'En als ik wil, wil ik.'

Constance Teichmann, 1879.

200 jaar geleden werd in Antwerpen Constance Teichmann geboren. Ooit was ze alom bekend, nu is ze bijna vergeten. Nochtans leeft de nalatenschap van deze intrigerende vrouw voort tot op vandaag in het Centrum Louise-Marie vzw, en is ze een van de interessantst mogelijke gidsen door het Antwerpen van de 19de eeuw.

Als gouverneursdochter bewoog ze zich voortdurend in gegoede kringen, en als sublieme sopraan genoot ze intens van de podia van ...

STORIES ABOUT HOW

THE WORLD EXPOS OF 1855–1937

SHAPED PARIS,

FROM ITS ARCHITECTURE TO CULINARY INVENTIONS,

AND WHERE TO FIND THE TRACES

A Paris travel guide and history book about how the World Expos of 1855-1937 shaped the city, from its architecture to its (culinary) customs

Paris is the physical memory of seven World Expos that took place in the city from 1855 to 1937. These Expos left behind monuments like the Eiffel Tower, the Musée d'Orsay, the Grand and Petit Palais... But many tra...

‘The great-grandfather I never knew has gradually become closer to me as I read what was written about him and discovered the circumstances in which he must have lived and worked. It has become Jos’s story, following his path from budding architect to the one who has the age I have now. For me it also became an act of looking back.’

Architect Jos Viérin (1872-1949) played a prominent role in the reconstruction of the Destroyed Regions. After World War I, it was decided to reconstruct i...

Belgium-based agency Wieni delivers digital products that people actually need, use and love. In doing so, Wieni honours one important ethos: they want to leave the web a better place than it was when they arrived. To achieve this goal, Wieni holds on to 11 key principles – in this book, you’ll find out what those are all about.

For example:

"The uglier the baby, the better" - About how you should look at the first drafts of your work when you start sharing it. Don’t let yourself get lo...

When visiting Japan, one of the first things that stand out is the calm and respectful way the Japanese behave. A weaver meditatively repeats the exact same movement a thousand times a day, while the tea master dedicates every serene gesture to the harmony of the room. Although in the West we might find it hard to explain this mindful way of moving, the Japanese have a word for it: shosa.

In this book, design journalist Ringo Gomez and photographer Rob Walbers, who share a long-standing fasci...

Herken jij de straten en pleinen in het Antwerpen van weleer? BeroepsAntwerpenaar Tanguy Ottomer dook in de archieven en selecteerde 50 foto’s van plekken in de Scheldestad. Soms zijn de stadsgezichten op deze oude foto’s weinig veranderd, soms zijn ze zo goed als onherkenbaar. Dan is het zoeken naar gebouwen of andere oriëntatiepunten die je een hint geven.

Sla de bladzijde om, ontdek waar de oude foto genomen werd én verwonder je over hoe exact dezelfde plek er vandaag uitziet...