This book is a companion to the exhibition Untold Stories. Women Designers in Belgium 1880-1980, an initiative of Design Museum Brussels and on show until 13 April. For the first time, the exhibition brings together work by more than 50 female designers and makers who were active in Belgium between 1880 and 1980. The publication highlights women's still mostly unknown and undervalued creativity and innovativeness in various applied arts and design fields. Not only the more famous names pass the review, but also anonymous women who worked behind the scenes in firms, domestic or colonial contexts.

Authors: Nina Serulus, Marjan Sterckx, Javier Gimeno-Martinez, Publishers: CFC Editions and Design Museum Brussels

On 10 April, at Design Museum Brussels, you can discover the history of Belgian interior design during the launch of the latest VAi book, Bronnengids Interieurontwerp Belgium 1945-2000.

This source guide maps the archives of inspiring designers, such as Sylvie Feron, which has been housed at the Design Museum Brussels since 2024. Sylvie Feron (1898-1984) was a Belgian interior and furniture designer, graphic designer, textile designer and painter. Register now for an exclusive insight into this extraordinary archive.

On 9 March architectural historian Lara Schrijver talks to architect Apolline Vranken and visual artist Valentina Medda, whose project Cities by Night** will be on showcase in Ostend from December 2025.

The characteristics of 'the great architects': boldness, independence, wit and vigour are still seen as typically male qualities. Even though historical research has shown that famous male architects also owed this position of 'the great architect' to other factors, such as family relationships, social conventions and social conditions. In addition, the architect is still routinely presented as a unique genius in today's architectural culture. Lara Schrijver shows in 'Women in Architecture', using historical examples, that reality is essentially polyphonic. This ambiguity should form the ground of architectural practice, where making room for different perspectives and trying to understand the other is the starting point.

Reality is multi-voiced; this ambiguity should be the ground of architectural practice.
- Lara Schrijver

As part of the Celles qui font le design lecture series, the collective Maak & Transmettre is organising a discussion on this theme with the following guests:

Designer Matali Crasset, co-founder and director studio 5.5 Claire Renard and designer, co-founder of OpenStructures Christian Högner.

SOCIAL DESIGN - Between inclusive and universal design: creating for and with users. Social design is a vector for social, ecological and cultural transformation. The systems put in place by its designers enable residents to take part in shaping the city, society and their direct environment.