Let’s Talk Design #32 — 11/12 Brussels

Kris Meeusen
— interactive Installations at LAB101

Kris Meeusen is a creative coder and designer with a playful approach to design. As the founder of Lab101, he develops interactive installations, that have been featured at festivals and museums around the globe. His expertise in generative design also allows him to create captivating still and moving images. Kris also shares his knowledge and passion as a teacher of interaction design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.

Frédéric Vanhorenbeke
— strategic brand designer and founder of COAST

His journey began in London, where he designed for the music industry and collaborated with brands like Parlophone, EMI, and Sony Music. That world of rhythm, culture, and bold visuals shaped his approach to branding: immersive, creative, evolving.

After returning from London, he founded Coast with the vision of blending art and commerce. The agency’s clients include LVMH, KANAL Centre Pompidou, Deutsche Bank, FC Metz, BOZAR, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Oxon Technologies, the Belgian National Orchestra, Duvel Moortgat, and Blanc Kara Miami.

Thalia de Jong (NL)
— filmmaker

Thalia de Jong is a Dutch filmmaker perfectionist. She loves making fun and fresh films that glorify her subjects in the most simple way. She hearts everything fluffy and portrays art, fashion and design with a keen eye for detail and a smart sense of style. Thalia studied design at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. She combines her love of design and moving images in her stylized and simplistic approach to filmmaking. Thalia lives in Brussels, Belgium, where she has her own small studio. She teaches film at the Moving Image course at the AKI Enschede, in the Netherlands.