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In 2015 The Maarten Van Severen Foundation and the Department of Design of KASK / School of Arts Ghent decided to establish a chair with the aim of conveying the relevance and significance of Maarten Van Severen’s work for today’s designers. Every year a leading designer, whose work has an affinity with the work of Maarten Van Severen, will give a lecture and a masterclass. He or she will reflect on the common ground between their work and that of Maarten van Severen and on the qualities of his work in light of the current design culture.

In December 2015 Erwan Bouroullec gave the first MVSC lectures for more than 700 attendants and the following week he guided 15 students from 5 different art schools into the wild,—the title of his workshop. Starting from a material of choice and no other parameter, goal or well defined result, the students played,—some struggled—, but in the end they all had a lot of fun. Being in the moment, fully intuitive and working with whatever is available was the motto. Because the essence of the workshop was rather the process than any kind of final product, Erwan and his birds,—that is the name he gave his students—, decided to continue the workshop until the summer. The result is a fascinating collection of things, created out of the wild, which is presented at the Biennale Interieur 2016.

Design museum Gent is a structural partner of the Maarten Van Severen Chair.

In collaboration with The Maarten Van Severen Foundation and the Department of Design of KASK / School of Arts Ghent. 

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