Contemporary Design Market wants to stay connected to the real world. While today’s multicultural society offers a rich palette of flavours, styles, colours and smells, this diversity has yet to fully find its way into the design world. That is why CDM wants to broaden the reference frames we all grow up with and explore what happens when we leave the beaten track.
With the Binôme project,
CDM encourages this experiment from within, setting up a dialogue between a Belgian designer and an artist from a different cultural background. Both participants examine who they are, what sets them apart, and what values they hold dear. In short: they explore ‘the stuff they’re made of’, both literally and figuratively. As a merger of talents, the result of every Binôme is unique.
For the general selection of the participants as well,
CDM specifically reaches out to artists and designers from all walks of life and from a wide variety of backgrounds. Thus, CDM wants to contribute to a more inclusive design world – one where our cultural histories come together. CDM explores if and how we can create a new shared (visual) language.
First and foremost, CDM aims to be an inspirational platform and a meeting place. CDM wants to widen our gaze and inspire young people to enrol in creative programs – a choice that, even a mere generation ago, was far from self-evident. CDM wishes to showcase design that is a more representative cross-section of a society that is constantly changing. By looking for a common thread in a world of difference, CDM contributes to a new societal equilibrium.
CDM now invites the public todiscover Belgium designers working to the 2022 edition!