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.