daem​.com

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Jowa Identity, 2022 / of 13 / More info

Branding and iden­ti­ty for Jowa in Jakarta. Jowa is a fusion kitchen BBQ restau­rant in Jakarta, Indonesia. We want­ed to cre­ate a unique visu­al lan­guage for this upcom­ing restau­rant in the sub­urbs of the vivid city. So we start­ed think­ing of a way to visu­al­ize the coals of a bbq with the way ingre­di­ents are han­dled by a chef in a kitchen. We start­ed draw­ing these burned-out abstract forms and start­ed cut­ting straight aggres­sive lines into them. Just like a very sharp knife would to do a toma­to or a piece of beef. The out­come were these abstract fig­ures that worked per­fect­ly in the set­ting of the restau­rant. Inside these rudi­men­tal forms we select­ed a classy type­writer type­face to clash both ele­ments. Together with the client we also pro­duced an approach on food pho­tog­ra­phy and their social media atti­tude. Making sure this abstract iden­ti­ty was com­bined with very moody and straight-for­ward pho­tog­ra­phy of their dish­es and inte­ri­or. Website made togeth­er with graph­ic design­er and web­de­vel­op­er Mathieu Serruys and intern Ibert Pauwels. 

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Ramble Song by Berlin, 2021 / of 4 / More info

Poster and Vinyl design for the instal­la­tion and per­for­mance called Ramble Song’ by Antwerp based col­lec­tive BERLIN. With Ramble Song, BERLIN pro­pels music — a dri­ving foun­da­tion in ear­li­er work — and the cin­e­mat­ic into the fore­ground. A poet­ic ram­ble full of beau­ty but also dis­ap­point­ment unrav­els in a series of tableaux. Ramble Song mean­ders between melan­choly and black humour, inspired by the fig­ure of the drifter ­— the nomad who cul­ti­vates a form of inde­ci­sive­ness and who lurks in each of us. Onstage there is a the­atri­cal instal­la­tion. This organ­ism in sleep mode, with some­thing that resem­bles a con­tin­u­ous­ly audi­ble and vis­i­ble res­pi­ra­tion, is ani­mat­ed through live music and footage. The sound­track is wide-rang­ing, fea­tur­ing echoes of new-clas­si­cal music but also ener­getic krautrock and a diver­si­ty of synth-dri­ven sound­scapes. The dai­ly noise between our ears here gives way to a musi­cal uni­verse that gets crys­tal­lized in images — and vice ver­sa. More infor­ma­tion on www​.berlin​ber​lin​.be

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TWAALFMAAL / of 1 / More info

My con­tri­bu­tion to the new cal­en­dar by @twaalfmaal for the month of October 2025. Made with cunei, a type­face made togeth­er with @nemo.lemoine dur­ing his intern­ship. (Inspired by the ancient cuneiform script, one of the old­est known writ­ing sys­tems) The idea was sim­ple: cre­ate a type­face using only tri­an­gles. However, the real chal­lenge came in refin­ing those ini­tial con­cepts into a cohe­sive design. After numer­ous iter­a­tions, we final­ized the type­face. For the lay­out, we want­ed to show­case the type­face as big as pos­si­ble, with­out los­ing the func­tion­al­i­ty of the cal­en­dar.

The cal­en­dar fea­tures a new design­er each month. Look at the oth­er art­works on their insta­gram. You can buy it for 35 euro at www​.twaalf​maal​.be

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Invitation for Ileana Moro, 2022 / of 2

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Konvooi, Booklet, 2022 / of 7 / More info

