Occupation: Designer, MAD Brussels (BE)

The OCCUPATION: DESIGNER exhibition is an opportunity to present the work of some of the most creative minds, with "Made in Brussels" projects and to reveal the diversity of design without borders. It shows a multitude of visions developed by a group of designers who live and work in Brussels, and who work all over the world. At a time when Design Thinking has penetrated most areas of contemporary society, we have deliberately chosen to present different fields of design under one roof. We thus wish to shed light on the complexity of the practice and its essential influence on a wide range of fundamental innovations in various fields, all oriented towards improving our living and working conditions, from the resolution of problems linked to products, urban planning, social progress and the development of identity, right down to open source and even culinary design. Brussels inspires ...

The English word "occupation" as used in the title can be read as "occupation" or as "a way of passing time", but at the same time it defines the action of entering a building and take control of it, thus expressing the various layers of the name “designer”. We welcome the fact that these different visions can sometimes be contrasting, even contradictory, as design opens up a multitude of avenues for creativity, driven by the desire to actually improve and make people's lives easier.

Participating artists: Annelys de Vet, Bas Smets, Benjamin Loyauté, Openstructures, Laurence Soetens and Xavier Lust

Curated in collaboration with DAMNATION

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