MAD Brussels heads to Boisbuchet with 10 designers for a creative summer workshop!

MAD Brussels is offers 10 designers an inspiring week-long workshop at Domaine de Boisbuchet!

Each summer, Domaine de Boisbuchet is the inspiring setting for architects and designers from around the world to attend a week-long workshop at the beautiful estate in southwestern France. During the workshop week, participants gain insight into the process and techniques of top designers and connect with like-minded, passionate people.

MAD is taking 10 Brussels-based designers from the fashion and/or design sector to Boisbuchet for a week of creative workshops. There are 5 places available for the workshop Wood Inside and Outside with Japanese designer Wataru Kumano and 5 places for the workshop A Contemplation Park with the American duo of Objects of Common Interest.  Would you like to attend? Then submit your application now!

WORKSHOP 1

Wood Inside and Outside with Wataru Kumano (JP) 

Wataru Kumano studied in Finland from 2001 to 2008 and, after returning to Japan, worked as an assistant designer at Studio Jasper Morrison in Tokyo. He founded the design studio kumano in 2011 and has already collaborated with international furniture makers such as Karimoku, Tendo Mokko and Nikari. His designs are always a connection between the environment and functionality. In 2021 he attended a workshop at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne in Switzerland, and in the same year he became associate professor at Musashino Art University in Japan.

The Wood Inside and Outside workshop revolves around the material "wood.  Wataru Kumano helps you explore the properties, appropriate tools and new treatments of the material. In addition, the workshop asks you the question: to what extent do our designs really make sense? It is an examination of the place of your work in an environment, culture and climate. How can a design be beneficial to its users, its makers, its environment and the material it is made of?

WORKSHOP 2

A Contemplation Park with Objects of Common Interest (US)

Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis make up the duo behind the design studio Objects of Common Interest. The studio operates within the fields of art, design and architecture, designing objects, installations, interactive environments and interior spaces. Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis are also the founding partners of the sister studio LOT office for architecture. Their work has been exhibited in art and design institutions, galleries and fairs including solo exhibitions at the Noguchi Museum, Design Museum Brussels, Cycladic Museum, Etage Projects, Carwan Gallery, Architecture Biennale and the Salone del Mobile in Milan.

The workshop with Objects of Commin Interest is an exploration of spatiality, human presence and responses to a man-made condition, structure or creation. The workshop will take place indoors, in nature, as well as on, above or below ground. Together with Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis, you will create structures, objects, moments or atmospheres in interaction with the environment. Looking for that personal moment to create your own work: a stand-alone object, a kind of placement, a pavilion, a viewing platform, an interaction of any form to find peace.

Practical information about the workshopweek

• Departure from Brussels South on Sunday morning 23 July 2023
• Arrival at the domain of Boisbuchet in France on Sunday evening 23 July 2023
• The workshops will take place from Monday 24 July to Friday evening 28 July. On Friday afternoon a presentation of all the projects of that week will take place. You will receive a detailed daily schedule upon arrival. 
• On several evenings during the week you can participate in lectures given by the present designers and studios.
• Return to Brussels on Saturday morning 29 July 2023, with arrival in Brussels South on Saturday evening 29 July 2023.
• The accommodation, workshop and transport are offered by MAD Brussels. Breakfast, lunch and dinner during the stay are provided and included.

PARTICIPATION CRITERIA

• Be based in the Brussels Capital Region and have a belgian VAT number

• Work as a designer in the design or fashion industry

how to participate in the WORKSHOPWEEK?

MAD Brussels is launching an open call to Brussels designers from the fashion and design sector to participate in 1 of 2 workshops from July 23 to 29. You can submit your application by filling in the form at the bottom of this page. You also need to upload your CV / portfolio and a motivation letter.

1. Start of open call: Monday 27 March, 2023

2. End of open call: Sunday 30 April 2023 (23:59)

3. Selection process based on your resume and portfolio. Announcement by MAD Brussels of the 10 profiles chosen: Monday 8 May 2O23

Register now!

Having trouble filling out the form? If so, please contact contact@mad.brussels.