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Intrastructures is designing an analogue version of the Panoramagram for the Tarwewijk in Rotterdam.

The Panoramagram proposes an online messageboard for the local community.

Commission by Nai + Droog

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

February, 2012




The OpenStructures project was picked up by WIRED-UK magazine as one of the 25 big ideas for 2012(!)

Januari, 2012




Intrastructures is participating in the Droog Lab on ‘identity matters?’

As one of the few countries lacking a quintessential national identity, the Droog Lab believes Belgium could be a model for how individuals, companies and institutions could formulate their future identities.

Brussels, Belgium

December, 2011




Intrastructures is presenting the OpenStructures project

as part of the After the bit rush exhibition in MU

Eindhoven, the Netherlands

October - December, 2011




Intrastructures was asked to facilitate the ‘Welcome to Sint Gilles’ project.

‘Welcome to Saint Gilles’ is a collaborative effort of multiple regional design schools

to revitalize the Saint Gilles neighborhood in Liège through design.

A selection of school projects will be presented at the Biennale Internationale du design de Liège 2012.

Liège, Belgium

September 2011 - October 2012




Thomas Lommée is talking about DIY design at EXD’11/LISBOA,

a cultural biennale dedicated to design, architecture and contemporary creativity.

The Open Talk will be attended by Enzo Mari and hosted by Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Lissabon, Portugal

October, 2011




Intrastructures is unfolding its vision on design

at the Design Directors exhibition, hosted by Design Flanders.

Brussels, Belgium

September - October 2011




Intrastructures was selected by Hans Ulrich Obrist to exhibit at the Blickfang events

in Vienna, Stuttgart, Zurich and Basel.

October, 2011 - March, 2012




Thomas Lommée is talking about the relevance of small scale initiatives within a networked society

at the Ecole nationale supérieure de création industrielle (ENSCI) in Paris.

The discussion is hosted by the ENSCI and Parsons, New school for design.

Paris, France

September, 2011




Intrastructures is offering assistance at the Sustainable Summerschool.

The Summerschool provides a short course, aiming to provide participants with new insights

in the field of sustainability and design. The program has an interdisciplinary approach

and will be working on real case studies.

The Summerschool is an initiative of REcentre and the Institute without Boundaries.

Hasselt, Belgium

August, 2011




The Openstructures project was covered by Viewpoint magazine

as part of their ‘Visual essay of influential ideas’ by Kate Franklin

July, 2011




The Openstructures project was featured in the book ‘Open Design Now’.

A book on why design cannot remain Exclusive.

June, 2011




Intrastructures is presenting the OpenStructures project

as part of the “Now!“ exhibition at the Marta Herford museum,

an exhibition on the experience of time and design.

Herford, Germany

September, 2011




The Domus interview with Thomas Lommée on Open Design is now online

Brussels, Belgium

June, 2011




The Openstructures project was covered by Domus magazine

(download the_esperanto_of_objects.pdf here)

June, 2011




The Openstructures project was covered by The Future Laboratory

(download LSNglobal.pdf here)

June, 2011




Intrastructures is presenting the OpenStructures project

as part of the International Design Festival in Berlin

Berlin, Germany

June, 2011




Thomas Lommée is talking about Open design at the Milan Breakfasts

an initiative of the Design Academy Eindhoven and Premsela

Milan, Italy

April, 2011




Intrastructures is presenting the OpenStructures project

as part of the New Times, New Heroes exhibition.

Milan, Italy

April, 2011




Intrastructures is presenting the OpenStructures + cyclical kitchen projects

as part of the Transnatural exhibit

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

March, 2011




Intrastructures is commissioned by Stroom, Den Haag

to design and build a pavillion for the Foodprint Erasmusveld project

The Hague, The Netherlands

September, 2011




Intrastructures is commissioned to reshape Timelab,

an open space for art, technology and society.

