Video: Frank Bongers
New design experiences, this is what the 22nd edition of INTERIEUR 2010 offered the public. On Sunday evening the international Design Biennale closed its doors in Kortrijk Xpo after a highly successful 10-day event that drew more than 92.138 visitors. Interieur Foundation looks back on the event with a smile: "INTERIEUR 2010 was about experiencing design and sharing new impressions in a way it had never done before. If the massive interest in the lectures in the Forum are anything to go by we can say with some certainty that the visitors took the time to listen to the different accounts.
The main theme of INTERIEUR 2010 was 'a new world'. The tone was set with the Japanese architect Junya Ishigami - the first guest of honour from outside of Europe.
Other high points of INTERIEUR 2010? "The Rambla - this year it was enlarged and transformed into an amazing piece of reflective architecture - was given an enthusiastic reception. This was also true of the lower floor, with Theyoungdesignersfair, the Design Competition and Design at Work, that was opened up completely for this edition.
And with great success, because there was a tremendous interest in this totally different design ambiance."
40.000 m2 of suprising design - that's what INTERIEUR 2010 promises. On Friday 15 October the 22nd Design Biennale, with the 'new world' as its central theme opened its doors. Over a period of ten days, INTERIEUR 2010 will be the platform par excellence for more than 250 international exhibitors, young designers and rising talents. It's a must for anyone who wants to stay abreast of what is going on in the world of contemporary design.
INTERIEUR 2012
23rd International Design Biennale
20 - 28 October 2012
Venue
Kortrijk Xpo
Doorniksesteenweg 216
8500 Kortrijk
Belgium
www.kortrijkxpo.com
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