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Graphic design is one of the two new fields of vision in the second edition of RECIPROCITY. Focusing on graphic design and visual communication as a channel of civic expression for social change ...
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WELCOME To__
The ongoing nature of RECIPROCITY is one of its key foundations, and in the Welcome to__ project we see the role that design can play...
Deconstruction
Rotor, the Brussels-based design and research collective, brings architecture into the RECIPROCITY fold...
WAITING FOR RECIPROCITY 2015 :: THE SATELLITE EVENTS
The next edition of RECIPROCITY will transform Liege into a place of creation, reflection and sharing as you've never seen before. Thanks to the support and collaboration of the Province of Liège / Culture, a selection of local galleries, museums and organizations will create a tour of new and additional content around the main program and the "guests" initiatives. Here are all the satellite events, enjoy!
WAITING FOR RECIPROCITY 2015 :: THE GUESTS
The soul of RECIPROCITY is eminently polyphonic. The main program, developed by internationally renowned curators, will include a meeting point, four exhibitions and an event dedicated to documentary films on social innovation. But there’s much more… Five exhibitions and events will be organized around the main program and its theme by guest institutions, all active in the field of design in Belgium. Let’s discover these guest exhibitions.
Design on Track is a co-organization by Spi, Wallonie Design and Job’in Design. This exhibition brings together a selection of products / services from different sectors design in Wallonia. The exhibition will inaugurate the cycle of events of the Station Design Wallonia, the new center entirely dedicated to design and related economy in the Walloon Region of Belgium. A Touch of Steel is a traveling exhibition that draws its content from the 2014 Steel Prize competition organised by the German Kolloquium Nordrhein Westfalen together with the Jewellery Design, Gold & Silversmith department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Showcasing 22 students’ work, who impressed with refreshing and pioneering ways of handling steel, it will also feature the contributions of 27 German and Belgian designers and artists. The presentation will be held at the Grand Curtius. Launched in September 2014 at the Design Vlaanderen gallery, the exhibition MÖBEL, for the Triennale, is based in ESA Saint-Luc Liège and shows a collection of furniture designed by recognised designers, and made in the RessourceLab studio by those working in the social economy. MAD In Situ is the lab for social innovation and social design of MAD Brussels. In the meeting point of RECIPROCITY 2015, the center will present projects developed in collaboration with designers-in-residence, engaged in a dynamic creative process based on the confrontation with the issues of local residents. Last but not least, Creative Jam, organized by Design Innovation, is a workshop / exhibition to rethink meals and the way distribution systems are organised in the framework of a social service. Participants will create new recipes based on products from short circuits, create new settings for their uses, and will prototype these new proposals. The results of this creative marathon will be offered to the visitors during a festive tasting.
THE TASTE OF CHANGE :: WALLONIE-BRUXELLES PRIZE :: AND THE WINNER IS…
… Violaine Dupuis and her project Tiffin!
It’s a new service that promises few tons less of waste, based on a sharing system of food boxes, that won the Wallonie-Bruxelles Prize awarded this May 4 by the Jury of the Call for Projects THE TASTE OF CHANGE – Design for food.
And how does it work? You subscribe to the Tiffin service in one of the partner restaurants: you pay 10,00 € plus a 10,00 € deposit and you receive your Tiffin box (a compartmentalized plate). Then you call a partner restaurant and order your dish! The restaurant prepares your order in a Tiffin box, that you withdraw by bringing your own Tiffin box. You receive an immediate 5% discount on the takeaway, and that every time. The boxes, reusable order after order, made of 18/10 quality stainless steel are airtight, solid, practical, durable and design. And approved by the restaurants.
Welcome to Seraing :: ME TOO, I TRANSESTER!
During RECIPROCITY 2012, “Welcome to Saint-Gilles” had demonstrated how design can help catalyze neighborhood changes starting from the local community.
While continuing to work on this project, in 2015 RECIPROCITY also leaned on Seraing, a city in the province of Liege with an important industrial past.
ERIGES (Eriger Seraing) and RECIPROCITY have therefore initiated a collaboration: ERIGES is the autonomous municipal authority (RCA) of Seraing who runs the successful implementation of the Master Plan based on urban renewal and redevelopment of 800 hectares of the city. Design with and for the people.
THE TASTE OF CHANGE :: WALLONIA PRICE ::: AND THE WINNER IS…
… Local Eat, represented by its co-creator Julie Royaux!
It is a free application shortening the distance between producers and consumers of the agri-food sector, designed to revitalize the local economy, which won the Wallonia Price attributed this May 4 by the Jury of the call for projects THE TASTE OF CHANGE – Design for food.
Consuming quality products while supporting local producers is an approach that many of us want to undertake, but without knowing what to do, where to go. Who are the small producers of Wallonia and Brussels? And where are they located? The Eat Local App provides a concrete and immediate response through new technologies. This innovative tool for smartphones and tablets will allow to find fresh local products in two clicks, wherever you are: once you download the app, select the type of desired product and the distance criteria.
ANOTHER LIEGE
Essential stop on any visit to Belgium, capital of the province of Liege and economic capital of Wallonia, Liege is nicknamed the “Ardent City”. The Meuse, which crosses from south to north, the wooded hills that surround it and its marked relief, plus an intense cultural and artistic life, give it an amazing charm. Its considerable architectural heritage conceals countless treasures to discover. Sometimes unsuspected to residents themselves. The next edition of RECIPROCITY take shape in unusual and charming places to offer original perspectives of the city. We will tell you in this post out these common places hosting various projects RECIPROCITY!
RECIPROCITY DAY :: EXPO MILANO 2015 :: Belgian Pavilion
In the framework of the Wallonia-Brussels Week organized by Wallonia-Brussels International (WBI), Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) and Wallonia-Brussels Design Fashion (WBDM) in the Belgian Pavilion at EXPO MILANO 2015, we are pleased to invite you to the RECIPROCITY DAY, an event entirely dedicated to the International Triennial of Design & Social Innovation.
In partnership with Wallonia-Brussels Architectures (WBA) and during one day, RECIPROCITY will host the Belgian Pavilion with two round tables attended by a number of prestigious names from the worlds of design and architecture, coming from both Belgium and further afield in Europe. The first round table, The Taste of Change, invites the panellists and public to discuss the key issues that are at the heart of the coming Triennial in Liege. The round table in the afternoon, Architectural Heritage as Spare Parts, organised by WBA in collaboration with Rotor, is an in-depth look at the theme of architecture and reuse in the construction sector, with experts from Belgium and Italy sharing their experiences.
On the same day, the jury for the Triennial’s competition The Taste of Change – design for food -tools, systems & services, will meet to decide the winner of the international prize.
In the late afternoon the international press conference will take place, followed by a reception conceived by Belgian food designer Laurence Soetens.