This year Belgium is Design will be playing an important role yet again during the Milan Design Week that will take place from 14 – 19 April 2015. Belgian creativity will be given place of honour throughout the exhibition ‘Confronting the Masters’ in the Sala Napoleonica of the Accademia di Brera and on a collective stand at the SaloneSatellite shared by six promising Belgian designers and design studios.

‘Confronting the Masters’ – FuoriSalone (Accademia di Brera)

The Designer of the Year Award will be celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. The perfect occasion to team up with Belgium is Design and to organise ‘Confronting the Masters’
This exhibition brings together the 10 designers who won the Designer of the Year Award since its creation in 2006. A surprising exhibition that encourages originality and highlights the specific characteristics of Belgian design as seen through the unique eyes of ten designers whose reputation has spread far and wide beyond our borders. From furniture to lighting and decorative objects, each of the designers will reveal his own identity, signature and expertise.

Salone Satellite

Organised as part of the Salone del Mobile during Milan Design Week, it gives creators under 35 the chance to cross paths with the biggest names in contemporary design, and perhaps the people they will be working for.
As part of the Belgium is Design project, six of our most promising designers and design studios will present their best projects, prototypes and creations.