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The (Graphic) Identity of the Design Museum Gent

by Leroy Meyer & Pia Jacques

Once called Museum voor Sierkunst, Museum voor Sierkunst en Vormgeving, or Museum voor Sierkunst en Industriële Vormgeving, Design Museum Gent has had various names. Each name reflected different visions of what the museum should be. In its early years, there was no overall identity as we know it today. Some designers, like Frida Burssens, worked multiple times for the museum, and templates designed by Octave Landuyt were used for different exhibitions.

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Julian Key: Kwaliteitsaffiches

by NMBS

13.10.2026

Bron: Spoornieuws NMBS, 1982, nr. 1, pp. 14-15 (rubriek “Kortweg”). Auteur niet vermeld. © Train World Heritage

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Affects and Emotions in Graphic Design:  Love & Rage beyond Aesthetics

by Camille Circlude

26.07.2025

The guiding thread of this text unfolds around the idea of affect as a driving force of creation in graphic design. This personal vision of graphic design is traversed by emotions that make it political and situated — whether it be anger, love, care, or militant joy.

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Dear Anneleen,

by Eva Moulaert

11.06.2025

‘So now I come to speak. At last. I will tell you all I know. I was deceived to think I could not do this. I have the powers; I take them here. I have the right. I have the means. My words may be poor, but they will have to do.’ - Paul Griffiths, Let Me Tell You (Hastings: Reality Street, 2008), 7

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The Advantages of Being a Wallflower? Searching for Maria Sèthe at Bloemenwerf

by Apolline Malevez & Pauline Vranckx

04.06.2025

Researching the contributions of Maria Sèthe (1867-1943) to the art and career of her more famous husband, the architect Henry van de Velde (1863-1957), is a charged experience. It requires negotiating expectations and hopes — both those of others and our own — as well as pushing against disciplinary boundaries.

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En écrivant, en composant. Claude Rutault et la figure de l’artiste-typographe

by Léonore Conte

04.06.2025

Cette réflexion sur le travail de Claude Rutault fait suite à un travail de résidence mené par Léonore Conte avec le designer graphique Léo Carbonnet au Centre des Livres d’artistes en 2023 et qui a donné forme à la publication de l’ouvrage Artistes typographes qui propose une exploration visuelle de cent trente-deux livres d’artistes.

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The life and death of a unique Belgian nightlife magazine, Out Soon (1992 – 2008)

by Koen Galle

22.05.2025

Out Soon was a free Belgian magazine published from 1992 to 2008. At its peak, it distributed no fewer than 50,000 copies each month across clubs, record shops, bars, restaurants, clothing stores, and other trendy spots. Launched in November 1992 , Out Soon revolved around nightlife and music as its unifying themes.

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Affects et émotions dans le design graphique: Love & Rage, au-delà de l’esthétique

by Camille Circlude

12.05.2025

Le fil conducteur de ce texte se déploie autour de l’idée d’affect comme force motrice de création en design graphique. Cette vision personnelle du design graphique est traversée par des émotions qui le rendent politique et situé — qu’il s’agisse de colère, d’amour, de soin ou de joie militante.

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The successful exhibition “In koeien van letters: 50 years of graphic design in Flanders”

by Pia Jacques

24.05.2023

In 1997, the first exhibition on graphic design took place at Design Museum Gent. The initiative came from the design department of VIZO, the Flemish Institute for Independent Entrepreneurship, and was supported by graphic designers as well as printing and packaging companies

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Frida Burssens, a remarkable talent for design

by Pia Jacques

24.05.2023

Frida (Craet) Burssens (1930-2020) was a decorator and designer from Ghent. She studied applied arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, where she later regularly participated as a jury member. Her posters, for various exhibitions like one for the National Competition of Billposters or for the 150 Years of American Art, are a wonderful take on graphic design in the sixties.

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Hélène Van Coppenolle, a Belgian personality

by Pia Jacques & Leroy Meyer

24.05.2023

Hélène Van Coppenolle (1905-1985) was active in Belgium as an illustrator, graphic designer and teacher. She participated in several exhibitions in Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels, presenting her graphic and illustrative works.

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Commissioner

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Type

Date

Train autos-couchettes

De trein…milieuvriendelijk

I·El est la·e plus britllant·e pour aller danser

Ballet National de Marseille

Bye Bye Binary’s collection

Un·e mond·e nouvelle·au

Camille Circlude, Eugénie Bidaut

Department of French, Berkeley University

Bye Bye Binary’s collection

Hétéroflics lâchez-nous le passing

Camille Circlude, H·Alix Sanyas

Bye Bye Binary’s collection

Le génie isolé

Camille Circlude, Tristan Bartolini

Centre Pompidou

Bye Bye Binary’s collection

iel te dit je t’aime

Camille Circlude

Camille Circlude’s personal collection

Social media post

iel te dit je t’aime

Camille Circlude

Camille Circlude’s personal collection

Social media post

Save the world Stop the Bomb – Out Soon 29

Sylvie Lemaître

Out Soon magazine

Steven Keimi’s personal collection

House against Racism – Out Soon 12

Sylvie Lemaître

Steven Keimi’s personal collection

Sylvie Lemaître

Out Soon magazine

Steven Keimi’s personal collection

Les drogues ne mènent nulle part / Drugs maken stuurloos – Out Soon 35

Sylvie Lemaître

Out Soon magazine

Steven Keimi’s personal collection

Aids Sida – Out Soon 34

Sylvie Lemaître

Out Soon magazine

Steven Keimi’s personal collection

Greenpeace – Out Soon 31

Steven Keimi’s personal collection