Base

About

One network. Five studios. A company of cultures. We turn cultural collisions into clarity — and clarity into brands that endure.
We thrive on difference. Each studio speaks with its own voice, built on a shared methodology. The conversation between them keeps us evolving; a network that learns from itself.
Every brand is a culture. We get to what makes it real, then give it form with honesty and personality. Less decoration, more meaning.
Markets shift. Technology moves fast. Culture keeps rewriting the rules. So we design brands as living systems: resilient, adaptive, built to remain iconic.
You work directly with the makers—strategists, designers, technologists. No middle layers. With Base Digital, our AI and tech team, we fuse invention and craft to keep brands sharp for what’s next.
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Base BRUSSELS

is where it all began, and never quite settled

Ch. de Forest 62/5 1060 Brussels, Belgium
+32 2 219 00 82

Base Brussels is the motherhouse, founded in the 90s at La Cambre Art School by Dimitri Jeurissen and Thierry Brunfaut, who proved design could be conceptual without losing common sense. Operating today from a renovated former hat factory in downtown Brussels, it serves as the European hub of the network, projecting influence and momentum across borders. Specializing in non-specializing, BRU moves fluidly across sectors, combining research, narrative intelligence, and human-centered processes that have shaped the entire Base group and the brands it partners with. Its work spans cultural institutions such as KANAL Centre Pompidou, Grand Palais, La Monnaie Opera as well as brands including Birkenstock, Caudalie, and Maison Dandoy. Anchored in storytelling and wit rather than a defined visual style, the studio is now led by a new generation of Basers rewriting the original script.

Meet the basers

Jeroen VrankenDirector of GrowthBrussels

For Jeroen, all the world’s a stage. Hailing from Antwerp and raised throughout the rich landscapes of Flanders, Jeroen has always had a fascination for eclectic curiosities. With his family's frequent relocations within Belgium, he cultivated strong social skills from a young age, continually crafting new friendships. During his boyhood days, quests were his currency, sometimes driving him to daring escapades, like pillaging apples from a neighborhood orchard and peddling them on street corners with his cousins. It was during these formative years that Jeroen's vivid imagination laid the foundation for his affinity for storytelling, which he channels through various artistic mediums. Photography, his silent narrative, captures worlds without words or melodies – a skill he honed through a Master's in Photography from Kask in Ghent. Another form of spinning yarns takes shape in music, where he’s center stage in two bands, lending his voice to both. From hardcore punk to the metal scene, heavy music has always offered him a cathartic release for his emotions, fostering a sense of unity and dialogue. His love for creative expression brought him to Base, where his role as Growth Director allows him to be a catalyst of sorts for sharing Base’s inventive artistry with the world. And, in case you're wondering, Jeroen is an amateur kebab connoisseur.

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