Abstract
Take up Position: Defining Industrial Design in Postwar Belgium (1954-1970)
Highlights
Countless definitions of design have been formulated throughout history, and they have often been subject of much controversy, revealing consciously or unconsciously, a specific agenda or certain convictions
How has a small country at the crossroads of Europe had to define this new phenomenon of industrial design? one of the first pioneers of industrial design in the beginning of the 20th century was the Belgian Henry van de Velde, the movement only took root in 1954 under the reign of the first social-liberal government
Initiated in Liège, the movement was relocated in Brussels in 1956 when it got official recognition of the Ministry of Economy and its definitive name: Institute for Industrial Design for Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Summary
Countless definitions of design have been formulated throughout history, and they have often been subject of much controversy, revealing consciously or unconsciously, a specific agenda or certain convictions. Postwar design, definition industrial design, Belgium, design centre, design policies
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