AKTION I in Antwerp is the first guerilla store by the Belgian fashion brand A.F. Vandevorst (designer duo An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx). Vintage hospital beds, a glass medicine cabinet, and X-ray pictures create an extraordinary atmosphere and an interesting backdrop for the beautiful, great quality clothing, shoes, and accessories. They fit perfectly into this unique interior.

The store is selling all A.F. Vandevorst collections: A.F. Vandevorst, A.Friend (the recently introduced more affordable line of jersey and knitwear pieces, inspired by friends of A.F. Vandevorst), Fetish, Nightfall, and Relics.

AKTION I was opened in December 2009, with plans to move to other cities after a few months. Here are some pictures I took at the Antwerp location (Volkstraat 29/31), which will possibly be open until some time in June (date to be confirmed – check their website for updates).

El Perro Del Mar “Change Of Heart” from The Control Group on Vimeo.

El Perro Del Mar‘s Change of Heart (from the album Love Is Not Pop) is a song I can listen to for hours. And the video directed by Filip Nilsson is absolutely beautiful.

A feast for magazine lovers: O.K. Festival / 3 Days of Magazines – a great event in Arnhem three weeks ago (16 – 18 April), with lectures, magazine presentations, debates, workshops, and an exhibition of over 100 independent magazines from all over the world.

This three day festival presented an interesting selection of magazines on photography, art, cinema, fashion, design, and culture, most of them very special and beautiful publications.

I enjoyed the talks about magazine design, co-creation, inspiration, the future of print, and magazine presentations – Glamcult presentation by Rogier Vlaming and Maeb presentation by Martijn Brugman were great, they shared with the audience their very different but equally inspiring stories.

The one and only Athenaeum Nieuwscentrum ran the festival shop.

Some of the magazines shown at the exhibition were: A Magazine, Cabinet, FILE Magazine, It’s Nice That, A Guide Magazine, and mono.kultur. More titles are listed on the festival website.

Here are some pictures I took at the exhibition:

FILE Magazine: