7 trends seen at Collectible Brussels 2023

Knitted Light by Sangmin Oh

COLLECTIBLE Brussels, the international fair dedicated to 21st century design, was held from March 9 to 12, 2023 and maintained its position as an outsider. For the past six years, the Brussels fair has been putting the Belgian capital at the forefront of lively, dynamic and innovative creation.

For this 6th edition, the fair took over a new emblematic location in Brussels: the Sheds of Tour & Taxis. Under glass roof of the industrial site, galleries (St Vincent, Béton Brut, Tableau), design studios (Studio Œ, Amca Oval, Studio Biskt) and architects were invited to show their pieces in an ephemeral space designed by PAF atelier and Studio Volfram.

COLLECTIBLE unveiled three new platforms this year: NEW GARDE for the new wave of creatives; ARCHITECT <=> DESIGNER for the talents selected by Nicolas Schuybroek, and DIALOGUE, an invitation to mix pieces from the 80s and 90s with contemporary creations. Take a look at the 7 key trends we spotted at COLLECTIBLE Brussels 2023.

Les assises en bois sculpté

Low Collection par Benni Allan pour Béton Brut

Low Collection by Benni Allan for Béton Brut

The designers are looking at the different ways of sitting through wood. Their seats, all made of wood, adopt graphic shapes that highlight the different veins and species of the material. The names behind these sculpted pieces? Benni Allan for Béton Brut, Isabella Lobkowicz (Almost100chairs), Lisa Ertel (Studio Œ), ÆTHER/MASS, Paul Cournet...

Almost 100 Chairs par Isabella Lobkowicz

Almost 100 Chairs by Isabella Lobkowicz

Tabouret Dune édition spécial par Lisa Ertel

Dune Stool special edition by Lisa Ertel

Les créations textiles abyssales

Étagère murale Palmata par Sarah Roseman

Palmata wall shelf by Sarah Roseman

In the textile creations of Sarah Roseman, Sangmin Oh and KRJS, the new weaves bring to life fantastic worlds populated by living creatures. All in their own way capture the shifting colours and shapes of the reefs and seabed through tufting or knitting.

Umibozu rug, SEA SPIRIT by studio KRJST and édition 1.6.9

Knitted Light by Sangmin Oh

Le mobilier en aluminium sculpté

Ensemble de table et tabourets de Arthur Vandergucht

Table and stool set by Arthur Vandergucht

Aluminium was worked from every angle in the furniture. On the pieces by duplex studio and Arthur Vandergucht, it is displayed in all-over and assumes a hyper-industrialized version. Special mention should be made of Edgar Jayet's faudesteuil, which reinvents the medieval chair with great modernity.

Shelf by Duplex Studio

Faudesteuils by Edgar Jayet

La céramique en trompe-l'œil

Vases by Safia Sons

Scales, striations, folds, mould, dripping effects... Ceramics, more worked than ever, is playing the trompe-l'oeil game. Who is responsible? The designers Safia Hijos, Studio Biskt and Eléonore Joulin work and glaze the medium with extreme finesse and delicacy.

Vase en céramique extrudé par Studio Biskt

Extruded ceramic vase by Studio Biskt

Cheese lamp by Eléonore Joulin

Les formes dégoulinantes

Scenography by Studio TABLEAU Copenhagen © Trend Nomad

Pieces of furniture and decoration are transformed into gibbous, dripping creatures and monsters. Hybrid curiosities with fascinating shapes and refreshing colours seen in the creations of Kartini Thomas, Danish and Kristine Mandsberg, but also AuchKatzStudio, Sarah Roseman and Pettersen & Hein.

Sculpture by Kartini Thomas

Blob série par Danish et Kristine Mandsberg

Blob series by Danish and Kristine Mandsberg

Les imprimés printanniers

Stool by Laurids Gallée

Spring is approaching. If the weather is telling, the designers (Chris Calmer, Laurids Gallée) are also expressing their springtime desires through prints, engravings and drawings that show a dreamlike world where flora, insects and animals cohabit with poetry or fantasy.

Set and cover by Laurids Gallée

Painting Mantodea by Chris Calmer

La résine colorée

Trinket bowl by Sabourin Costes

Resin, its semi-opacity and its sweetened shades come back to spread a velvety softness to furniture and small objects. The specialists in this field are Sabourin Costes, Forever Studio and Laurids Gallée.