Rebalancing: gender bias in the design world - Design Museum Brussels x PAF
Join the conversation on Tuesday, February 11
In conversation about gender bias and inequality in the design world
On February 11th, 2025, Design Museum Brussels and PAF join forces to organize the conversation ‘Rebalancing gender bias in the design world’, accompanying the exhibition Untold Stories- Women designers in Belgium 1880-1980.
Due to the patriarchal forces that historically shaped design, the work of women designers is often absent or invisible in collections, archives and academic literature. How do gender bias and inequality still work today? How have patriarchal mechanisms shaped the (interior) design sector, from gender-coded education to ideas on professionalisation and authorship? What is the experience of women designers in Belgium today? What do they still come up against and what tactics or strategies do they use to flourish in their design practice? And are there any tactics we can learn from the women designers who came before us?
In this conversation, we reflect on these questions with Nina Serulus (co-curator of the exhibition Untold Stories - Women Designers in Belgium 1880-1980), Benoît Vandevoort (PhD researcher on the professionalisation of interior design), Mathilde Pecqueur (textile designer, Maak&Transmettre) and Stefanie Everaert and Caroline Lateur (Doorzon interior architects).
Together with the speakers and the audience, we discuss themes represented in the exhibition ranging from professionalisation versus domesticity, (un)visibility, authorship, and collaboration. We invite everyone to join the conversation and share experiences and ideas to build a more equitable and inclusive (interior) design sector.
Will you come and join us? (The spoken language is English.)
Tuesday, February 11, 19u00, @Design Museum Brussels, Brussels
This evening accompanies two exhibitions on women in design, currently on show in Design Museum Brussels:
'Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 - Today' (16 October 2024 - 25 March 2025)
'Untold stories - Women Designers in Belgium 1880 - 1980' (16 October 2024 - 13 April 2025)
PAF (platform voor architectuur & feminisme) werkt samen met onder andere Stadsform, Design Museum Brussels, het Vlaams Architectuurinstituut, boekhandel De Groene Waterman, Stad & Architectuur, l’architecture qui dégenre, Team Vlaams Bouwmeester en ontvangt steun van de Vlaamse Overheid.
