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White Day in Japan
Consumers in Japan can feel the pressure! Not only shouldn’t they forget about Valentine’s day on February 14th, but they’re also supposed to buy a present today – one month later – at White Day. In fact, Japanese women give … Continue reading
Cameroon
All the way from Cameroon (Africa), came these pictures taken in a local school where a dummy of this poetry book was presented to the children who made the poems inspired by and in the style of the surrealistic evergreen … Continue reading
Trailer das-Tollste-ABC-der-Welt
As announced in December, the German version of ‘l’ABC de Tom’ is available from this month February of. The editor commissioned a little trailer to launch the book. It looks really nice (Konzept und Animation by Plankton Entertainment) and can … Continue reading
Snow!
Finally, after having seen snow on my computer screen from June until December (for postcards, calendars & Santa Claus books from Holland to Japan), there’s now a real white carpet rolled out in the garden (to be seen from my … Continue reading
Sarmede: le immagini della fantasia
It’s already February! That happens to be the month I’ve been illustrating in this year’s calendar from Sarmede, a pleasant Italian town near Venice that gave its name to a (traveling) group exhibition of children’s book illustrations from all over … Continue reading
Philip’s biscuit box
Last week we received some new boxes from Philips Biscuits -an excellent artisanal bakery at the center of Antwerp- and one of them was even filled with fresh cookies! The paint wasn’t that fresh anymore, since I created this dog … Continue reading
Mummy’s boy
I haven’t forgotten my mum’s birthday yesterday and -since she did her best educating me well- I’m not gonna reveal her age here, but about a year ago we had a big party to celebrate ‘a round number’…. Cleaning up … Continue reading
Magyar Posta
All the way from Hungary to Brussels this week, came not only rumors about a hyperactive prime minister, but also a literature-magazine paying attention to the newly translated ‘Otto a Hoban’(didn’t find the right accents on my keyboard). At the … Continue reading
(s)c(h)ool-bird-day-calendar
What could be more appropriate to kick off this new year then a new calendar? Here’s one I made (as a volunteer) for the school our sons attend. I recycled some winter-stuff I had in store after my Japanese adventures … Continue reading
This year ends with chemistry
After a poster & other derived products for the ‘Tomorrow starts with chemistry’-exhibition in November, the CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council) asked me to design a new year’s card with references to the spheres I used in the former communication … Continue reading