until Sunday September 02 2018

Design Museum Gent
T : +32 (0)9 267 99 99
Jan Breydelstraat 5
9000 Gent
Belgium

‘Poème Brut’ highlights designers’ renewed interest in crafts, local techniques and materials. In recent years, their focus has shifted to manufacturing processes and materiality as a counterpoint to globalisation and dematerialisation. A central theme in the exhibition is the outcome of this research into materials and techniques. Some designs use old, forgotten materials and new techniques or technology to process them, while others are the result of an old craft in combination with a new material.