Belgium is Design will exhibit this week at SaloneSatellite as part of Salone del Mobile.Milano – a special event that celebrates the work of young designers under 35.
13 Belgian studios will present their work under the banner of “Belgium is Design”, in the collective’s 15th year of organising a Belgian delegation for the show. The strength of this collective is in the richness and diversity of the young designers profiled, as well as the range of materials with which they work – from woven textiles to refined wood, marble scraps or steel, traditional techniques combined with industrial know-how, and hybrid design that is more human-centric.
The studios represented are:
Ahokpe + Chatelin – a Brussels-based textile research and production studio founded by Estelle Chatelin and Georges Ahokpe. The duo will present Ku Do Azo – a hanging bed, designed and handwoven in Benin.
Coseincorso – a multi-disciplinary design studio founded by Marzia Cerio and Marwann Frikach. For their first collection, the designers focused on aspect of isolation, simple ways of life and a relationship with nature and spirituality.
Emma Terweduwe – a textile designer and artist specialising in jacquard weaving. Emma present Gradient, a reversible and multi-functional jacquard woven rug, and Grid, a new series of home textiles with jacquard woven in wool, mohair and cotton.
Esther De Vos – a multi-talented designer, Esther creates, welds and develops her own designs into one-of-a-kind pieces. Emma interprets Magazine Rack as a multi-functional piece of furniture with its own playful features.
Fersasos – a studio specialised in creating high-end lighting designs for residential, commercial and public spaces. The Shell light brings the beauty and elegance of nature into any space, with an adjustable design that allows you to control the light entering the room.
Joe Sterck – a designer with an experimental approach, who operates on the intersection between furniture and sculpture. Joe presents the Speculum table – an aluminium table with a mirrored top that can be lifted from its pedestal and put in a horizontal position.
Mahaut Van Peel – a designer who considers her work an experimental laboratory in the quest for new elements, sources of colours, textures and techniques. Mahaut presents a collection of handles created from offcuts from Van Den Weghe, a marble manufacturer in Belgium.
Manuel Leromain – a graduate of the Ecole nationale superieure des arts visuels de La Cambre (ENSAV) in Brussels. Manuel presents the Childhood series which evokes various childhood memories in the form of a jacquard weave tapestry.
Marianne De Cock – a designer whose work focuses on matter and form, and who mainly works with wood and wood veneers for contemporary interiors. Marianne presents the Fold series, made from larch veneer with an inlay used for additional effect.
Misses Brown – the brainchild of twin sisters Ke-Ola and Kimoura. The duo presents the Henri chair, whose shape was inspired by the technique of leather tanning and the tightening of riding saddles.
Not A Desk – designed by Andreas de Smedt who worked for three years as an engineer before starting his own project. Andreas has designed a flexible and mobile furniture range that can be used throughout the day in any space.
Studio Matta – a design studio with a passion for materials and tactility created by Eva De Smet and Jan Vandekerckhove. They present Narcissus, a mirror that is at once both feminine and masculine with its organic shape and raw materials.
Studio Tim Somers – a furniture studio that focuses on creating unique and handmade pieces. Pedestal is a collection of different types of pedestals, each designed with the aim of creating its own identity with a different type of wood.
All images copyright Sam Gilbert.
Belgium is Design is an initiative of Wallonie Bruxelles Design Mode, Flanders DC for Design and MAD, a platform for expertise in the fashion and design sectors. For more information visit belgiumisdesign.be/
