Design Museum Brussels is a museum located in Heysel Park, Brussels, Belgium. The space focuses on design works from the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Established | 2015 |
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Location | Brussels, Belgium |
Type | Design museum |
Website | designmuseum |
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Arnaud Bozzini is the director of the museum.[1]
The museum was established in 2015 through the purchase of a private collection.[1]
It was previously known as The ADAM (Art and Design Atomium Museum).[1]
In 2015 the museum opened The Plasticarium[2] which focuses on the use of plastic in the design industry the mid-20th century through to the present day.[3] The collection includes works by: Anna Castelli-Ferrieri, Apple Design Team (Jonathan Ive), Evelyne Axell, Joe Colombo, Ruth Francken, Konstantin Grcic, Quasar Khanh, Shiro Kuramata, Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi [it], Verner Panton, Gaetano Pesce, Ettore Sottsass and Perry King, Philippe Starck, Studio 65, and Roger Tallon.[4]
In 2016 the museum exhibited 240 previously unseen photographs by Charles and Ray Eames.[5]
In 2020 the museum opened Belgisch Design Belge, a permanent exhibition space dedicated to the history and practice of design in Belgium.[3]
The size of the museum is 5,000 m2 and it received c. 126,000 visitors in 2019.[1]
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