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MultiDesign is the most complete range of premium uncoated paper in Europe. You have three shades to choose from – White, Natural and Ivory. Then choose a surface, Original or Smooth. One for a generous paper feel, one for better picture printing. Then choose substances – for business cards, stationery, correspondence cards, leaflets, brochures, catalogues, etc. Finally, choose the envelopes you need. And then you’re done.

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In the mid 16th century Christopher Plantin started his printing business and his excellent typographical quality soon distinguished him from his competitors. Exploring this graphical world of early typography, many of Plantin’s old fonts are related to the ones we use every day at our computers. For example, one of today’s most common typefaces, Garamond, tracks all the way back to Plantin. He found and bought this family of fonts that still is considered to be the height of typographical elegance.

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All type is, more or less, influenced by its time: technical conditions as well as the tools, the society and its fashion. The birthplace of modern typography is found in Antwerpen, at the museum of Plantin-Moretus. The museum houses the rarest tools from the industry’s history. Everything from the oldest printing presses in the world to exceptional complete collections font sets and dies. Entering this museum is entering over 400 years of printing activity. In other words, pure heaven for anyone working with paper.

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So clean it becomes frightening, so rough it still got soul

Since Paul Boudens graduated, as a graphic designer and illustrator, from St. Lucaspaviljoen in 1991 he had his design tentacles in almost every arena of Antwerpen’s design scene. And no wonder why – his work is abstract yet in your face. Different techniques of shapes and typefaces translate into striking visuals, graphic explosions far above any design you’ve probably seen before. By combining horror and elegance, he constantly creates the momentum that’s so typical for his art.

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It’s not a style, it’s an attitude

Almost thirty years ago, six rebel designers emerged to change the international fashion scene. Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dries Van Noten, Dirk
Bikkembergs, Marina Yee and Dirk Van Saene were the sextet who graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. They came to be known as the Antwerp Six, after
introducing their radical, stylistically extremely diverse, collections at the British Designer Show in 1987. Today the vogue world of fashion is crying for serious designers who dare to go their own way. And if there is anything that Antwerpen is delivering, it’s this kind of idiosyncratic talents.

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Walter’s World

Walter van Beirendonck is arguably the most unorthodox of the Antwerp Six. From the get-go in the early 80s his avant-garde, big bold strokes has painted the Antwerpen fashion scene in vibrant and playful colours. Walter is a multidisciplinary being; in addition to his flamboyant exhibitions and signature collections, he designs children’s books. He’s been a teacher at the Academy for 25 years. In the spirit of the typical Antwerpen fashion dogma, he demands total commitment to fashion and individuality.

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Architectonic masterpieces

The architectural side of Antwerpen is, least to say, varied. Beautiful historical facades are preserved and supplemented with ultra-modern architecture. Gothic guild houses with typical large-scale ornaments, like the impressive cathedral Onze Lieve Vrouw, sit next to inflated Art Nouveau buildings. Another notable building is the sleek courthouse that was built in 2006 – an enormous sculpture rising into the sky with its
sails, covered in a cascade of steel and glass.

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