The Word Blog
02.02.2010 by Nicholas Lewis
We captured the decaying evolution of a morning after fry-up with a breakfast fit for kings having taken a turn for the worst in this day-to-day documentary of the rotten. First off, the shots we ran with in our Morning After edition... Then two behind-the-scenes ones: What Sarah - who shot […] Continue
30.12.2009 by Nicholas Lewis
In the rush of it all, I skipped a whole set of photographs Maren had taken. A little later than expected, some more Christmas Kitsch, this time from her recent trip to Barcelona: […] Continue
24.12.2009 by Nicholas Lewis
Its been a long year, and, despite it being halved, an apparently even longer week. Stylists with egos the size of cathedrals (we won't kick and tell), distributors who want more (not that we'd complain) and readers we disappointed (our Charleroi series seems to have rubbed one or two locals […] Continue
02.03.2010 by Nicholas Lewis
Following the design exhibition we organised back in September, we thought to capitalise on the global art pack descending upon Brussels for the annual art orgy that is Art Brussels by putting together yet another show, with photography as central premise. Presenting the works of five of the […] Continue
01.03.2010 by Nicholas Lewis
With just a couple of days until our Skin Issue hits the streets, we thought it useful to give you a little insight into just one of the many passions we indulged in over the last few weeks. Skin and ska: The Specials Nothing says 'original skin' more than The Specials. […] Continue
01.02.2010 by Nicholas Lewis
Hard at work on our March edition, themed The Skin Issue (our Friday 5th March 2010), we're on the lookout for stuff (rude boys, art history/curating/events interns, DJs submissions, etc...) and wanted to remind you of other stuff (more Morning After posts to look forward to, concert tickets to win, […] Continue
06.01.2010 by Nicholas Lewis
At first listen, Amelie's new album - Dinah Dina - can be unnerving, even a little discomforting. The minute I popped the promo in the player, I was sure I had heard her tone somewhere before. And it wasn't on her previous effort, The Real Nature of the […] Continue
20.11.2009 by Nicholas Lewis
If Don Draper would loosen up a little, he'd most definitely do so at Radio Modern parties. Known for their heady mix of fifties fun, pettycoats and good ol' rock 'n' roll, the Radio Modern crew now have their eyes firmly fixed on their next challenge: to bring […] Continue
10.11.2009 by Hettie
Back in September, we talked with Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg about her RCA graduation project on bacteria hacking and synthetic biology. She’s barely stopped moving since then – she’s currently working on a new research project in Australia, but before she disappeared off to the other side of the […] Continue
03.02.2010 by Nicholas Lewis
We asked Felicie to create somewhat of an alternative board game for our Morning After Issue. Here, you get the chance to download the game's unadultured and unobstructed version (complete with an online-exclusive title), as well as an interactive 'how to play' guide, just to make your […] Continue
03.02.2010 by Nicholas Lewis
How does a Hong-Kong-based magazine with a distribution of over 350,000 copies in China hear about The Word? This is how it all happened: someone from Hong Kong visited Brussels, stumbled upon our Nippon Issue, brought it back to show one of his or her colleagues, who so happened […] Continue
21.01.2010 by Nicholas Lewis
You get in with a preconceived idea. Give it an hour or two and what you had imagined to be the shoot of the decade has changed entirely. For the better... Photography Yassin Serghini, Art direction Melisande McBurnie, Defacto model Lalita Davis For Amazon links: Design Revolution (Thames & Hudson), Continue
