Design Museum Brussels

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The Design Museum Brussels, established after the acquisition of a private collection by the Atomium, is a place dedicated to design and its history.

Since 2015, the museum's collection, the Plastic Design Collection, circumscribes the landscape of plastics in design from the 1950s to the present day.

Alongside this collection, the museum opened belgisch design belge, a permanent exhibition space dedicated to Belgian design and its history.

Enriched by a programme of temporary exhibitions, the Design Museum Brussels also explores other fields of design creation and its impact on society and our daily lives.

Through exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, conferences and events, the museum aims to ensure that design is intelligible to one and all.
  • The Brussels Design Museum is situated in the northern part of Brussels:
    - 5 minutes' walk from the Heysel / Heizel metro and tram (line 6 and 7) and facing Palais 5 of the Heysel exhibition park, 100 m from the Atomium.
    - Metro: line 6 – Heizel / Heysel station
    - Tram : line 7 - station Heizel / Heysel
    - Bus : line 14 and 83 - station Heizel / Heysel
    - Tourist buses: red bus stops (Brussels City Sightseeing),
    100 m on foot from the Atomium
    - Villo (bike rental): station 281, located at 30 m on Boulevard du Centenaire.
    - Parking with 500 paid parking spaces 50m from the entrance (Parking Trade Mart - Avenue de l'Atomium)
  • 6 Heysel / Heizel
  • 7 Heysel / Heizel

The Design Museum Brussels is a place dedicated to design and its history. Come and discover all the possibilities of design creation, in all its facets, from the 20th century to the present day. And get there by train, that's class!

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  • Opening times

    15/09/2023 - 14/01/2024: * monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday: from 11:00 to 19:00

  • Price

    Normal: 10,00 € - Seniors: 8,00 € - Etudiants: 8,00 € - < 12 ans: 0,00 € - Article 27: 1,25 €

After its short flourishing life, Art Nouveau continued to be a strong aesthetic reference in the history of design all through the 20th century. Resonances proposes a series of dialogues between the Plastic Design Collection and a selection of Art Nouveau pieces from a Brussels private collection. Beyond the classic historical definition of a new style or a new material, the exhibition highlights the patterns through which modernity was sought for in two different technologically hectic periods. Swirling whiplash curves, flowing structural lines, exotic floral patterns and fantastic dream-like environments show how Art Nouveau’s quest for natural plasticity reverberates in the alchemic nature of plastic.

  • Opening times

    14/03/2024 - 15/09/2024: * monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday: from 11:00 to 19:00

  • Price

    Article 27: 1,25 €

Launched in June 2022, the Pastis collection designed for Danish publisher HAY marks a turning point in Julien Renault's career. The project began in February 2020 at the Stockholm Fair, when Rolf Hay asked Julien Renault to reflect on a wooden chair that would be relevant for the next 50 years. Inspired by the atmosphere of brasseries and grand railway station cafés, Julien Renault imagined a comfortable chair with armrests paying homage to everything we longed for during the lockdown. His intention was to create a timeless, robust, and elegant armchair. The collection is an ode to the social, the human, and to sharing. Two years will have passed between the first drawing and the launch of the complete collection on the market. On the occasion of his nomination as designer of the year 2023, Julien Renault is bringing together all the drawings, models, and prototypes representing the major stages in the development of his collection. The installation "The story behind the Pastis collection" aims to show the work that went into each product to the general public.

  • Opening times

    10/04/2024 - 15/09/2024: * monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday: from 11:00 to 19:00

  • Price

    Normal: 8,00 € - Article 27: 1,25 €

Since its founding in 1908, Olivetti has made a name for itself through the development of legendary products such as its typewriters, but also through its close relationship with the world of art. Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon worked for Olivetti on numerous occasions over a period of almost three decades, producing posters and advertising products, as well as a number of immensely creative books and cartoons. The Olivetti · Folon exhibition, in collaboration with the Museo Civico Pier Alessandro Garda, the Associazione Archivio Storico Olivetti and the Fondation Folon, presents the rich artistic collaboration between the Italian design company Olivetti and the artist Jean-Michel Folon.

  • Opening times

    16/10/2024 - 09/03/2025: * monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday: from 11:00 to 19:00

  • Price

    Normal: 8,00 € - Article 27: 1,25 €

From the pioneers of the Bauhaus to the interior designers of space capsules, as well as the classics of design, women have shaped the field of design, and yet are often overlooked. The Here We Are! Women in Design, 1900- Today exhibition pays tribute to women designers past and present, through a large collection of furniture, ceramics, glass, textiles, fashion and graphic design. Produced by the Vitra Design Museum, this exhibition is coming to the Design Museum Brussels with the addition of a section devoted to this issue in the history of design in Belgium.