Designers in Residence books

Every year, Designregio Kortrijk invites recently graduated designers from various creative disciplines to the Designers in Residence Kortrijk program. During a 3-month residency (September to December), three selected designers will have the unique opportunity to develop an experimental concept through confrontation between citizens, society, entrepreneurs and education in regions such as Kortrijk. With the Buda Island as a focal point in Kortrijk, a fascinating community of creative individuals, businesses, cultural organisations, creative education and end users will be present. The aim is to connect with the local manufacturing industry, largely embedded in this region and local producers in a contemporary way. The Budafabriek and BUDA::lab are the inspiring locations where they create, work and live. We are proud to put all the books of the past years in the spotlight.

CORNERSHOP OF DAYDREAMS - 2022

Designers in Residence Kortrijk 2022 Metincan Güzel, Yun-Chu Liang and Ila Colley are proud to present their project "Cornershop of Daydreams". Their project acts as an agency providing the backdrop for moments of collective dreaming. It is a contextual vehicle for the designers to explore how daydreaming can disrupt our daily lives.

THE DISPERSAL PROJECT - 2021

The Designers in Residence Kortrijk 2021 Stanisław MacLeod, Eliette Rampon and Laurie Flint proudly present a series of posters to conclude their "The Dispersal Project". During their residency they worked on the theme "Future of Urban Nature" and developed tools to deal with urban ecology in a different way.

KEEP IT TINY - 2019

During their residency, Designers in Residence Kortrijk 2019 Lucie Dubois (United Kingdom), Oleksandra Gerasymchuk (France) and YunPei Hsiung (Taiwan) worked around the theme of Future of Domesticity, more specifically around small living and tiny houses. Now they present their KEEP IT TINY BOOK, documenting their journey. Find out all about their research, concept and inspiring board game!

THE FUTURE OF SPACE - 2018

Jasna Dimitrovska (°1983, MK), Jaenam Lim (°1987, KR) & Kazumasa Takada (°1991, JP) participated in the Designers in Residence Kortrijk programme 2018. The three designers worked on the development of an experimental concept for the future of space. Jasna, Jaenam and Kazumasa proudly present their "Future of Space" book, in which they recorded their journey, designed by Corbin Mahieu. Find out all about their research, concept, projection mapping and amazing end result.

THE LIQUID BOOK - 2017

Maria Pita Guerreiro (Portugal), Sahil Thappa (India) and Déborah Janssens (France) participated in the Designers in Residence Kortrijk programme in 2017. They worked around exploring social transformation through confrontation between citizens, society, entrepreneurs and education in regions like Kortrijk. The three designers created "The Liquid Book", recording their journey with each other and the local community, the contextual understanding of the city, their design and thinking processes, the different stages of the ideas and concepts and their results.

DIRK - 2016

In 2016, Designregio Kortrijk invited the three designers Guillaume Morillon (FR), Katharina Kraus (DE), Catherine Oldershaw (US) for the Designers in Residence Kortrijk programme. The three designers worked around the themes of open source machines, making and community driven production processes, following the example of Dave Hakkens' Precious Plastic Project. The Open Design methodology and the experiences of the 3 Designers in Residence Kortrijk 2016 were bundled in the publication DIRK.

OPEN DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE - 2015

The Open Design methods, research and experiences of the Designers in Residence Kortrijk 2015 were bundled in the publication Open Design for the Future.
Their research, results, the conceptual background and images of their project were bundled, inspiringly designed by graphic talent Corbin Mahieu.

OPEN DESIGN IN PRACTICE - 2014

De Designers in Residence Kortrijk 2014, Antonio Carratù (IT), Robin Andersson (SWEDEN) en Lucie Barouillet (FR) bundelden hun ervaringen en methodieken in het Open Design in Practice. Met 'Open Design' als een algemeen thema en 'design for a better connected community' als specifiek uitgangspunt, wil het project de drempel tussen design en het dagelijks leven verlagen. 'Open Design in Practice' is geen specifiek antwoord op vragen van de gemeenschap, maar eerder een verkenning van mogelijkheden, kansen en hindernissen. De ontwerper reageert op deze: hij kan anticiperen, levert inzichten en stelt oplossingen voor, niet alleen voor bedrijven of de stad, maar net zo goed voor jou en mij.