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The Courtray Design Biennale Interieur () is a major international
design A design is the concept or proposal for an object, process, or system. The word ''design'' refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent, and is sometimes used to refer to the inherent nature of something ...
exhibition that takes place once every two years (in even years) in the Belgian city of Courtray (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 In the art world, a biennale ( , ; ), is a large-scale international contemporary art exhibition. The term was popularised by the Venice Biennale, which was first held in 1895, but the concept of such a large scale, and intentionally internationa ...
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
design A design is the concept or proposal for an object, process, or system. The word ''design'' refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent, and is sometimes used to refer to the inherent nature of something ...
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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. In 2016, Interieur will be centred around
Kortrijk Xpo Kortrijk Xpo is one of the biggest multi-purpose indoor arenas and convention centres in the Benelux, covering some (2009).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 Raymond Loewy ( , ; November 5, 1893 – July 14, 1986) was a French-born American industrial designer who achieved fame for the magnitude of his design efforts across a variety of industries. He was recognized for this by ''Time'' magazi ...
(VS) *1972:
Gio Ponti Giovanni "Gio" Ponti (; 18 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 hu ...
(IT) *1974: Verner Panton (DK/CH) *1976: Gillo Dorfles (IT) *1978: Philip Rosenthal (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 Italians, Italian designer and architect. He played an important part in the development of Italian, Postmodern architecture, Postmodern, and Radical period, Radical design. He a ...
(IT) *1984: Herman Liebaers (BE) *1986: Philippe Starck (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 (30 November 1938 – 9 October 2023) was an Italian architect, designer, and academic. He was born and raised in Florence, though he lived and worked in Milan for much of his career. He was a professor and chairman of the School ...
(IT) *1992:
Dieter Rams Dieter Rams (born 20 May 1932) is a German industrial designer who is most closely associated with the consumer products company Braun (company), Braun, the furniture company Vitsœ, and the functionalism (architecture), functionalist school of ...
(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 ob ...
(FR) *1998: Rolf Fehlbaum (CH) *2000: Konstantin Grcic (DE) *2002: Michael Young (UK) *2004: James Irvine (UK) & Kirsti Paakkanen (FI) *2006: Alfredo Häberli (CH/ARG) *2008: Jaime Hayon (ES) *2010:
Jun'ya Ishigami (born 1974 in Kanagawa prefecture) is a Japanese architect. Ishigami completed his master's degree in architecture and planning at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 2000. Between 2000 and 2004, he worked with Kazuyo Sejima at ...
(JP) *2012: Nendo (Japan), Troika (UK), Studio Makkink & Bey (NL), David Bowen (US), Ross Lovegrove (UK), Greg Lynn (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 '' Design Museum Gent'' and '' Grand-Hornu Images''. *2006 Alain Berteau *2007 Nedda El-Asmar *2008 Stefan Schönin *2009 Sylvain Willenz *2010 Bram Boo (
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) *2011 Nathalie Dewez (Belgium) *2012 Alain Gilles (Belgium) *2013 Jean-François D'Or (Belgium) *2014 Marina Bautier (Belgium) *2015 Muller Van Severen (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