May 2010
Human Cities Festival, 6 to 16 May 2010
Brussels will host the first Human Cities Festival in early May, a biannual event dedicated to public space. With BOZAR as its main venue, where a symposium, conferences, exhibitions and happenings will be organized, the festival will also offer a wide roster of events around town; mostly in the public space.
06.05.2010
Opening Night / Pecha Kucha / Exhibition
07–08.05.2010
Symposium / Conferences
Program & booking :
http://festival.humancities.eu
April 2010
Je suis Dada : Between dream and reality
During Milan design week, ABC from Flanders presents “Je suis dada : Between dream and reality”, a touring exhibition about Surrealism and design. An exhibition by Design Flanders, curated by Inge Vranken.
14–19.04.2010
Spazio Herno,
Via Savona 19A,
20144 Milano
Press preview
13.04.2010, 3–6 pm
For more Belgian events in Milan, visit www.lesbelges.org
April 2010
Protecting packaging design ? — 3 Jun
What makes good packaging design — and how can it be protected on the Belgian and international market? In this seminar, experienced consultants specialised in branding and packaging and legal advisors will share advise to young designers and entrepreneurs.
Download the invitation.
Booking: info@promateria.be
Free entry – maximum 40 people
Thursday 3 June 2010
16:30 — 19:30
Creative Space
19, Rue de la Chancellerie
B- 1000 Brussels
January 2010
Craft Wood, 29 Jan — 12 Mar
Creative Space presents an encounter between Kaspar Hamacher & Norayr Khachatryan.
Opening
28.01.2010, 6pm
Exhibition
29.01.2010 — 12.03.2010
Mon to Sun, 11 am – 5 pm
Creative Space
19, Rue de la Chancellerie
B- 1000 Brussels
January 2010
How to start my Own Brand ? — 14 Jan
How to create and build up a brand in the fashion and accessories sector — and protect it on the Belgian and international market? In this seminar, legal experts, renown designers (Hubert Verstraeten, Olivier Strelli, Marie-Laurence Stevigny) and experimented consultants specialised into branding and visual identity will share advise to aspiring and young designers and entrepreneurs.
Download the invitation.
Online booking required (maximum capacity of 40 people)
Thursday 14 January
16:30 — 19:30
Creative Space
19, Rue de la Chancellerie
B- 1000 Brussels
December 2009
Thalen & Thalen Mandarin Balls, 21 Dec — 23 Jan
Creative Space presents a window-installation by Thalen & Thalen.
Exhibition
21.12.2009 — 23.01.2010
Creative Space
19, Rue de la Chancellerie
B- 1000 Brussels
December 2009
Designr.rdv, 11—13 December
Fashion, design, jewellery and contemporary accessories… About fifty designers will be at Thewhitehotel, selling their latest creations.
The theme of this year is ‘Spicy imperial’, making for the most exotic Christmas shopping experience.
December 2009
Designer.rdv Hong Kong, 3—5 December
Brandequity, agent for RougeDesign/TL Magazine and Pro Materia in Hong Kong / Asia, is organising two events during the Business of Design Week in Hong Kong, 3-5/12/2009, on the French pavilion as well as in the ‘off’ events Détour organised by the Ambassadors of Design in HK.
September 2009
Luc Druez : Metamorphosis, 16 Sept—31 Oct
In the framework of Design September 2009, Creative Space hosts Luc Druez’s textile creations, a limited edition of fabrics made from “hijacked” technical fibers, mixing textile and copper. With the support of Detrois.
Learn more (pdf)
Creative Space
19, Rue de la Chancellerie
B- 1000 Brussels
Opening
Tuesday 15/09/2009, 6 pm
Exhibition
16/9/2009 — 31/10/2009
Daily open (except on Sunday)
from 11 am – 5 pm
Workshop : Sustainable Copper for Living
Workshop on the beneficial effects of copper and its applications in the LcD textile collection, with Luc Druez, Benoît Dôme (EU Building Wire Manager / European Copper Institute) and Lise Coirier (Pro Materia).
