With Wiki Women Design, the Flanders Architecture Institute strives to bring women who have left their mark on Belgium's design heritage out of the shadows of history. Many women contributed to the designed environment, from (interior) architecture and graphic design to fashion and product design. Nevertheless, many remained under the radar of heritage institutions, researchers and collectors. With Wikipedia as a universal platform, writing sessions as a means, and five renowned female designers as ambassadors, Wiki Women Design aims to make up for this backlog.

Five women who are making an impact on the contemporary field of design and architecture in Belgium recognize in Wiki Women Design an important project that they would like to support and contribute to. We are very happy to introduce Oana Bogdan, Sara De Bondt, Stefanie Everaert, Caroline Lateur and Linde Freya Tangelder as ambassadors of the project.

Digital Student Editions #1 and #2 took place on December 11 and 14, respectively. Students from the KASK, KU Leuven, UAntwerpen and UGent wrote the first Wikipedia articles of Wiki Women Design.

In collaboration with the project partners of Wiki Women Design, the Flanders Architecture Institute is organizing a series of Wikipedia writing sessions in the spring and September of 2021.

Throughout the project, the Wikipedia project page will serve as a platform for the Wiki Women Design edit-a-thons and a gathering place for knowledge and resources, and will therefore continue to grow in the coming months.

Are you interested in this project or would you like to contribute as an organization, researcher or volunteer? Are you in possession of archival material about women who had an impact on the designed environment in Belgium or do you know about archival material or collections that are located in other organizations or private persons? Please let us know!

AR-TUR, Art & History Museum, AVG-Carhif, Berg en Nete, Design Museum Brussels, Design Museum Gent, Docomomo, Eperon d'Or, Erfgoed Noorderkempen, Erfgoedcel k.Erf, Flanders DC, Ghent University, Hasselt University, KASK, Kempens Karakter, KU Leuven, Matrimony Days, meemoo, Modemuseum Hasselt, MoMu Antwerpen, Open Knowledge Belgium, PXL-MAD, Regionaal Landschap Kleine en Grote Nete, RoSa vzw, ULB, Faculté d'Architecture La Cambre Horta, University of Antwerp, Wikimedia Belgium