Street – Straat
Froissart straat / Schuman plein Found on: http://www.loughrigg.org/belgium/ In the absence of a proper street name sign, somebody put up this substitute! This is where Rue Froissart leaves the Schuman roundabout, in the heart of the EU district in Brussels – both the European Commission and the Council of the European Union (Council of Ministers) […] more…
Klink, poigné
Ladies room, Bozar / Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles Bilingual alteration on a note pasted inside the women’s toilets of the Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, explaining how this doorknob works in dutch and french. To close the door Push the button in the middle To open the door Turn button handle to the right If […] more…
DE/Het
Passage to metro Rogier, shopping center City II A tiny correction made to this message of the ING bank, stating that the Ministery of Internal Affairs no longer permits the bank to receive enveloppes which contain coins in its nightsafe. ‘DE cliënteel’ is changed to ‘Het’. more…
Boo/erderij
Ferme du parc Maximilien, Chaussee d’Anvier / Antwerpse Steenweg, crossing Boulevard Boudewijn Laan On a multiplex plate, attached to the entrance gate of the children’s farm in the small Parc Maximilien, the word Boerderij; Dutch for Farm, has been spelled incorrectly with two O’s as BOOrderij. Using woodpaste and some extra cutting the second O […] more…
Split BUS
Avenue de la Couronne New pavement at a busstop has transformed the B, U and S to abstract striping. Pimped or confused ? more…
Geld/t
At the service desk of the Mediamarkt Rue Neuve I saw this corrected message. A waiting customer had added this ‘t’ to a Dutch verb which was not spelled correctly. Now it is better. more…
Split beast
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kruid / kruis
Address changed from Kruid (=herb) kade to Kruis (=cross) kade Rotterdam more…
Hr=uur
Ingang legermuseum, Parc du Cinquantenaire more…
Gro(o)te
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Con/mfort
Perron direction sud, Pre Metro Gare Rogier See also: M (NL+E) = N (F) http://www.constantvzw.com/westenberg_archive/cat_unilingual_etudes.html#000954 more…
Cassier(e)
Kassa 12, FNAC, Rue Neuve more…
Sculpture Genetique
A scetch by Jacques Lizene for a Genetic Sculpture. It shows a morph between the Walone Cock and the Flamish Lion. On the left side: the original idea from 1984: a cock with the legs of a lion, the right side shows the ‘remake’ from 1989: a lion with the legs of a cock. Although […] more…
Für het pays
A design for a publicity strategy comunicating in a mix of the three official Belgian languages. It was designed to announce the change in constitution on the ocassion of the official transformation of Belgium to a Federation. The design is part of the exhibition De Belgische Vertoning 1830 – 2005, Symbols, Rituals and Myths in […] more…
Confisseres + I
Rue Vanderstichelen, corner P.V.Jacobsstraat more…
G…..at
Corner Rue de l’instruction and Rue Georges Moreau This streetcorner caught my attention because of the obvious way the new plate is put right on top of the one it replaces. Rather then erasing memories of past times, this replacement emphasises the renewal / correction which was carried out. Going by the bits of the […] more…
U(w)
Rue Royale more…
Portes-deur + chassis-ramen
Augustijnenstraat more…
Poitri(n)ne + oreille(s) tombante(nt)
Rue de la paix more…
From -vel to -val
Rue de Rivoli 56 or 58 more…
Duo dial
O.L.V.V.de Zavel, Regentschapstraat The black permanent marker ink which was used to write a changed telephone number has bleached in the sunlight. The old number once again becomes visible. more…
Comfort m (NL+E) = n (F) Confort
Contrary to English and Dutch, comfort is written in French with an ‘N’. Here on the Chaussee d’Ixelles it is corrected to proper French. The other way around happens as well: here’s a correction to Dutch from 2005 to a sign of the public transport company: more…
Hors dehors
KBC, Rue Antoine Dansaert / Oude Graanmarkt more…
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