Design Fest Gent demonstrates what design can (and indeed should) be: inquisitive, experimental and activistic. The festival encourages creativity and will become a matchmaker for new collaborations between designers, knowledge institutions, organizations and the industry. These parties join forces because design is so much more than making objects. Moreover, the aim of Design Fest is not merely to present things but also to focus on creation, experience, meeting, stimulation and amazement.
An extensive range of installations, workshops and lectures are bundled in three content clusters: Look Back, Move Forward and Do Care. Look Back shows projects bringing together craft, tradition and new technology. Move forward focuses on hybrid collaborations between science, design and technology with nature as a blueprint. Do Care gathers designs with a social impact.
Design Fest Gent takes place at various locations in the city. The starting point is:
Design Museum Gent
Jan Breydelstraat 5
9000 Ghent
| Hours | Various Hours |
| Venue | City of Gent |
| Type | Design Festival |
| Duration | Various Hours |
| City | Gent |
About
Design Museum Gent
Design Museum Gent sets out to raise your awareness of the great impact of design on your daily life. We demonstrate the responsibility of designers, manufacturers and consumers in this process with our extensive collection, which spans the period from the fifteenth century to the present. Design encompasses so much more than form and function. It is a reflection of a prevailing zeitgeist. The object teaches us more about culture and technology, ecology, politics, mobility or gender. As such, every object in our collection is like a multi-layered snapshot, full of fascinating stories.
