Design Museum Brussels

Design Museum Brussels is a museum located in the Heysel/Heizel Park in Brussels, Belgium, close to the Atomium. The space focuses on design works from the 20th and 21st centuries. It was formerly called the Art and Design Atomium Museum (ADAM) until 2020.^[1][2] The size of the museum is 5,000 m² (54,000 sq ft) and it received about 126,000 visitors in 2019.^[1] Arnaud Bozzini is the museum's director.^[1]

Design Museum Brussels

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Established	2015 (2015)
Location	Brussels, Belgium
Coordinates	50°53′51.000″N 4°20′30.998″E
Type	Design museum
Website	Official website

History and collection

The Art and Design Atomium Museum (ADAM) was established in 2015 through the purchase of a private collection.^[1] The permanent collection, originally known as the Plasticarium,^[3] focuses on the use of plastic in the design industry from the mid-20th century to the present day.^[4] It occupies approximately half of the total surface area of the museum, the rest being devoted to temporary exhibitions.^[5][6][7]

The collection includes works by Anna Castelli-Ferrieri, Apple Design Team (Jonathan Ive), Evelyne Axell, Joe Colombo, Ruth Francken, Konstantin Grcic, Quasar Khanh, Shiro Kuramata, Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi, Verner Panton, Gaetano Pesce, Ettore Sottsass and Perry King, Philippe Starck, Studio 65, and Roger Tallon.^[8] In 2016, the museum exhibited 240 previously unseen photographs by Charles and Ray Eames.^[9]

In 2020, the museum opened Belgisch Design Belge, a permanent exhibition space dedicated to the history and practice of design in Belgium.^[4] On 2 October 2020, the museum changed its name to Design Museum Brussels to better reflect the evolution of its mission towards creation in design. Subsequently in 2020, the Plasticarium became the Plastic Design Collection.^[1][2]

See also

• Belgium portal

• List of design museums
• List of museums in Brussels
• Culture of Belgium

References

Citations

1. Belga. "L'Adam devient le Design Museum Brussels". La Libre.be (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2022.
2. "ADAM devient le Design Museum Brussels et ouvre deux expositions". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
3. "Plasticarium Collection Exhibition Notes" (PDF). Design Museum Brusels. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
4. "About Design Museum Brussels". Design Museum Brussels.
5. ""Plasticarium" : 50 ans étonnants de design plastique au ADAM – Brussels Design Museum". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
6. "Le Plasticarium : un nouveau musée du design à Bruxelles". Franceinfo (in French). 11 February 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
7. "Un musée du design, bientôt à Bruxelles". Le Soir (in French). 28 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
8. "Plasticarium Collection" (PDF). Brussels Design Museum. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
9. Magazine, Wallpaper* (11 March 2016). "The Eames' cinematic photography gets a moment in the spotlight at ADAM". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

Bibliography

• Alexandra Midal, Richard Thommeret and Anne Bony, Art & Design Atomium Museum : The Plastic Collection, Brussels, CFC-Editions, January 2016, 216 p. (ISBN 978-2-87572-015-3, OCLC 936863174)

External links

• Media related to ADAM - Brussels Design Museum at Wikimedia Commons
• Design Museum Brussels