Identity and pro­gram with timetable and art route book­let for Konvooi 2022. Konvooi is an annu­al mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary music and arts fes­ti­val. Located close to youth cul­ture cen­tre Het Entrepôt in Bruges. It pro­vides young artists/​collectives a tra­jec­to­ry, a bud­get and the respon­si­bil­i­ty to co-curate the fes­ti­val. For the iden­ti­ty of Konvooi we select­ed a sten­cil type­face and start­ed to deform these let­ters into almost unread­able shapes. We liked the idea that this defor­ma­tion looked like wet ink drip­ping from a wall. The com­po­si­tion of these let­ters visu­al­ize a con­voy. A shape or group of vehi­cles, nor­mal­ly used in mil­i­tary strate­gies, to ben­e­fit a defen­sive pur­pose. This project was made togeth­er with graph­ic design­er Otis Verhoeven and Lennart Van den Bossche. Typefaces we used in this pub­li­ca­tion were Mineral by Benoit Bodhuin and Helveesti by ABC Dinamo. Every year het Entrepôt is look­ing for new young and upcom­ing cura­tors for Konvooi or oth­er fes­ti­vals and events, be sure to give them a call if you are inter­est­ed in curat­ing a festival. 

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Kortrijk Art Weekend / of 4 / More info

New col­ors, poster, and book­let for the upcom­ing Kortrijk Art Weekend. @kortrijkart rep­re­sents over 20 orga­ni­za­tions, both pri­vate and pub­lic, that pro­gram and show­case visu­al arts in Kortrijk. Their web­site (www​.kor​trijkart​.be) pro­vides a sched­ule of all cur­rent exhi­bi­tions and art events hap­pen­ing in the city through­out the year, mak­ing it a valu­able tool for cul­tur­al trips to Kortrijk.

For the visu­al iden­ti­ty of Kortrijk Art and KAW, we cre­at­ed a lan­guage of shapes cen­tered around a basic let­ter K,” empha­siz­ing Kortrijk’s cen­tral role. The iden­ti­ty and web­site will evolve along with the collective’s needs and par­tic­i­pants. Special thanks to @dietervancaneghem for keep­ing Kortrijk Art on course. Motion design for KAW by @remydejans

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Belgian Art & Design Affair / of 1 / More info

Another post high­light­ing the type­faces behind the new iden­ti­ty for @belgianartanddesignaffair

A few months ago, design­ers @verhelstvictor and @corbinmahieu were tasked with design­ing the next chap­ter of the @belgianartanddesignaffair . Initially named BAD, then BADF, it is now called BADAFF, the Belgian Art and Design Affair. (like a Love affair) Together with cura­tors @wimlambrecht, @han.decorte, and @_mariemees, they sought to uncov­er a pos­si­ble love sto­ry behind its iden­ti­ty.

Their goal was to visu­al­ize an affair through the new iden­ti­ty. To achieve this, they con­tact­ed three young type design­ers to cre­ate a cus­tom love-themed type­face. Mixing these dif­fer­ent type­faces would serve as the foun­da­tion for the new iden­ti­ty. Victor and Corbin also want­ed to high­light that type design is an art form and a cat­e­go­ry in design. By this way hop­ing to inte­grate graph­ic design with­in the fair itself. The only rule was that the type­faces had to incor­po­rate hearts. These unique type­faces were craft­ed by young design­ers @otisverhoeve, @bureauclaes, and @pino_type.

Each type­face rep­re­sents dif­fer­ent con­cepts. It could sym­bol­ize the unique love affair between a gallery, a buy­er, and an artist, or the diverse types of vis­i­tors to the fair.

In addi­tion to the type­faces, they aimed to cre­ate an icon­ic visu­al and dif­fer­ent col­or scheme each year. They want­ed to reclaim the sym­bol of the heart, avoid­ing kitsch and Valentine-esque designs, to sketch a unique heart. They have dif­fer­ent ver­sions pre­pared for each year.

This is just the begin­ning. More love incom­ing!
New web­site online in col­lab­o­ra­tion with @mathieuserruys
www​.badaff​.be

A spe­cial thank you to @harryvanhoyweghen and Jan De Geest for their full trust and enthu­si­asm dur­ing this col­lab­o­ra­tion. Special shoutout to superb type design­er @natashaldesign for help­ing in this project. Also, a big thank you to our intern @nemo.lemoine for all the help! All is full of love 🧡 🔥 💥

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