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Call for entries to Ventura Interieur at Biennale Interieur 2012


Dezeen Wire:
 design show Biennale Interieur 2012 will take place in Kortrijk, Belgium, from 20 to 28 October 2012 and Dutch company Organisation in Design is calling for entries to Ventura Interieur, a city-wide satellite program of shows in collaboration with the biennale.

To participate visit the Interieur 2012 website for online registration and details about the curated selection process.

Ventura Interieur will include a diverse mix of international design talent and will take place at several locations around the city, linked to the main exhibition by a shuttle service.

Organisation in Design runs Ventura Lambrate that takes place each April during the Milan furniture fair. Ventura Berlin that was part of trade show Qubique 2011 in Berlin last October.

We interviewed Margriet Vollenberg and Margo Konings from Organisation in Design at Qubique 2011 - watch the interview here.

Dezeen are media partners for the Biennale Interieur 2012.

You can read all our stories about Ventura Projects here.

Read the full press release below:


Ventura Interieur at Biennale Interieur 2012

Organisation in Design joins forces with the distinguished Biennale Interieur by launching Ventura Interieur!

Ventura Interieur breaks through the walls of the Xpo fairground and invades the city of Kortrijk, Belgium, from 20 till 28 of October 2012.

Based on their common value of ‘careful selections’, the Biennale Interieur and Organisation in Design will present a diverse mix of international design talent at several locations within the Biennale. These will be linked through a free and frequent shuttle service which will operate between the various destinations throughout the Biennale Interieur.

Call for entries Ventura Interieur

Individual designers, design collectives, institutions, design councils, academies, universities, as well as exciting new brands are able to apply for Ventura Interieur until 30 June 2012. After registration, the Ventura Interieur team will make a curated selection. Please click here to apply and find out more about the made-to-measure exhibitor packages. Please note that the registration itself is free of charge.

'We want to show the Interieur audience what is happening in contemporary design among individual designers, academies and institutions, and in the broader cultural sectors related to the design world. Ventura Interieur also offers participants a unique opportunity to submit their work to the critical eye of professionals taking part in the Interieur Biennale, and it is therefore the perfect chance for useful networking,' say Margo Konings and Margriet Vollenberg of Organisation in Design.

“The partnership with Organisation in Design is one of our steps in the realisation of our intent to turn the city of Kortrijk into a vibrant venue during the Biennale Interieur 2012,” says Lowie Vermeersch, President of the Biennale Interieur. “There’s need and place for an open platform which enriches and strengthens our own selection with a more avant-garde and cutting edge spirit our critical and international audience is looking for.”

Interieur is globally recognised as a must-see design event in autumn with specially curated experiences. In 2010 the Biennale Interieur attracted over 90,000 visitors from 59 countries on an exhibition surface of 40,000 square meters.

Dates: 20 - 28 October 2012, Kortrijk Belgium