In yesterday’s Sunday edition of the NY Times, the stylish T magazine recommended BozarShop as one of eight “must see’s” on any Brussels tour. BozarShop is co-owned by Base, publisher Actar, and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
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The Word, a magazine about “neighbourhood living and global style,” has commissioned paper sculptor Christopher Coppers to create a work using some of its old issues. The piece will be featured in a three-work Coppers exhibition at BozarShop … more
BozarSHOP movies, from BaseMotion on Vimeo
BozarShop, the more-than-a-museum-store at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, opened just before the holidays in 2007. To publicize the opening, BaseMotion made a series of 12 short online movies for the Bozar website. All echo the wacky tone we struck for the identity of BozarShop.
The series was nominated for an award by D&AD, the London-based nonprofit “educational charity that represents the global creative, design and advertising communities,” in the category New Branding Schemes: Small Business. The movies have also been nominated for the 2008 LAUS awards.
For a few days every summer thousands of people converge on the small Belgian town of Werchter, for Rock Werchter, one of the largest music festivals in Europe. The 2008 edition went down over last weekend, on July 3–6, and featured Radiohead, The Chemical Brothers, R.E.M., Neil Young, … more
BOZAR—the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels—will soon host an exhibition focusing on the visual work of artists who are better-known for their contributions in the world of rock and roll. … more