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The unique position of design in the political context of postwar Belgium. In the postwar era, design became important as a marker of modernity and progress at world fairs and international exhibitions and in the global markets. The Belgian state took a special interest in this vanguard phenomenon of 'industrial design' as a vital political and economic strategic tool in the context of the Cold War and the creation of the European community. This book describes the unique position that design occupied in the political context of postwar Belgium as it analyses the public promotion of design between 1950 and 1986. It traces this process, from the first government-backed manifestations and institutions in the 1950s through the 1960s and 1970s, until design lost its privileged position as a state-backed institution, a process which culminated in the closure of the Brussels Design Centre in 1986, in the midst of the Belgian federalisation process. A key figure in this history is the policymaker Josine des Cressonnières, who played a leading role in the national and international design community and succeeded in connecting very different political worlds through the medium of design.

BPB --- Industrial design --- History --- Economic aspects --- Political aspects --- BPB1812 --- Politique --- Science politique --- Beaux-arts --- Politiek --- Politieke wetenschap --- Schone kunsten --- industrial design --- Product strategy --- Foreign trade policy --- promotions [events] --- anno 1950-1959 --- anno 1980-1989 --- anno 1960-1969 --- anno 1970-1979 --- Belgium --- Buitenlandse handelspolitiek --- Productstrategie --- industriële vormgeving --- promotionele activiteiten --- België --- C3 --- kunstbeoefening --- industrie --- Academic collection --- Kunst en cultuur --- design --- 745.036 --- productdesign --- industrieel design --- twintigste eeuw --- design en politiek --- politiek --- designgeschiedenis --- designtheorie --- Design, Industrial --- Mechanical drawing --- New products --- Design --- fine arts --- arte frumoase --- убави уметности --- sköna konster --- szépművészetek --- изящни изкуства --- taikomasis menas --- ликовна уметност --- schone kunsten --- belas-artes --- krásne umenie --- artet e bukura --- belli arti --- lijepe umjetnosti --- skønne kunster --- belle arti --- lepe umetnosti --- tēlotājmāksla --- výtvarná umění --- καλές τέχνες --- sztuki piękne --- kuvataiteet --- schöne Künste --- bellas artes --- kaunid kunstid --- vizuāli plastiskās māksla --- disegno --- dekoratiivinen taide --- arti decorative --- dailė --- Zeichenkunst --- arts décoratifs --- grafische kunst --- dekoratívne umenie --- arte grafice --- arte dekorative --- arte plastice --- plastische kunst --- umělecká řemesla --- фотографска уметност --- plastinis menas --- kujutav kunst --- grafiikka --- krásná umění --- billedskabende kunst --- графика --- διακοσμητικές τέχνες --- grafikos menai --- dekoratiivkunst --- Graphik --- artes plásticas --- вајарство --- tegnekunst --- arts graphiques --- dekorativa konster --- graphic arts --- decorative arts --- kunstindustri --- πλαστικές τέχνες --- likovna umjetnost i arhitektura --- grafika --- γραφικές τέχνες --- výtvarné umenie --- plastic arts --- χαρακτική --- graafika --- dekoratyvioji dailė --- arti grafiche --- decoratieve kunst --- plastiikka --- grafisk konst --- декоративна уметност --- fotografering --- plastika --- Kunstgewerbe --- arte decorative --- artes gráficas --- grafica --- arts plastiques --- arte fotografica --- plasztika --- grafisk kunst --- Grafik --- artes decorativas --- formbildande konster --- dekoratīvās māksla --- díszítőművészet --- bildende Kunst --- arte grafike --- arte plastike --- beeldende kunsten --- εικαστικές τέχνες --- arti plastiche --- politikas zinātne --- valtio-oppi --- ciencia política --- политички науки --- politične vede --- scienze politiche --- nauki polityczne --- politológia --- politisk videnskab --- ciência política --- politieke wetenschap --- политичке науке --- političke znanosti --- political science --- politische Wissenschaft --- politologija --- politologie --- shkenca politike --- politoloogia --- πολιτική επιστήμη --- știință politică --- политическа наука --- xjenza politika --- statsvetenskap --- политичка теорија --- Politologie --- statskundskab --- politikatudomány --- politické vědy --- státověda --- Politikwissenschaft --- ştiinţe politice --- politicologie --- statskunskap --- teorie politiky --- politoloģija --- политикологија --- politikos mokslas --- правно-политички науки --- politica --- politika --- Politik --- politică --- politikë --- política --- polityka --- πολιτική --- poliitika --- politics --- политика --- politik --- politiikka --- politisches Leben --- πολιτική ζωή --- politisk liv --- vida política --- политички живот --- politikai élet --- политически живот --- politisk verksamhet --- politiek leven --- poliittinen elämä --- jetë politike --- viață politică --- politiskā dzīve --- życie polityczne --- politički život --- politinis gyvenimas --- politiskt liv --- vie politique --- ħajja politika --- politično življenje --- politický život --- political life --- vita politica --- na mínealaíona --- eolaíocht pholaitiúil --- polaitíocht --- Belgique --- Design industriel --- Après-guerre --- Van de Velde, Henry --- des Cressonnières, Josine

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This book explores the relation between modern design and the Belgian State. The ideology of modern design was closely linked to the utopian attempt of improving the everyday material world. Modernists had the universal belief that everyday spaces and objects affected their users in such a way that design practice could be a kind of political and social reform, or even a moral education. Modern design was however not only invested with these social aspirations, but knew also succes in political circles as an exponent for ideological positions, as a tool for political propaganda or as a marker of national identities. Also the Belgian state mobilized the universal idea of modern design to construct a positive national image for cultural, economic and diplomatic purposes. The famous Expo 58 with its iconic Atomium in Brussels are great examples of this engagement of the state with design to convey a sense of modernity. This book looks beyond the typical Belgian icons and shows how design was framed in economic and political debates in Belgium from the mid 19th century until the 1980s. Exhibition: ADAM Art & Design Atomium Museum, Brussels, Belgium (23.06.2017 - 01.09.2017).

design --- twintigste eeuw --- 745.036 --- 745.035/036 --- 747.035/036 --- 749.035/036 --- interieurvormgeving --- meubelkunst --- meubilair --- productdesign --- België --- negentiende eeuw --- Exhibitions --- Design --- Modern [style or period] --- design [discipline] --- Applied arts. Arts and crafts --- Belgium --- History --- design. --- twintigste eeuw. --- 745036. --- 745035/036. --- 747035/036. --- 749035/036. --- interieurvormgeving. --- meubelkunst. --- meubilair. --- productdesign. --- België. --- negentiende eeuw. --- Design. --- Modernism (Art) --- Modernism (Art). --- Political aspects --- Political aspects. --- Social aspects --- Social aspects. --- Belgium. --- Architecture --- architecture [discipline]

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graphic design --- gender [sociological concept] --- Belgium

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Arts graphiques. --- graphic design. --- gender (sociological concept) --- Belgium

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Guillissen-Hoa, Simone ; des Cressonnères, Josine ; Mme D'Aubreby Van Swae ; Elwes, Mabel Eleanor ; Van Celst-Emonts, Jeanne ; Jasinska, Marcelle ; Lauwaert, Yvette ; Behaeghel, Jeanine ; Bataille, Claire ; Meirens, Jenny ; Loppa, Linda