BDM September 2023

Although the city isn't my place to live, I love to visit sometimes.

Brussels Design Market is a good occasion for me.

It looks like the collectable design era is moving to 60's, 70's and 80's,

colours are getting more vivid every other addition....

Is so different from our first visit in 2014?

Earlier editions: 2014, 2014, 2018, sept. 2018, 2019, 2020

Brussels Design Market

To my big surprise we went to Brussels Design Market!

We bought our preview tickets in March but the event got cancelled twice.

This time a much smaller selection of vintage design and less visitors.

vintage doggy.....

A beautiful graphic design by Walter Cremers... 

I really liked the pattern on a ceramic plate... made by Egersund Norway

Friday Preparation...

Brussels Design Market

Today we visited Brussels Design Market again.
They claim to be the largest vintage market in Europe...

We only bought the Richard Lind planters underneath here.

Vintage Volcanic

We both like this vintage seventies plate. It's such a nice portrait of the era.

A moon landing inspired, lunar surfaced, ceramic with volcanic glaze. 

Brussels Design Market

vintage design market in Brussel

Today we went to Europe's biggest vintage design market in Brussel.
And we bought just two things (big smile).

A wooden toy, a crane from the fifties and a ceramic plate from the seventies.
You'll get to see some photos later...

Piet Hein Eek

Yesterday I went to PHE to have lunch with a former colleague of mine.... Antoon.

We share a common interest in art, antiques and design...

and I really enjoyed talking to him again.

Blue Vinyl

The kenderman and me love this album of Mat McNerney & Kimmo Helén,

you can listen to the entire album here.

Have a lovely weekend!

New Spot on the Block

Whenever I move some furniture, our cats start exploring...

Nim found herself a new "bed" on top of the record player.

(I've used a tea towel to prevent scratches)
She's been lying there for 3 days in a row now.

Pierced and Mottled

Hanging planters are hard to find...

So I'll use a vintage graniteware colander for a staghorn fern.

Leftovers

my idea of a delicious lunch... eating yesterdays sushi dinner leftovers ☆

Return the Sender

Yes, the RT20 radio has been delivered yesterday and we handed over de SK55.

A loose contact in the turntable was causing volume problems

although the radio part was working perfectly.

We're really lucky we bought the SK55 and RT20 from this man.

He knows an electrician (elektrieker) who can fix these oldies.

The seller isn't charging us extra money for the repairs and delivery.

A welcome rarity nowadays ☆

Vintage Beauty

Our RT20 radio has been repaired and will be delivered tomorrow ☆

Saturday Shopping

Today we went to Schoten to buy a graphite Braun radio RT20 and turntable SK55.

Both being Dieter Rams designs from 1961 and 1963.

The RT20 radio wasn't working so it will be delivered later.

Too bad the turntable wasn't working good either when we came home.

Hopefully it just needs some warming up and some personal attention...