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At the end of June is the first edition of the Week of Design in Kortrijk : 15 exhibitions of technical creative artists in fields like architecture, fashion, multimedia, textile design, photography, film, furniture, flowers, jewellery and graphic design. This is an initiative of the City of Kortrijk in collaboration with about hundred companies and artists and all technical-creative training institutes.
The event will take place in the historical centre of Kortrijk and is part of the overall strategy to revitalise and attract people to the inner city centre. Technical-creative training programs have a huge effect on product development in companies and have become very popular in the region : in the last ten years there are more than four times as many students in these training programs..
The organisation Kortrijk, city of designers consists of 1670 students and professors, enterprises for trainees, design bureaus and employers associations and everyone who believes in the added value of product development and works on a strategy for the future. The city wants to install technical-creative ateliers in the new business centre in the historical centre, which they are building at the moment.
www.weekvanhetontwerpen.be
www.kortrijkontwerp.be
Valerie Lambertyn, City of Kortrijk
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