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This event takes place at various locations across the city. View the full programme here

Many of the activities at Design Fest Gent are free. Check the full programme for prices here.

Design that raises questions

How do we want to live, work and live together? What is already working well today? What could be done differently? And who gets to decide that? 

Design Fest Gent brings together designers, makers, thinkers and local residents to explore these questions. Rather than ready-made answers, expect ideas, experiments and surprising perspectives. From small local initiatives to projects that show how collaboration and design can set change in motion.

Watch, listen, do

Design Fest Gent is so much more than just a series of exhibitions. Watch and listen, or get stuck in, exchange ideas and meet new people. A wide range of activities, exhibitions, workshops and lectures each offer a different way to experience design. 

As a biennial festival, Design Fest Gent gives designers a platform, brings different worlds together and encourages collaboration among designers, knowledge institutes, organisations, industry and local residents. 

Design is not always the end result.  Sometimes it is just the starting point. 

View the full programme for Design Fest Gent

Explore more than 30 activities, exhibitions, workshops and lectures at venues across the city.

This activity takes place on a location within the low emission zone

Are you driving to Ghent? First check whether you may enter the city centre with your vehicle. Clean vehicles may enter the city centre free of charge, polluting vehicles have to pay. Is your vehicle allowed to enter, but do you not have a Belgian or Dutch number plate? You will ALWAYS have to register!

Find out all there is to know about Ghent’s low emission zone (LEZ) here
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