Trend tour
Design region Kortrijk carries multidisciplinary collaborations in its DNA. In this, we motivate our target group of companies, public organizations and educational institutions. This has already resulted in numerous valuable projects in our region. Still, it is important to take a look at our neighbors to see how they are tackling the transformation to more growth.
That is why we annually travel across the border with a group of entrepreneurs, architects, designers, policy makers, urban planners and education specialists. Until Kortrijk region was recognized as Kortrijk UNESCO Design Region, we visited cities like Denmark, Nantes and Zurich. Destinations that may have been less obvious, but for that very reason surprised us enormously.
After our UNESCO recognition, it is our ambition to get to know our fellow design cities better. We have already been to Turin, Tallinn, Graz, Saint-Etienne, Lyon, Kaunas and Dundee.
September 2024 a trip is planned to Helsinki, together with us also a UNESCO City Of Design.
Kaunas
![DUNDEE 2023 mini selectie Jonas Verbeke LR 1](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/DUNDEE_2023-mini-selectie-JonasVerbeke-LR-1.jpg)
![Inspiratiereis DUNDEE 2023 Jonas Verbeke LR 107](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/inspiratiereis_DUNDEE_2023-Jonas_Verbeke-LR-107.jpg)
![Inspiratiereis DUNDEE 2023 Jonas Verbeke LR 31](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/inspiratiereis_DUNDEE_2023-Jonas_Verbeke-LR-31.jpg)
![Inspiratiereis DUNDEE 2023 Jonas Verbeke LR 17](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/inspiratiereis_DUNDEE_2023-Jonas_Verbeke-LR-17.jpg)
![Inspiratiereis DUNDEE 2023 Jonas Verbeke LR 81](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/inspiratiereis_DUNDEE_2023-Jonas_Verbeke-LR-81.jpg)
![Inspiratiereis DUNDEE 2023 Jonas Verbeke LR 63](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/inspiratiereis_DUNDEE_2023-Jonas_Verbeke-LR-63.jpg)
Kaunas
![Inspiratiereis Kaunas Jonas Verbeke LR 1](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/InspiratiereisKaunas-JonasVerbeke-LR-1.jpg)
![Inspiratiereis Kaunas Jonas Verbeke LR 44](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/InspiratiereisKaunas-JonasVerbeke-LR-44.jpg)
![Inspiratiereis Kaunas Jonas Verbeke LR 39](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/InspiratiereisKaunas-JonasVerbeke-LR-39.jpg)
![Inspiratiereis Kaunas Jonas Verbeke LR 33](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/InspiratiereisKaunas-JonasVerbeke-LR-33.jpg)
![Inspiratiereis Kaunas Jonas Verbeke LR 12](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/InspiratiereisKaunas-JonasVerbeke-LR-12.jpg)
![Inspiratiereis Kaunas Jonas Verbeke LR 3](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/InspiratiereisKaunas-JonasVerbeke-LR-3.jpg)
Lyon en Saint-Etienne
![Trendtour lyon](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-lyon.jpeg)
![Trendtour lyon 1](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-lyon-1.jpeg)
![Trendtour lyon 3](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-lyon-3.jpeg)
![Trendtour st etienne 2](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-st-etienne-2.jpeg)
![Trendtour st etienne 3](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-st-etienne-3.jpeg)
![Trendtour st etienne 4](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-st-etienne-4.jpeg)
Graz
![Trendtour graz 1](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-graz-1.jpeg)
![Trendtour graz 3](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-graz-3.jpeg)
![Trendtour graz 4](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-graz-4.jpeg)
![Trendtour graz 2](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-graz-2.jpeg)
Tallinn
![Trendtour tallinn 1](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-tallinn-1.jpeg)
![Trendtour tallinn 4](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-tallinn-4.jpeg)
![Trendtour tallinn 3](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-tallinn-3.jpeg)
![Trendtour tallinn 6](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Andere-projecten/Inspiratiereis/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/Trendtour-tallinn-6.jpeg)
![6](https://designregio-kortrijk.be/uploads/files/Team/_748xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_partition/6.jpg)
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Sébastien Hylebos
Sébastien assists businesses in innovation and design. He is also responsible for projects on circular economy and digitalisation in cooperation with companies and designers.