Catalog

“Catalog” is a serial publication about cataloging, written by Lieven Lahaye and designed by Ott Metusala. It’s an artist’s book in serial form, published since 2016, currently on its 22nd issue. Issues of “Catalog” have been published to coincide with events, exhibitions and performances at San Serriffe Amsterdam, Kunstverein Amsterdam, Plan B Amsterdam, Colorama Berlin, IIIAA Berlin, Air Berlin Alexanderplatz, Offcourse Brussels, *rile Brussels, Offprint Paris, Tallinn Art Hall… and featured the work of artists, designers and writers such as Kasia Fudakowski, Joke Robaard, Duncan Smith, Phil Baber, Rudy Guedj, Meg Miller…

Lieven Lahaye (1985, Belgium) is an artist and publisher, interested in the value of ephemeral information and amateur practices. He produces printed matter, texts, objects and performances with the aim of cataloging, reactivating, highlighting and sharing information. He’s currently an artist-in-residence at WIELS, Brussels.

Ott Metusala (1988, Estonia) is a graphic designer with a focus on typography, book design and publishing. In addition to various self-initiated and commissioned projects, he is also co-managing the Bookbinding Workshop at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.

Lieven Lahaye, Catalog: collected, Catalog, 2026, © Lieven Lahaye

Draft cover version of our upcoming book (published May 2026)

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Lieven Lahaye, A human being has seen your order, WIELS Affiliate, © Lieven Lahaye

A human being has seen your order brings together drawings, publications, text and sound works produced between 2024 and 2025. The title — a standard notification from the WOLT food delivery app — is kept exactly as it appears on a phone. Detached from its original purpose, it sits somewhere between a status update and a small, strange poem.

At AFFILIATE, printed matter, sound recordings and drawings are arranged to create an active reading and listening environment. Fragments of language, lists, and notations shift between the procedural and the personal, reflecting an ongoing interest in how information is cataloged, circulated and reimagined.

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