The New Harvest 2010

10 June – 14 August 2011

Design Flanders Gallery
Kanselarijstraat 19, B-1000 BRUSSELS (near the Saint-Michael Cathedral)
Open: Tuesday to Friday from 12 AM to 5 PM, Saturday and Sunday from 1 PM to 5 PM, and by appointment. Closed on Mondays and on 21 July (public holiday).

Design Flanders is continuously looking for new design talent. They can be working in a contemporary and high-quality manner with ceramics, textile, jewelry, glass, furniture, service design, graphic and industrial design, etc. Twice a year – once during Spring, once during Autumn – designers can participate to be recognized as innovative and creative designer. A jury of experts of all the fields above mentioned evaluates the designers on the basis of files they submitted.

25 designers from Flanders have been recognised by Design Flanders in 2010. In the annual New Harvest exhibition the Gallery becomes their platform during more than two months.

Glass Warner Berckmans, Mariken Dumon, Bavo Tiebos
Graphic design Tom Hautekiet, Jens Pieters (Jens Dawn), Ellen Van Engelen
Service design Johan Bonner (Pars Pro Toto), Kristel Van Ael (Namahn), Caroline Van Cauwelaert (Yellow Window/Enthoven Associates)
Industrial design Koen Beyers (Voxdale), Joeri De Vriesere (vision engineering), MaDe (Timothy Macken and Simon De Smet), Séverine Platteau
Jewelry Marieke De Vos, Ria Lins, Stijn Van der Auwera
Ceramics Cathy Coëz, Gaia Noé
Furniture and interior objects Raphaël Charles, Kaspar Hamacher, Studio Job (Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel), Jeroen Thys Van den Audenaerde
Textile & accessoires Els Jacobs

There are several advantages that come with being recognized by Design Flanders: not only is it an official recognition of their design talent, the designers can receive subsidies for exhibitions, participate in trade fairs and other promotional activities. They receive a mention in the Kwintessens magazine, are eligible to participate in exhibitions and trade fairs that are (co-)organized by Design Flanders and can contact the Agentschap Ondernemen within the framework of the SME portfolio for an official recognition as a service provider of strategic advice and technological studies.