The flat collages of Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen, the coloured pencil drawings by architects de vylder vinck taillieu, the layered bas-reliefs by Bovenbouw: after a decade of photorealistic renders, drawing seems to be making a full comeback. What does this return of seemingly analogue techniques – often labelled ‘post-digital’ imagery – signify?

The concept of ‘post-digital’ has taken on various meanings in recent years. Generally speaking, the term refers to a popular type of imagery in its own right, disseminated primarily on social media: a hybrid of collage, model and painting. More specifically, the term also seems to refer to an underlying shift in the representation of architecture: the originally enthusiastic embrace of the 3D model and accompanying photorealistic render is gradually giving way to a more pragmatic approach. In this context, the distinction between digital and analogue is no longer relevant; instead, images move fluidly between computer screens, model-making spaces and drawing boards.