Design Biënnale Interieur Kortrijk-10 2012

The Courtray Design Biennale Interieur ( nl, Design Biënnale Interieur Kortrijk) is a major international

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exhibition that takes place once every two years (in even years) in the

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Courtray Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It is the capital and larges ...

(Kortrijk in Dutch). The first Interieur Design Biennale took place in 1968. The Biennale is organised by the Biennale Interieur npo. During the fair, producers and designers present their innovating interior products to a broad cultural, commercial and professional audience. Over the years, the fair has introduced a number of side activities such as the YoungDesignersFair, Design at Work, Exterieur, lectures and debates.

History

The first Design Biennale was held in 1968. The event took place in the 'Halls of Kortrijk', a new exhibition complex near the E17 highway. The event became more and more international during the following decades, and so it became one of the most important

biennales in

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with international acclaim. At the 2012 Design Biennale, the exhibition space came to the city centre for the first time. During this Biennale, not only the halls in

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, but also the brand new Arts Centre in the Buda Factory were used to exhibit new design. A shuttle service connected both exhibition spaces. The Biennale ventured even more in the heart of the city in 2014 with sublime locations such as the Buda Factory, the Buda Tower, the Broelmuseum and the

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. In 2016, Interieur will be centred around

and the site of the Vlasmuseum in the heart of Kortrijk.

Format

The aim of the Biennale Interieur npo is to promote creativity in product development and design, through the means of a major international Biennale, which offers an overview of the most recent developments and the most successful projects in product development and design. The 2012 fair will, for the first time in its history, take place both at the Expo halls and in the city centre, where activities are planned in the Buda Design Factory.

Guests of Honour

World famous design personalities have been invited as guest of honour: *1968: Simon Mari Pruys (NL) *1970: Raymond Loewy (VS) *1972:

Gio Ponti Giovanni "Gio" Ponti ( ͡ʒo18 November 1891 – 16 September 1979) was an Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, teacher, writer and publisher. During his career, which spanned six decades, Ponti built more than a ...

(IT) *1974:

Verner Panton Verner Panton (13 February 1926 – 5 September 1998) is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century furniture and interior designers. During his career, he created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especi ...

(DK/CH) *1976: Gillo Dorfles (IT) *1978:

Philip Rosenthal Philip Rosenthal (born January 27, 1960) is an American television writer and producer who is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the CBS sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (1996–2005). In recent years, he has presented food and tr ...

(DE) *1980:

Jean Prouvé Jean Prouvé (8 April 1901 – 23 March 1984) was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructeur, blending architecture and engineering. Prouvé's main achievement was transferring m ...

(FR) *1982:

Alessandro Mendini Alessandro Mendini (16 August 1931 – 18 February 2019) was an Italian designer and architect. He played an important part in the development of Italian, Postmodern, and Radical design. He also worked, aside from his artistic career, for ''C ...

(IT) *1984:

Herman Liebaers Herman Liebaers (February 1, 1919 in Tienen, Belgium – November 9, 2010 in Jette, Brussels) was a Belgian linguist. He was director general of the central Belgian Royal Library and ''Marshal of the Royal Household'' of the Royal Court of B ...

(BE) *1986:

Philippe Starck Philippe Starck (; born 18 January 1949) is a French industrial architect and designer known for his wide range of designs, including interior design, architecture, household objects, furniture, boats and other vehicles. Life Starck was born on ...

(FR) *1988:

Geert Bekaert Geert Bekaert (1928–2016) was a Belgian architectural critic and writer on art and design. He was one of the most prolific non-fiction writers in the Dutch language of the late 20th-century. As a young man he was for some years a member of the ...

(BE) *1990:

Andrea Branzi Andrea Branzi (, born November 30, 1938) is a Florence-born Italian architect and designer. He currently lives and works in Milan and was a professor and chairman of the School of Interior Design at the Polytechnic University of Milan until 2009. ...

(IT) *1992:

Dieter Rams Dieter Rams (born 20 May 1932) is a German industrial designer and retired academic who is closely associated with the consumer products company Braun, the furniture company Vitsœ, and the functionalist school of industrial design. His unobtru ...

(DE) *1994: Jasper Morrison (UK) *1996:

Jean Nouvel Jean Nouvel (; born 12 August 1945) is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of ''Mars 1976'' and '' Syndicat de l'Architecture'', France’s first labor union for architects. He has o ...

(FR) *1998: Rolf Fehlbaum (CH) *2000: Konstantin Grcic (DE) *2002: Michael Young (UK) *2004: James Irvine (UK) &

Kirsti Paakkanen Kirsti Paakkanen ( Poikonen; 12 February 1929 — 2 November 2021) was a Finnish entrepreneur and business executive. Career Paakkanen studied advertising, and worked for many years in the marketing departments of Finnish retail companies incl ...

(FI) *2006: Alfredo Häberli (CH/ARG) *2008: Jaime Hayon (ES) *2010:

Jun'ya Ishigami (born 1974 in Kanagawa prefecture) is a Japanese architect. He acquired his master's degree in architecture and planning at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 2000. Ishigami worked with Kazuyo Sejima from 2000 to 2004 at SANAA, ...

(JP) *2012: Nendo (Japan), Troika (UK), Studio Makkink & Bey (NL), David Bowen (US),

Ross Lovegrove Ross Lovegrove (born 1958 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh artist and industrial designer. Biography Ross Lovegrove was born in Wales in 1958. He studied at Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University), graduating with a Fi ...

(UK),

Greg Lynn Greg Lynn (born 1964) is an American architect, founder and owner of the Greg Lynn FORM office, an o. University Professor in the Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and a professor at the UCLA School of the Arts a ...

(VS) and Muller Van Severen (BE). *2014: Joseph Grima (GB) *2016: Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen (BE)

Designer of the year award

This ''Designer of the year award'' is awarded by the Biennale Interieur npo in cooperation with style magazines Knack and Le Vif Weekend. This award is supported by the ''

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Images''. *2006

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*2007 Nedda El-Asmar *2008 Stefan Schönin *2009

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*2010 Bram Boo (

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) *2011 Nathalie Dewez (Belgium) *2012

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(Belgium) *2013 Jean-François D'Or (Belgium) *2014 Marina Bautier (Belgium) *2015

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(Belgium)

References

External links

Official Interieur website
{{List of Biennales Belgian contemporary art Design events Art biennials Culture in Kortrijk Recurring events established in 1968 Tourist attractions in West Flanders 1968 establishments in Belgium