Tuesday, October 09, 2007
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It was in the May/June 2007 issue of Print Magazine that i first saw the work of Belgian graphic designer Paul Boudens. I was immediately taken aback, very analogous to when i first heard Patrick 122 (mr.oizo). It’s a joy to really check out someone challenging the mold of modern graphic designers, making me think about the design as opposed to just consuming it. If So-Me is working with the likes of Kanye and Ed Banger, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Boudens with the likes Interpol or The Knife. But music isn’t his niche at the moment, he has become the iconic designer for fashion in Beligium. His work moves on parallel with that of Ann Demeulemeester and Dries Van Noten.
Check out a selection of his designs.
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Paul Boudens (1965) doesn’t like designs with a shelf life of one day only. He wants his work to be tangible, to have sensitivity, you have to feel the human side of it. That is why according to Boudens it just doesn’t work with a computer alone. And so he uses paint, amongst other materials. The result can be rough or sharp, somewhat broken or leaving a strange impression. As long as it has some effect. Some of his cleanest designs are so clean it becomes frightening.
In 1991 he graduated in Graphic Design & Illustration at the Sint-Lucaspaviljoen in Antwerp. From here he immediately started working as a freelance designer for the Belgian fashion guru Walter Van Beirendonck, with whom he charted a new direction for Van Beirendonck’s house style. Soon after, assignments for fashion designers Wim Neels, rcdd exam Jurgi Persoons, Dries Van Noten, A.F. Vandevorst, Olivier Theyskens (amongst others), the Antwerp fashion academy, Interieur2000, Het Zuidelijk Toneel and the MoMu-Fashion Museum Province of Antwerp followed.
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