Conceiving the automotive future is always a very challenging task. Some brands have also a future-oriented attitude more than others in their DNA, and one of them is certainly Citroën. 75 years ago, they brought us the 2 CV, a car which embodied nothing less than a four-wheeled French revolution, embodying Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Indeed, this adagio of the French revolutionists fitted the post war French citoyens admirably, as the 2CV brought them just that. Freedom for all, with low-cost mobility, practicality and go-anywhere capacity. This revolutionary dream of the brand with the double chevron has never died. And Pierre Leclercq, the Belgian born head of design, proved its…
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Les Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles #2 : reconstructing the legacy of indigenous women…
The 2025 edition of this photo festival in Arles proved rich in stunning exhibits, and therefore we comment on this event in a series of further reports. Ikwewak woman, Aïcha, photographed by Caroline Monnet Photography can do many things. Not only does it freeze and conserve for history a fleeting moment that is gone forever, which gives it metaphysical qualities; it can also correct and re-interpret and reshape our human history. This is exactly what photographer Caroline Monnet does. She is born in 1985 to an Algonquin mother and a French father, which led her to reconstruct with her photography, the societal legacy and position of her indigenous mother and…
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We spoke with Manuele Tomasorri, Exterior Designer Lancia: the art of sculpting the modern world into a premium automobile with an iconic past…
At the occasion of the presentation of Lancia Pu+Ra HPE at the Residence of the Italian Ambassador in Bruxelles, we took the opportunity to have an interview with the young and inspired exterior designer of the Lancia Pu+Ra HPE… it proved very interesting indeed! Q: The Lancia design department has been producing now a wonderful and iconic car which embodies the styling language of future Lancia’s. You are responsible for exterior design, can you tell us what is your vision on design, and why have you chosen to join the Lancia design department? Also can you tell us a bit more about your design education, your school, and even more…
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Lancia is back…
Belgium has always been a country with many Lancia enthusiasts, and the iconic brand returns therefore in its renaissance strategy also to our country and Luxemburg as one of its 6 major European markets. We could witness the presentation at the Italian embassy in Brussels of the beautiful and stunning Lancia Pu+Ra HPE, a concept car which embodies, as Lancia puts it, “the brand manifesto for the next 10 years in terms of design, interior home feeling, sustainability, electrification and effortless technology.” We will come back in more detail on the styling and innovations incorporated in this car, which will indeed be a harbinger of things to come for the…
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Exclusive exhibition “Porsche, driven by dreams” at Brussels Autoworld
Porsche has been making people dream for 75 years, and Autoworld, the iconic automotive museum in Brussels, joins in on that dream with the end-of-year exhibition “Porsche, Driven By Dreams”. The exhibition runs from December 8, 2023 to February 25, 2024. After the exhibition ‘Porsche – Electric to Electric’ in 2013 and ‘Porsche 70 Years’ in 2018, Autoworld continues its successful collaboration with Porsche Belgium and the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. With a never-before-seen collection of exclusive Porsches, collected thematically in a unique setting, you are taken into the overwhelming dream world of Porsche. The storytelling goes much further than just the cars… In addition to the beautiful cars, the…
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In the new Porsche Panamera the driver is put at the centre…
We have always admired the instrument layout of Porsches, where the big round dials for revs and speed are a true delight to the drivers’ eyes. Porsche continues this good tradition… In the new model generation set to be unveiled to the public on 24 November 2023, the Porsche Panamera will feature also the driver-centered Porsche Driver Experience control concept we saw already in the Taycan. It offers a fully digital display, a wide range of customization options and intuitive operation. A key feature of the concept is the grouping of the control elements relevant for driving in the immediate vicinity of the steering wheel. All elementary functions are therefore…
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Porsche celebrates the 60th anniversary of the 911 with a special purist edition: the 911 S/T
The 911 is now already 6 decades with us. As soon as your servant hit 18 years, he sat behind the wheel of a 911 S 2,4 press car. What a legendary experience it was. My love for this car has remained unbroken ever since. Already the hissing sound of its (then air-cooled) flat six made you addictive. So Porsche takes us back to the “pure” original, with of course the power and panache of the modern day 911. In a limited run of 1,963 examples, the Porsche 911 S/T offers lightweight design and the sound and fury of the high-revving engine from the 911 GT3 RS. The purity lies…
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Watching F1 races from your cruise ship: MSC Cruises extends its global partnership with Formula 1®!
MSC Cruises is going from strength to strength, and May 5 it announced that it will extend its global partnership with Formula 1®. They said this in Miami, on the eve of its Grand Prix™. MSC Cruises will therefore continue to be the official partner of Formula 1® for the cruise segment, until the end of the FIA World Championship in 2026. MSC Cruises continues this partnership for all the good reasons: the ever growing interest in the Formula 1® universe around the world, and particularly in key markets for MSC Cruises, resulted in very strong results for the company and its product portfolio. The success of this collaboration between…
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“Untold Stories”, the photographic heritage of Peter Lindbergh exhibited at Espace Vanderborght in Brussels…
Everyone who knows about fashion photography knows Peter Lindbergh. He is the man who gave us stylish icons. Female elegance, but photographed in a unique way which reveals their persona. Indeed, his photos show deep humanity, even more than style and fashion. He shows his mannequins which he elevated in front of his lens to absolute icons in this exhibition in beautiful black and white: Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Helena Christensen. In September 2019, Peter Lindbergh put down his camera for the last time. But this was not the end for him as a true photographer. He then started to conserve his work for posterity.…
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Culture in Europe on its mainstream media : an absolute treasure!
In these Corona Times, we have to taste Culture at a distance. Why not discover what culture could mean in Europe’s mainstream (news) media, in three major languages, i.e. English, French, German? We went on a discovery tour, and here we present briefly our findings, which could enrich greatly your daily (art) life. In the Anglo-Saxon world, our first port of call is of course BBC Culture, (ttps://www.bbc.com/culture) a website which covers Film, Art, Books, Music, TV, Photography, Style, and so-called “Identities.” In the latter category, posts/articles are written for example on subjects like ‘how movements like Black Lives Matter have changed fashion in 2020.’ See photo above. Indeed, throughout…