Le Geste

Join us for a conference on craftsmanship, research and sustainable design on Friday, December 6.

As part of the Le Geste Festival, the French Embassy in Belgium and Wallonie Design are organizing a conference at MAD Brussels. The conference aims to bring together designers, artisans, researchers and institutions from France and Belgium. Different perspectives and approaches exploring the craft gesture and its essential contribution to our society and future will be discussed.

Program

• Welcome coffee

• The gesture, awareness of its place in society — Aurélien Fouillet (lecturer-researcher at ENSCI les Ateliers)
• The gesture, transforming the territory — Jan Boelen (artistic director of Atelier Luma Arles) and Nicolas Verschaeve (designer)

• Break

• The gesture, questioning creation — Véronique Closon (project Duos en Résonances, Wallonie Design), winners of the Duos en Résonances 2024 project: Kris De Clercq, Aster Caemaert  (ceramists), Thibault Huguet (industrial designer) and Lauriane Obry (

  artist)

• The gesture, a new approach — Anna Le Corno (Studio Farouche) and David Arnaud (

  manager of digital projects, CERFAV)

• Conclusions — Aurélien Fouillet
   

Practical info

Date and time: Friday, December 6, 2024, 08:30 to 12:00

Price: the conference is free, registration in required

Address: MAD Brussels, Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains 10 / Nieuwe Graanmarkt 10, 1000 Brussels