As of every year and with an ever-growing curiosity, the Brussels Design September promotes the interaction between roughly a hundred Belgian and international artists and creators with amateurs and connoisseurs in the field of design.

BDS is a fundamentally multifaceted festival that encourages the greater numbers to cross the line and encounter the new facets of today’s design industry by coming in contact with the artists and craftsmen and women in their action (i.e. Arts&Crafts, Jewelry-making, Ceramics, Tapestry Fablabs, Upcycling...etc). Amongst all, the public can choose to see exhibitions, open workshops, happenings, conferences, hands-on workshops, name it...we do it. We will miss no opportunity to encourage exchange and enrichment of knowledge or sensitivity.

Once again, we want to reinforce the image of Brussels as an attractive and dynamic capital: we will highlight the innovation of our young designers through various events related to Design, in order to enhance the commercial attractiveness of the city.

These past few years, Brussels has incontestably become a city of Design, thanks to the talent and the ingeniousness of our designers. Design from Brussels has started to gain quite a reputation and we want to contribute to this in our own way by organising this event. Design September always wanted to connect with the city and represent its various exaltations and diversities. The importance and influence of the event are shaped more and more as design in its most various forms takes an increasingly important place in the daily life of Brussels : urban furniture, installations, lights...

Our designers’ innovations find their place in the urban landscape. This has contributed in a positive way to the city’s reputation and to its economic and tourist activity. The city of Brussels needs events that put creativity and innovation at the forefront. Design September, alongside the Brussels-Capital Region, the City of Brussels and many institutional and private partners, is proud to contribute to it.

This edition of Design September 2025 will be centered around four major themes:

1. DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

• Connected Design: the fusion of craftsmanship and technology, artificial intelligence and design, augmented reality and prototyping.
• Immersive Experiences: interactivity, spatiality, and sensory perception serving design.

2. REGENERATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

• Regeneration, repair, reinvention: modularity, transformation, and sustainability as new paradigms of design.
• Blue Design: mimicking nature and biomimicry as alternative solutions to current environmental challenges.

3. AESTHETICS AND NEW NARRATIVES

• Maximalism: an explosion of color, ornaments and diversity of form.
• Table art: furniture, ceramics, glass, textiles, lighting, flowers, food design - there's so much to discover around gastronomy and sharing.

4. DESIGN AND COMMERCE

• Commerce Design Awards: highlighting innovation in commercial spaces.
• Shops & Brands: a tour of design stores.
• Vintage Route: showcasing 20th-century design and promoting the circular economy.

OPEN DOORS OF DESIGNERS' STUDIOS

During the weekend of 19-20-21 September, Design September will be offering an exclusive immersion into the world of designers through an Open Doors program. These days will allow the public to discover design processes, workshops, and the behind-the-scenes of design creation in Brussels.