EDITORIAL PROJECTS
book design, websites...
These early investigations into information architecture gradually evolved into artistic research on language, signs and systems, continuing today through projects such as the Colour Archive and LAb[au]'s artist's books.
cartographies
visual indexes
time-based navigators
semantic maps
archives, taxonomies, categories
2001 - hisTHORy (digital choreography)
Design and development of a time-based website for the dance company Thor.
2001 - cityScapes
An online cartographic navigator for a discussion forum, revealing a dynamic keyword index through the manipulation of a spatial interface.
2000 - Daniel Buren, Practice
An interactive cartographic navigator developed for the solo exhibition at encore...bruxelles.
2000 - Daniel Buren, Catalogue Raisonné
Concept and design of a catalogue composed of detachable files with a visual indexing system.
2000 - tout d'edge
A real-time 3D Möbius interface transforming the history of Mass Moving into a continuous navigational strip.
1999 - encore...bruxelles
Design and development of a cartographic and sonic website for the exhibition platform.
1999 - Worldebt, you can count on it
A collaboration with the American artist John Knight, revealing the financial structures of debt through the interactive editing of a bank card.
1997 - MetaLab
Our first award-winning online interface, transforming a hyperbolic tree structure into an intuitive cartographic navigator.
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Commissioned articles
These commissioned articles and regular columns marked the emergence of the conceptual vocabulary that continues to shape LAb[au]'s artistic practice.
information architecture
cartographies
hypertext
GUI semiotics
topology
cognition
2019 - Daily Computations (fr, en)
Essay for Art Même, Belgian art magazine.
2003 - spazio e.mozione (it)
Essay for l'ARCA, Italian architecture magazine, December issue 187
2003 - Lo spazio sonoro (it)
Essay for l'ARCA, Italian architecture magazine, May issue 181
2003 - La definizione di una disciplina, MetaDeSIGN (it)
Essay for l'ARCA, Italian architecture magazine, February issue 178
2002 - Soundscapes (fr, nl, en)
Essay for A+, Belgian architecture magazine, February issue 173
2001 - e.motional space (fr, nl, en)
Essay for A+, Belgian architecture magazine, December issue 172
2001 - cityscapes (fr, nl)
Essay for A+, Belgian architecture magazine, October issue 171
2001 - mind spaces (fr, nl)
Essay for A+, Belgian architecture magazine, April issue 169
2001 - l'hypertexte comme système comportemental (fr)
Essay for Inside Internet, Belgian technology magazine
2001 - Mind Expander (en)
Essay introducing a new series on media cognition
2001 - i-tube, building connectivity (en)
Essay on space, interfaces and knowledge
2000 - Recombinant Realities (fr, nl)
Essay for A+, Belgian architecture magazine, December issue 167
2000 - info.architects (fr, nl)
Essay for A+, Belgian architecture magazine, October issue 166
2000 - Cyborgs & Avatars (fr, nl)
Essay for A+, Belgian architecture magazine, August issue 165
2000 - L'hypertexte comme métaconstruction (fr)
Essay for Inside Internet, Belgian technology magazine, July issue 35
2000 - Les Graphical User Interfaces (fr, nl)
Essay for Inside Internet, Belgian technology magazine, June issue 34
2000 - Espace-temps-information, topographie du réseau (fr, nl)
Essay for Inside Internet, Belgian technology magazine, April issue 31
2000 - G.U.I., le langage performatif de l'écran (fr, nl)
Essay for A+, Belgian architecture magazine, April issue 163
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2000 - infospaces, la cartographie des réseaux (fr, nl)
Essay for A+, Belgian architecture magazine, January issue 161
1999 - Les G.U.I, l'espace d'interaction et d'immersion (fr)
1999 - Le cyberespace lisse et strié, les topographies virtuelles (fr)
1999 - Avatararchitecture, l'anthropomorphologie digitale (fr)
1999 - Réalités augmentées, les degrés de virtualité (fr)
1999 - L'interfaçage comme espace actif (fr, en)
1999 - Data Mining, l'espace digital (fr)