Tuesday 22/09/2009, from 6 to 7.30 pm
Please register in advance (free entry) by writing to claude@promateria.be (maximum capacity of 40 people)
September 2009
Commerce Design Brussels
Commerce Design Brussels 2009 is a competition that rewards the quality of the interior and exterior design of shops in Brussels and promotes the talent of the city’s best designers and architects.
Discover the winners on www.commercedesignbrussels.be
Workshop : Invest in Retail Design
With Ann De Kelver and Gwenaël Hanquet, followed by the launch cocktail of Commerce Design Brussels 2010.
Tuesday 29/9/2009, From 3 until 8 pm.
June 2009
OVO editions / Pol Quadens, 25 June—12 Sept
OVO Editions is the label for the design furniture collection by Pol Quadens. Produced in Corian® and carbon fiber in his Brussels workshop, this collection reflects the search for beauty, balance and purity of the Belgian designer. Go and see also his public design installation “Les Portes Louise” on the Pro Winko site bd de Waterloo in Brussels.
Learn more (pdf)
Exhibition
25/6/2009 – 12/9/2009
Creative Space
19, Rue de la Chancellerie
B- 1000 Brussels
Finissage conference : Drawings and materials
Friday 11/9/2009, 6 pm.
Presented by Pol Quadens in French with English slides.
Please register in advance (free entry) by writing to claude@promateria.be (maximum capacity of 40 people)
June 2009
Charlotte Walry : Jeu
An encounter between Charlotte Walry, a graduate from the textile design studio of the Brussels Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the fashion designer Chrystl Fischer. For the past two years (the two years of her Master’s degree) Charlotte Walry has been developing a highly innovative technique within textile creation. The result obtained is a range of subtle up-market materials involving an elaborate play of depth and graphic effects within the fabric. The aim was then to apply that research to the fashion making process.
Exhibition
15/06/2009 – 19/06/2009
Daily open (except on Sunday)
from 10 am – 6 pm , until 9 pm on June 16
Creative Space
19, Rue de la Chancellerie
B- 1000 Brussels
May 2009
Living Silver
From 20 March 2009 to 10 June 2009, contemporary silverware designers Thalen & Thalen and Mei Lee present a selection of their work at the Creative Space in Brussels.
Creative Space
19, Rue de la Chancellerie
B- 1000 Brussels
Cha Tao (Special tea ceremony)
30 April 2009 – 16:00
Plesase book by writing to claude@promateria.be
May 2009
How can a Designer Protect his Work ?
What are the best practices to optimize the protection and value of your design products ? In this workshop, experts and reknown furniture designers will share advise to aspiring and young designers.
Download the invitation.
Online booking required (maximum capacity of 40 people)
Thursday 7 May 2009
16:30 — 19:30
Creative Space
19, Rue de la Chancellerie
B- 1000 Brussels
April 2009
Authentic Belgian Creativity in Milan
For the third year in a row Pro Materia helps putting together the Authentic Belgian Creativity exhibition during the Milan design week. ABC is an initiative of Design Flanders and Flanders Investment and Trade. This year, 11 designers are on show, in the Zona Tortona and on Salone Satellite.
Zona Tortona
Spazio Herno — Via Savona 19a
April 22nd to 27th 2009
11 am – 10 pm
Press preview
21 April from 3 to 6 pm
ABC Party (on invitation)
23 April from 7 to 10 pm
March 2009
Fashion Management & Fashion Design studies in Paris
The Institut Français de la Mode presents its different learning programs in fashion management and fashion design during an exclusive workshop in Brussels.
Thursday 26 March 2009
18:00 — 21:00
Creative Space
19, rue de la Chancellerie
B- 1000 Brussels
January 2009
TL Magazine
We launch the first issue of Textile & Living, the Belgian quarterly magazine for fashion, design and retail professionals published by RougeDesign. In this first issue, published both in French and Dutch, we focus on the invasion of technical textiles in the worlds of fashion, design and architecture, on the rise of the cradle to cradle movement and we dissect the history and the future of feminine underwear.
January 2009
Anna Torfs
From 13 December 2008 to 28th February 2009, contemporary glassware designer Anna Torfs presents a selection of her work at the brand new Creative Space in Brussels.
