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JONAS GALLERY - Brussels

19/7/2014

Jonas Gallery was founded in December 2005, and is a unique space for contemporary art and design in Brussels. It aims to stimulate talent, and provide a platform for emerging contemporary artists and designers from Belgium and abroad.

"Non-elitist yet qualitative and inspiring", the downtown Gallery aims to be easily accessible yet bespoke and ecclectic, serving an international clientèle. There are currently 11 artists showing from The Netherlands, USA, Belgium, France and Germany. It is a strong, dynamic blend of styles and media.

CURTIS W READEL
Lives and works in Illinois

He’s born, bred and bewildered in the Midwest of the USA . He lives and works in DeKalb, Illinois, and devoting his life to drawing, printmaking, paper making, and sculpture. Although still finishing his Masters degree in Fine Arts at the Northern Illinois University, while teaching as well, he can already claim exhibitions in the USA: NY, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Iowa City and Seatle and in Europe: London, Manchester, Bristol – UK, Tallin – Estonia, Naestved - Denmark and Brussels.

Text: ℅ Jonas Gallery website

TOURYA OTHMAN
Lives and works in Scotsdale, Arizona and in Marrakesh.

Tourya was born to a musical tune of her father's violin string in Tangiers. Not long after her birth, she became a citizen of Belgium. She began painting and sculpting at the age of five and her formal training and education included Art History and Anatomy studies at the St. Maria Art Institute in Antwerp, The Institute of Fine Arts in Mechelen, the Academy of Beaux Arts in Ghent and St.-Nicholas, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Tourya currently divides her time between the deserts of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Marrakech, Morocco.

Text: ℅ Jonas Gallery website

NATHALIE VANDE WALLE
Lives and works in New-York

Based in New York for several years, Nathalie photographs places, streets, people. Men and women attached to the postures of their time in a wardrobe of yesteryear. She blends eras showing us the changes of time, a nostalgic appreciation of the past. She questions what is now and what was then, and how time and perceptions influence us today.

JONAS GALLERY / Rue de Flandre 35 Vlaamsesteenweg, 1000 Brussels / +32 02 503 50 55 / www.jonasgallery.com
Images: ℅ Jonas Gallery website & Google images

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GLASS STAIRCASE - Apple Store Amsterdam

19/7/2014

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The glass staircase at the Apple Store in the Hirsch Building in Amsterdam. A fabulous thing. Solid, functional, robust, yet whimsical all at the same time. The whole store fit out is a little bit fabulous . The blend of traditional and contemporary styles. The space. Simplicity. Order. Grand yet simple. It is all these things. An impressive space to visit.

APPLE STORE / Leidseplein 25, 1017 PS Amsterdam / +31 20 530 2200 / www.apple.com/nl
Images: ℅ Google images

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RUBELLI - Venice

17/7/2014

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How about we go back to Venice today?

I went to Rubelli, and just thinking about it makes me smile. The host of my cute little loft apartment in Padua recommended I go there. How did she know me so well after such a short meeting?

Rubelli was founded in 1858 and produces hand-made fabrics using traditional techniques as well as highly sophisticated textiles.

I rang the head office because I couldn't locate it on google maps. I was given the address, and so my journey began. The water taxi dropped me off on a small jetty opposite the huge emerald double doors. I rang the bell. "Do you have an appointment" "No head office gave me the address, and said to arrive in the afternoon" "Ok come in" I walked through, and a small face popped out of the little window and asked me why I was here in Italian. I started speaking in English and she just ushered me on. I walked through a stunning, huge formal entrance and down a huge corridor and up to the first floor. I felt like Dorothy going to see the Wizard of Oz. I was greeted at the door and guided to the showroom. It was enormous and I was all alone. It was overwhelming. The historical building with its gilded doors, huge windows looking out to the grand canal, 12ft ceilings, and THOSE FABRICS! Truly stunning. Such opulence. Unique, luscious, stunning, artisan…art. I touched each one and there were easily hundreds.

RUBELLI / Palazzo Corner Spinelli, San Marcos 3877 / www.rubelli.com
Images: ℅ Google images

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BORD BAR

14/7/2014

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I discovered Bord Bar in an interior design showroom in Luxembourg. Three happy, colourful trolleys all lined up looking very much like the ones from an airplane, yet one was a bar, one was a filing cabinet and the other was a storage unit.

I went inside to discover more, but my lack Luxembourgish and her lack of english didn't get me very far. I did a little googling and discovered that these interesting pieces are actually designed and made in Germany. In the range they have these authentic transformed airplane trolleys, boxes and cubes. There are many designs and functions to choose from.

BORD BAR / Mathias-Bruggen-Strabe 132, 50829 Köln, Germany / www.bordbar.de
Images: ℅ Google images

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BEAUCOUP FISH - Brussels

13/7/2014

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Yum!

This little gem just happened to be located on the corner of the street I was staying in. It has a crisp, clean interior, fabulous graphics and food that is simply delicious.

MENU
TO START
Oysters (Special No. 4)
Razor clams sautéed with garlic, parsley and cherry tomatoes
Shrimp croquettes
Ceviche of sea bream tartare cut
Salmon "Gravad lax" Kampot pepper
Fried sardines with citrus and red pepper coulis

MAINS
Sole of the North Sea
Fries with salad or mashed potato
"A Dieppoise" poached in white wine, clams, shrimp
Crispy fillet of salmon, ratatouille Nicoise, syrup tomato
Steak tartare of tuna "Saku" fries and mesclun salad
Spaghetti vongole

DESSERTS
Panna cotta with berry coulis
Chocolate cake
Iced Nougat
Chocolate mousse
Caramel flan

I had some super fresh oysters, and the Steak tartare of tuna "Saku" fries and mesculun salad. Loved it!