Skip to content
Tickets
Twee kinderen spelen buiten met kleurrijke houten blokken op een met krijttekeningen versierde straat.

Experience

VRIJ-spel - Studio Ludiek

Studio Ludiek’s play boxes come with no fixed rules or predefined goal. Children are invited to rediscover familiar games or invent new stories on the spot. They turn any public space into a place to play and become game makers themselves. 

They do not play alone: play is a universal language that brings people together, regardless of origin or background. By playing together, children reclaim public space and help build an accessible city. 

This is precisely what our reopening exhibition Public Matter(s): Design and Democracy is about. It shows how design and democracy shape one another, and how design and architecture can make spaces far more inclusive, even at the most everyday level. 

Play is the driving force behind design. We want to be a museum where creativity can run free and where children and playful adults feel at home. That is why the play box will have a permanent place in the museum after the reopening. 

  • Date
    03.10.26—07.10.26
  • Location
    Design Museum Gent - Courtyard
  • Audience
    Toddlers, Children, 2nd Kindergarten, 3rd Kindergarten, 1st Primary year, 2nd Primary year, 3rd Primary year, 4th Primary year, 5th Primary year, 6th Primary year, Secondary school pupils, School students
  • Access
    Free
  • Language
    N/A

More about the project

Studio Ludiek is a network of designers, makers and researchers building an ecosystem around meaningful play. Convinced that play is fundamental to society, they design playful spaces and objects that encourage interaction and connection. With a curious and experimental approach, they investigate the social power of design to make public spaces and organisations more accessible, inclusive and socially relevant.

Kinderen spelen buiten met kleurrijke houten blokken en stoepkrijt en bouwen samen een lange constructie op straat.

You might also like

Kleurrijk springkasteel in een industriële hal, opgebouwd uit grote opblaasbare vazen met plantenmotieven en zwarte, rode en roze vissen.
  • Experience
  • 09.10.26—11.10.26

Deep Rivers above the Sun - Shirley Villavincenzio Pizango

Step into an artwork by Shirley Villavicencio Pizango. Jump on unique inflatables inspired by her colourful paintings, vases and fish motifs.

Kinderen zitten rond een tafel en maken collages met krantenknipsels, papier, stiften, scharen en lijm tijdens een creatieve workshop.
  • Workshop
  • 04.10.26

Glitermeinkloof - Cinte Wittoek

Cinte Wittoek helps children rethink the news through newspapers, design and creativity. A hands-on workshop on media literacy.

Het kleurrijke springkasteel Puffy Portal in roze, rood, oranje en geel staat in een grote industriële ruimte met hoge ramen.
  • Experience
  • 03.10.26—04.10.26

Puffy Portal - Loulou João

Step into Puffy Portal by Loulou João, a soft inflatable space filled with cushions. Play, move and discover a colourful place for rest.

Twee personen werken aan een tafel met stempels en tekenmateriaal aan een kleurrijk ontwerp op papier
  • Workshop
  • 02.10.26—11.10.26

Open atelier

In the new studio at Design Museum Gent, design your own postcard: drawing, weaving, stamping, embroidery. Open to all ages, drop in any time. Come along.