T H E  F A N Z I N E

A publication for creatives in motion

A fanzine is a publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest.

Our phenomenon is called floral design and if you are among those who share the...

EMC is all about YOU!

YOUR KNOWLEDGE – YOUR SUCCESS – OUR PASSION.

EMC is not a floral workshop, nor a series of tutorials. I

t’s not exactly a school, per se, and it certainly isn’t offering any recipes for people to replicate.

It’s not really a masterclass,...

Interview with Orit Hertz

Instructor. Event designer. Conscious creative. Freelance florist. Artist. Teacher.

Orit Hertz School of Design and Flower Arrangement opened in Israel, in 2009 to offer professional level courses on flower arrangement at the highest level, in a pastoral setting and for...

Creativity Is An Action, Not A Feeling!

Tomas De Bruyne is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker and teacher.

Co-founder and director of European Master Certification, a unique program aiming to empower designers from all over the world to grow and expand their creativity. He is a very...

EMC GO LIVE EVENT

Connection & Interaction Through Flowers

We are all part of a blessed group of people whose professional, and sometimes personal, life evolves around flowers, whether we call ourselves florists, designers, artists, passionate, amateurs, teachers or students,...

Ikebana inspiration

featuring Sherene S. Tan, AIFD EMC and Keith Stanley, EMC

The featured designers are members of the EMC Core Team as Coaches, experienced florists and wonderful people that share a common passion for one of the most ancient schools of floral design in the world, Ikebana....

Learning is an experience!

The most successful people are always in the learning zone, improving themselves all the time.

European Master Certification is an educational program, and, as accustomed, at the end of it, on graduation day, each student gets a diploma. There is an exam, that takes...

Business as creative endeavour

Enter the world of being a successful entrepreneur

Christi Lopez is a very talented floral designer, a successful business woman and a creative entrepreneur. Her experience and commitment to always strive for the better are attributes that make her style...

Techniques should be seen as actions!

by Tomas De Bruyne

A technique is defined by a verb as it is an action you perform to achieve a certain result. Design is a combination of techniques aimed at expanding creative possibilities! We believe that as designers we are always on the lookout for...

EMC Team perspectives

Different approaches to creativity

EMC Coaches and Teachers contribute with their perspectives in a joint interview to share diverse, yet unified views on creativity, education and growth in floral design. We hope to fire up inspiration and have you consider EMC as a unique...

Transforming education

 EMC brings along blended learning in floral education

We are each different, unique, grown in an organic way and this concept stands as a foundation on how the European Master Certification has built a learning process that, ultimately, empowers...

Education for business 

Aiming to help florists surpass the Covid crisis

Michael Bourguignon is the "chief website guru and chief business person" for Bourguignon Floristas in Madrid, his family company that was established in Spain in 1930, after moving from the Netherlands. He...