Last February Sint Lucas Antwerpen concluded a three year training programme with the visual arts and music department of PWU in Manila. During these 3 years strong bonds were created between the 2 institutions.
The concluding 2 weeks were 14 intens, but rich in sharing experiences on artistic research. Both the mentors and tutors from Sint Lucas and PWU grew a lot during this trajectory. Together we planed fruitful seeds for artistic research in the Philippines. In the first week we worked on a joint publication. A special edition of Grounds (the name of the research publication at Sint Lucas) was launched. A precious achievement that resulted in 2 unique copies. One can be consulted at the library of PWU, on at the library of Sint Lucas Antwerpen.
Although the ITP trajectory is over, the collaboration has not.We will try to find ways to do so. It was and is an honour to be part of this journey as a Dean.
Placemaking is about people, about living together, about a sense of belonging and carving spaces together, about co- creation and sharing stories. And it is crucial for society, especially now as it enters a new dimension in times of a global pandemic that affects us all. What will placemaking look like after COVID-19? What did we learn and what can we take with us to the future? How will we socialise, move from one place to another, (inter)act with and in public spaces after the pandemic?
We are excited to share that between 7 and 21 April, Experienced Design (being Stefan Kolgen and myself ;-)) will facilitate 4 online meeting of minds on placemaking related to urban design, tourism, arts and digital storytelling. Each session takes about 1hr 30min and includes two presentations followed by discussion and reflection.
If you would ask me to give a good example of what high level cultural tourism can be, then I would without any doubt share the experience we had with the two last 2 editions of the 
As a marketing team we used already the insights of the first survey and the experience we had whilst observing as well as talking to the concert goers in 2019 to create a strategic integrated marketing plan for the festival. Since experience is key, we knew we had to focus on the overall experience. So we used a visitor experience map, mapping all the touch points a concert goer ( being it international and local) has, to implement the pr and marketing strategy.
Delighted and honoured to have been able to contribute as a co-autor to this paper, which 
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In 2017 I had the pleasure to work with the great team of the Erasmus Hogeschool (EhB) – Department of Design and Technology – in Brussels on a new curriculum called 
