CO-LAB

Date
03.10.26—11.04.27
Location
Design Museum Gent
Drabstraat 10
Audience
All ages
Access
Included in admission ticket
Language
Dutch, English, French

Design in progress

Welcome to our collaborative laboratory. In CO-LAB, a design is never truly finished. It is an ongoing process that continues to evolve through collaboration. Across eight historic period rooms in Hotel De Coninck, CO-LAB explores the relationship between design, social engagement and collective making.

New ideas in historic rooms

Designers, researchers and local communities join forces on seven experimental projects. From queer archiving and ecological co-creation to low-tech energy solutions and open-source tools, CO-LAB brings together diverse voices and perspectives within the museum.

Design as dialogue

In this laboratory, every voice matters.

The exhibition shows that design is more than a finished object. It is a shared process in which materials, knowledge and stories are continually transformed. Together, these different perspectives help shape the future of the city.

Credits

Curator

Siegrid Demyttenaere

In collaboration with

Marijs Kempynck (BE) and Sadie Williams (UK)

Yufei Gao (CN/NL) and Victor Verhelst (BE)

Biobased Creations (NL/BE) and Jaron Vandevelde (BE)

Queer Collective Workers’ Union (BE/NL)

Marie Verdeil (FR/BE) and Maxence Duterne (BE)
in collaboration with Open Design Lab KASK

Studio d.o.t.s (FR) in collaboration with Structure Bâtons (FR) and dach&zephir (FR)

Josef Jakob Rieper (IT) and Egon Watteeuw (BE)