Creative Space
Rue de la Chancellerie – Kanselarijstraat 19
B- 1000 Brussels
November 2008
Public Design with Tôlerie Forézienne
Pro Materia helps Tôlerie Forézienne make cities more human. By organizing a contest amongst Belgian and French designers, six prototypes of urban furniture have been produced and were exhibited at the “International Design Biennial of Saint-Etienne in November 2008.
Most of the pieces are made from thermo lacquered stainless steel and finished with ecological paint. Designboom has a beautiful article about it.
The initiative is also nominated for the Index Award Denmark 2009, Section Community. The results for these prizes will be known in June 2009.
August 2008
Oeverture 2008
During Oeverture, in September 2008, Pro Materia presented the textile design section of the ACA-ESA from Brussels and two installations by Els Jacobs (pictured above) and Adeline Beaudry, both textile designers and winners of the Vitrine pour un designer prize in the MIAT in Ghent.
May 2008
Intérieur/extérieur
From January to May 2008, we were asked by Iselp (Brussels, B) to organize a cycle of design conversations, on Thursday nights. Lise Coirier intimatly led the discussions with top creatives and actors of the design field.
17 Jan. 08 – Marie-Laurence Stevigny, belgian fashion accessories designer
21 Feb. 08 – Michel Penneman, interior architect and pioneer in the Belgian field of architectural 3D imagery
13 Mar. 08 – Thierry Belenger, collector of historical Belgian and international design pieces and curator of modern design exhibitions at the Atomium and Fondation pour l’Architecture, Brussels
24 Apr. 08 – Piet Stockmans, master of contemporary porcelain
15 May 08 – Anne Derasse, interior architect
More info (pdf)
May 2008
Tw!st
Tw!st – une conférence, en français, sur les tendances art de vivre 09-10 présentées par l’agence parisienne NellyRodi, suivie d’une visite guidée de l’exposition Pierre Paulin au Grand-Hornu Images.
November 2007
Parckdesign 2007
Parckdesign is a call for entries for the design of urban furniture initiated by Brussels Environment, the public institution responsible for Brussels’ parks. Pro Materia assisted in the organisation of the edition that took place in 2007, bringing the competition to a new height thanks to a public vote and the edition of a worldwide-distributed book.
December 2006
Thewhitehotel Belgian Designer Rooms
In 2006, Pro Materia started a collaboration with TheWhiteHotel, which has been lasting ever since. Before the opening of the hotel in November 2006, we selected one designer for each one of the 60 rooms of the hotel, under the “Belgian Designers Rooms” moto. Each of them exhibits one of his designs, often in a “limited” white edition. The selection of designers is frequently updated, and can be consulted on a dedicated website.
Some of the pieces can also be bought by customers and other design-addicts on the award-winning thewhitehotelselection.com shop.
Thewhitehotel soon grew to become Brussels’ most famous design hotel, while maintaining accessible prices, nurturing the local design scene and having a record-braking occupancy rate.
June 2006
Instant
Within the Year of Fashion and Design 2006, Designed in Brussels and Pro Materia organised Instant, an exhibition featuring, in parallel to the work of three contemporary belgian designers, the history of the Design Centre 1964-1986. Posters designed by Michel Olyff, an exhibition timeline and all kinds of unique documents were exhibited in the Ravenstein Gallery in Brussels, the former location of the Design Center, which used to attract around 90.000 visitors per year in the 60s and 70s and was part of the international design scene.
May 2006
Materia.lise.design online design magazine
During a brief period from May 2006 to January 2007, Pro Materia held an online magazine called materia.lise.design. A premise, if you like, of the later TL magazine (on paper this time).
The archives of this e-magazine are still online.
October 2005
Label-design.be
From 16 October 2005 to 16 February 2006, Grand-Hornu Images hosted the exhibition “Label-Design.be – Design in Belgium after 2000”. In the framework of the 175th anniversary of Belgium, this joint initiative of Pro Materia, Design Flanders and Grand-Hornu Images showed the recent works of 135 Belgian designers. The exhibition was accompanied with a book, that most notably questioned the existence of a “Belgian design” or “design from Belgium”.