Welcome
Welcome to ICA Belgium’s Colour News, bringing you news about interdisciplinary colour research, and colour related developments and events. We are happy to have you here.
Interdisciplinary Colour Association Belgium (ICA Belgium) is a non-profit association founded in 2016 in Belgium, run entirely by volunteers. It provides a platform for colour research and knowledge dissemination in the field of science, art, design and industry in relation to colour.
We organise conferences, seminars, lectures, courses, forums, study groups, field trips and online Colour Talks.
ICA Belgium is a regular member of AIC (International Colour Association). More information about our past and upcoming events can be found on the events page.
CONTACT
Feel free to contact us:
Jeannette Hanenburg
Maja Kaurin
Inez Michiels
ica@ica-belgium.org
ICA-Belgium
Esmoreitlaan 47
2050 Antwerpen – BE
HR 674.992.019
ICA-Belgium Board
Inez Michiels
is a professor of Colour and Semantic Design at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre in Brussels, as well as a visiting professor for graphic designers at MICA, Baltimore USA, and a visiting professor at the interior architecture and industrial design departments of the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Inez is co-founder and president of CITY OF 8, a design semantics research association. She has spent over 30 years studying the meaning and affective effects of non-verbal language. Several companies and design agencies have drawn on her expertise. She’s the author of numerous articles and books, as well as the Design Semantics Database. Concurrently, she is a co-founder and board member of the Belgian Interdisciplinary Colour Association ICA-Belgium.
Maja Kaurin
is a multidisciplinary designer working in architectural, interior and colour design, creating environments that optimise human health and wellbeing. She holds a degree in Architecture from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture and an MSc in Colour Dynamics (Environmental Colour Design) from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Architecture. She is working on urban rehabilitation projects designing urban colour plans and chromatic city maps, as well as designing public and residential buildings. She is interested in the methodologies of (urban) colour mapping and participatory design involving local communities. She is vice president of the Belgian Colour Association (ICA-Belgium) and a member of AIC Study Groups on Environmental Colour Design and Colour Education.
Jeannette Hanenburg
is the founder of the ColourProfessionals Institute in Antwerp, a training centre for colour specialists, with a diverse offer of courses and training in the field of colour. She believes that a real understanding of colour can only be achieved by experiencing the interactions of colour and that it involves lifelong learning. Jeannette is a member of AIC and its 4 international study groups on Colour Education, Environmental Colour Design, The Language of Colour, and Arts & Design. She is a co-founder of the Belgian Colour Association ICA-Belgium. Besides working with colour, Jeannette loves to travel. These travels are often with a colour theme. She likes to visit conferences, trade fairs and exhibitions at home and abroad to keep abreast of new developments in the field of trends and colour.
ICA Belgium’s Colour News and why to subscribe
By subscribing you will get our newsletters straight into your inbox. You will also get a full access to the newsletter and publication archives.
Subscription is free and will always stay free.
Be part of a community of people who share the interest in colour and get to know other colour professionals and colour lovers!
If you wish to support ICA-Belgium and enable us to continue offering free online Colour Talks and colour related information and accessible colour education, consider to either become an ICA-Belgium member, a paid subscriber on a monthly (€ 5) or yearly (€ 45) basis, or a sponsor of our Colour News for a year. See the options here.
What is in it for you?
All paid subscribers (monthly and yearly), sponsors and ICA-Belgium members:
a members only Chat Group, where you can get to know other colour professionals, share about your work, develop opportunities for collaboration and contribute to a dynamic colour platform.
Additional benefits for ICA Belgium members, paid yearly subscribers and sponsors:
discounts for our events and workshops
your colour related news published in our newsletter
opportunity to be featured in an article / interview about your colour related work in our newsletter
We look forward to building a community of colour lovers with you!
Stay up-to-date
Never miss an update - every new post is sent directly to your email inbox. For a spam-free, ad-free reading experience, plus audio and community features, get the Substack app.
To learn more about the tech platform that powers this publication, visit Substack.com.
