Design September Brussels 2011
Design September Brussels 2011
Design September returns with a month full (from September 8th to 30th 2011) of a series of events (more than 30) about the exciting world of design in various places of the capital. Food, workshops, lectures, debates, tours of galleries and exhibitions and plenty of shopping opportunities are all part of the programme. Designers' Open Doors allows visitors to have exclusive access into a dozen of Brussels' most renowned designers' studios. Additionally, for its fifth anniversary, the Design September festival will host the DESIGNERS WEEKEND is a tour intended for professionals and major fans of design. Punctuated by fifteen places dedicated to design (showrooms, shops and exhibition spaces), this circuit will take place in the heart of Brussels during one weekend (September 24th-25th 2011).
While championing its special features and giving preference to Belgian players, Design September is wide open to the international dimension. This year the festival once again prides itself on welcoming a broad panel of internationally recognised designers. The festival focuses especially on fresh and singular design. A unifying force, this annual event offers a resonance chamber for creativity and for initiatives launched by the design sector in Brussels. In this way the capital of Europe is developing a tradition of avant-garde research and development that it has carried within it since the industrial age, while depending upon its friendly and human image and identity.