Envelop

Is a young art director and graphic designer based in Brussels.

His bold illustrations are somewhat cartoonlike and pretty high fashion.

They remind me of 90s drawings for Gaultier or Balenciaga.

Tomorrow he’s presenting a collection of ltd. edition t-shirts at Blender01.

It's called The Heaven is Invaded by The Evil. 

The address is rue des Chartreux 18 1000 Brussels.

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Apparently some Envelop.eu textile items got featured in a book!

It's called 'New Textile Design' and is issued by Zeixs Publishers.

How exciting!

Hope to show you some images pretty soon.

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Visited Amsterdam on Saturday. 

Saw this Hugin Kompakt Turissa sewing machine.

For some reason I like that name.

It was for sale at Neef Louis - a hall stocked with vintage furniture.

They also provided the chairs for Hotel de Goudfazant.

We had dinner there - it was top.

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Member Ameesha Lee completed one of her biggest illustrations ever.

It's a massive billboard in the heart of downtown Toronto.

The illustration was hand-painted/airbrushed onto the billboard space.

How cool is that?

There aren't many billboards that are hand-painted these days.

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Belgian band Goose recently released a track of their upcoming album.

It probably gives a good idea of what the new album will sound like.

The atmosphere's a bit soundtracky, elegant, even romantic.

But the beats are crystalclear.

And man, that tune is catchy.

One of my first cd's was called Synthesizer Greatest.

Volume 1.

It featured tracks by Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Tubular Bells.

Think 'spaceships', 'asteroids', 'galaxy', and 'far far away'.

Now add 'contemporary', 'songwriters' and 'craftmanship'.

That's what comes to mind after hearing Dawn and Words.

By the way.

Good cover art often reinforces a good tune.

That's certainly the case with this record.

The sleeve's designed by the one and only Storm Thorgerson.

He's responsible for a lot of über-well-known record covers.

Anthrax, 10cc, Black Sabbath, Mike Oldfield, Led Zeppelin. Pink Floyd.

And now Goose.

The scene depicts a black pyramid and canal, splitting up a rural landscape.

It some way, it looks pretty Belgian to me.

We've got loads of these landscapes - also in Kortrijk, the band's hometown :)

There might be a tiny bit of Magritte and Delvaux in it too.

Two famous Belgian surrealists.

If 'surreal' was a keyword during the recording process -

we're on our way to face a keywork in Belgium's history of popmusic.

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Envelop.eu's got featured in this week's Knack Weekend fashion special!

We were mentioned in a topic about Slow Fashion.

That's society's tendency to (re)value simplicity and craftmanship.

The subtitle was Silent Revolution, about brands promoting timeless items.

Well, that's what Envelop.eu's all about!

Everlasting items, personalized by graphic talents from all over the world.

Made, one by one, using an eco-defendable production process.

The lovely bag's designed by Lee Mei Yan Jane from Hong Kong.

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Transforms embroidered linens into geometric abstractions.
By re-formatting the original pattern.

Sollins removes the old design & he counts the stitches by color.
Then proceeds to re-embroider squares in a geometric grid.
With each square consisting of the same number of stitches.
Per color.
As the original.

The dominant color is placed at the upper right of the grid.
With the square size descending from right to left.

Sollins eulogizes the anonymous craftsperson.
While elevating commonplace linens to fine art.
By juxtaposing the new, controlled composition.
And the sentimental remains of the original textile design.

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