The BDC was lucky enough to be at the last Design for Europe, conference in Estonia.We are always interested to learn and put into practice some of the key learnings, into some of our BDC projects. Especially the recent ‘Inclusive
Nine-Key Learnings
RE-DESIGNING AND RE-INVENTING DEMOCRACY
With some of my colleagues and friends attending the Fearless Cities conference this weekend in Barcelona, I was pleased that we received a ‘taster’ earlier this week at the launch of the ALL for Democracy conference in Brussels, with some
‘ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL’ with BIDs Belgium
Following on from our last update and within the context of ‘Care in our Community’, we are focussing on the role creativity and technology can play in encouraging children to develop their skills and confidence, as well as being inclusive
Care in our Community
We first launched this around a year ago on social media, as part of our ‘Designing our Communities’ programme. During this time we also started the BIDs Belgium (Business Improvement Districts) project. This we are happy to say, has become
BDC Innovation Lab – ‘Human’ Centred Design
Another year passed and we are already nearly into the end of January 2017. So, what have we been up to since we last communicated with you? The BDC Innovation Lab, has been collating a variety of information, research and
Presentation Update – Intro to Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) Brussels and Beyond
The Belgium Design Council finally got around to presenting our BIDs Brussels and Beyond project that we have been working on for over a year now. The presentation took place in the evening of Wednesday April 20th. Held in the
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS – BDC Presentation in April
The Belgium Design Council was formed under a year ago, with the belief for the opportunity for this organization to be about collaboration at all levels. With being party independent and Region ‘neutral’. Driving certain projects and injecting the
WHY THE NEED FOR A BELGIUM DESIGN COUNCIL?
What’s it all about? I hear people asking. You’re calling it Belgium? Belgium? What side are you on? Is it Flanders, Wallonia or Brussels Region? Yes, it’s Belgium and I am willing to work with all. The Flemish, Walloons, Expats,
Design Thinking Comes of Age…
We retweeted this interesting article via Vala Afshar the other day, the article is from theHarvard Business Review. It goes into exactly what the Belgium Design Council promotes!
Why We Need To Design More Active Lives
As part of our Active by Design campaign we asked Ann Gates founder of Exercise Works! to explain why designing for activity is so important for designers, architects and planners to consider. I am passionate about the health benefits of