Film

UNLABELED. Five Belgian Graphic Design Archives

What happens to the creative memory of a graphic designer? Five Belgian graphic designers exceptionally open the doors to their archives, where the past and present coexist. We visit Miche Wynants, Michel Olyff, Luk Mestdagh, Base Design and Atelier Brenda. The documentary takes us on a visual journey through workspaces and storage areas.

15 May 2026
20:00h
De Cinema, Antwerpen
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As a viewer, you delve into boxes, filing cabinets and digital folders containing decades of iconic designs. Unlabeled bears witness to a human—and sometimes urgent—quest to preserve the value of creative heritage in an era of digital transience.

Is what is not preserved lost forever?

This screening is the Antwerp premiere and will be introduced by Eva Pot (VAi). Afterwards, there will be a Q&A with filmmaker Laura De Baudringhien and Eva Pot.

The event is a collaboration between the Flanders Architecture Institute (VAi) and De Cinema, presented in the context of Antwerp Art Weekend.

UNLABELED. Five Belgian Graphic Design Archives. Still from movie depicting the archive from Michel Olyff. Docu Flanders Architecture Institute (VAi) 2026.

Practical

screening

15.05.2026

time

20:00h

location

De Cinema
Maarschalk Gérardstraat 4
2000 Antwerpen

tickets

Free of admission, reservation via ticketingsystem De Cinema  required

language

NL/FR/ENG (NL/ENG subtitles)

duration

30 min.

credits

Director: Laura De Baudringhien 

Director of Photography: Lissa Van Eesbeeck 

Editor: Simon Cools (Fierlafijn)  

A production by: Vlaams Architectuurinstituut (VAi) 2026

Executive producers: Tine Poot & Eva Pot (VAi) 

Research: Nina Serulus  

With graphic design archives by 

Atelier Brenda 

Base Design 

Luk Mestdagh 

Miche Wynants 

Michel Olyff 

With contributions by: 

Thierry Brunfaut & Dimitri Jeurissen (Base Design) 

Anton de Haan (Catapult) 

Nana Esi (Atelier Brenda) 

François Olyff & Matthieu Olyff 

Joseph Culot & Marguerite Culot  

Colorgrading: Alpenglow 

Sound Mix: Wolf Doyen | scherper  

Translation: Einion Media 

Subtitles: Einion Media 

Graphic design: Sander Vermeulen & Jasmine De Bruycker  

VAi x De Cinema

The event is a collaboration between the Flanders Architecture Institute (VAi) and De Cinema, presented in the context of Antwerp Art Weekend.

with the support of

the Government of Flanders

Accessibility

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