LCD TEXTILE EDITION


Luc Druez reinterprets technical fibres beyond their industrial applications, bringing them into the realm of contemporary textiles. Copper, fishing line, synthetic raffia, rubber, and horsehair are interwoven in Jacquard weaves, where the material fully reveals itself through its interaction with light. At the crossroads of craftsmanship, textile research, and innovation, his creations unfold translucent surfaces with remarkable depth, reflections, and shimmering effects, designed for interior architecture, furniture, and space partitioning.


ATELIER CORNET


At Atelier Cornet, leather covering transcends its traditional role as a surface finish to become a fully fledged artistic language. Bas-relief sculpts the surface, revealing volumes and plays of shadow where flatness once prevailed. From design to production, panels and screens are created in dialogue with the light and the architecture they enhance. Both structure and skin, the material becomes a boundary and a threshold.


DANIEL HENRY STUDIO


Daniel Henry has developed a textile practice centred on material as a vehicle for emotion and memory, where notions of the sacred, transformation, and cycles converge. Gold, light, and colour shape a universe of contrasts, balancing tension and serenity, appearance and disappearance. His work combines screen printing with textile finishing techniques that transform fabrics through effects of texture, relief, and transparency. Each piece emerges from a dialogue between gesture, tool, and material from velvet to silk and latex in an exploration where technique becomes a visual language.


ZAVENTEM ATELIERS


Located in a former paper mill near Brussels, Zaventem Ateliers brings together designers, artists, and craftspeople within a collaborative ecosystem founded by Lionel Jadot. Conceived as both a production site and a research platform, the collective fosters dialogue between disciplines and materials through continuous experimentation. Every project is born from the close relationship between design and making, where the creative process itself becomes a space for research.


LE CHÂTEAU DE VERRE


At the crossroads of French, Belgian, and Latin American influences, Le Château de Verre brings together the practices of Amélie and François-Odon through a contemporary interpretation of stained glass. Drawing on traditional expertise acquired in Belgium and France, the two artists use glass as a narrative medium where light, memory, and material engage in dialogue. Through original creations, architectural commissions, and restoration projects, they explore the expressive potential of an ancestral craft while reimagining it through a contemporary lens.


GOYET


After founding the wallpaper brand Tenue de Ville, Alexia de Ville returned to a more instinctive practice with GOYET. The project explores Jacquard weaving using reclaimed materials such as wallpaper offcuts, paper raffia, and hemp, recently reintroduced in Belgium for its environmental and technical qualities. These fibres form an evolving textile vocabulary, balancing raw material and transformation. The woven compositions combine bold graphic planes with interventions in ink and walnut stain.


FRANÇOISE LOMBAERS


Françoise Lombaers has developed a contemporary approach to architectural mosaic. The studio creates surfaces from porcelain stoneware tesserae, combining artisanal precision with the standardisation of modular elements. From the initial design to technical layouts, each project translates pattern into architectural space and use. The tesserae are assembled into ready-to-install sheets, enabling large-scale compositions with carefully controlled joints. Here, mosaic becomes a language of surface in service of the built environment.


BELGIUM IS DESIGN


This year’s event is supported by Belgium is Design, a joint initiative led by MAD Brussels, Flanders DC, and Wallonie-Bruxelles Design Mode. For fifteen years, the organisation has worked to promote Belgian design on the international stage, giving this edition a professional dimension that goes far beyond a simple tribute. The presence of Belgium is Design at Rendez-vous de la matière confirms what many have long recognised: Belgium is not a passing trend, but a true school of design.


photos : Maze Element © Lila Farget • © LcD Textile • © Atelier Cornet • © Daniel Henry Studio • Precious Peels, Zaventem Ateliers © Loumi Le F’loch • Le Pantin, Abstraction © Le Château de Verre Artistic Stained-Glass • Goyet © Elodie De Ceuninck • Montagne, Galerie Subtile Slizewicz © Françoise Lombaers • Leibal curoso table, Belgium Is Design © Elias Van Orshaegen