Ghent, Belgium

January, 2011




Intrastructures is commissioned by the

kunstvereniging Diepenheim to design and build

the basecamp for their NILMDTE festival of the arts

Diepenheim, The Netherlands

May, 2012




Thomas Lommée / Intrastructures is lecturing at the symposium

“I don't know where I'm going but I want to be there,
The expanding areas of Graphic Design”

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

18 december, 2010




The Openstructures project was mentioned in Viewpoint magazine.

(download YesWeCan.pdf here .. great article by the way)

October, 2010




Intrastructures is testing / demonstrating its cyclical kitchen

at Micromarché

Brussels, Belgium

September - December, 2010




Intrastructures is presenting ‘Yes, we’re Open! A vision on Open Design’

at the Verbeke Foundation

Kemzeke, Belgium

November, 2010 - April, 2011




Intrastructures is presenting OpenStructures, Lifecycle Loops

and Panoramagram as part of the “Design for mankind” exhibition

at the Grand Hornu site

Mons, Belgium

November - December, 2010




Intrastructures is presenting Typemachine.net

at the Biennale Internationale du Design de St. Etienne

St. Etienne, France

November - December, 2010




Intrastructures is unfolding its vision on Open Design

with the “Yes! we’re Open” exhibition at the Budascoop in Kortrijk

this exhibition is part of the European Innovation weeks

Kortrijk, Belgium

October, 2010




Workshop OpenStructures at KHMechelen

Mechelen, Belgium

September, 2010




Thomas Lommée / Intrastructures is now teaching at the ‘Social design’ department

of the Design Academy Eindhoven (Masters program)

Eindhoven, The Netherlands

September 2010




The OpenCargoBike, designed by Jo Van Bostraeten for the OpenStructures project

was featured in ‘Velo, bicycle culture and design’

August, 2010




Intrastructures is exhibiting the OpenStructures project

as part of the “Up to You” exhibit at Stroom Den Haag

The Hague, The Netherlands

February - March, 2010




Workshop OpenStructures / Open Architecture at Z33

with Luigi Ferrara, Thomas Jomini, BrusselsCooperation, OpenSource House and db Rotor

Hasselt, Belgium

December, 2009




Workshop OpenStructures / Open Hardware at Z33

with Rob Van Kranenburg

Hasselt, Belgium

December, 2009




Intrastructures is exhibiting the OpenStructures project

as part of the “Bits and Pieces” exhibit at Material Connexion

NYC, USA

November, 2009




Intrastructures is introducing the OpenStructures project

at the Design Academy Eindhoven

Eindhoven, the Netherlands

September, 2009 - January, 2010




Intrastructures is taking up a teaching position at Les Ateliers

Paris, France

October, 2009




Intrastructures is exhibiting the OpenStructures project at Z33

Z33 is an art centre that focuses on design and contemporary art

with integrated, multidisciplinary projects.

Hasselt, Belgium

September - December, 2009




IwB / Intrastructures is exhibiting the system patterns timeline  at The Center for Architecture

The exhibition documents a series of contemporary experiments in planning, architecture, and design that seek to treat the city and its environment in holistic terms, as a complex social, political, and ecological matrix.

NYC, USA

May - August, 2009




Intrastructures is shaping a future lightrail system for De Lijn

Hasselt, Belgium

April, 2009




Intrastructures is lecturing at Recyclart

Brussels, Belgium

April 23, 2009




Intrastructures is commissioned to shape the “Kilternan Institute”,

an open innovation center.

Dublin, Ireland

February 23 - March 1, 2009




Intrastructures is setting up an OpenStructure

in collaboration with 20 design students

at the Media & Design Academy Genk

Genk, Belgium

Februari 18, 2009




Intrastructures is giving a 4-days OpenStructures workshop

at the St. Lukas Academy for Architecture and Design

Brussels, Belgium

Februari 6 - 11, 2009




Intrastructures is lecturing at the Media & Design academy Genk

Genk, Belgium

September 17, 2008




Intrastructures is lecturing at Changing the change,

an international conference on the role and potential of design research

in the transition towards sustainability.

Torino, Italy

July 10 - 12, 2008




Intrastructures is presenting at Design Paradigm

Leadership gathering to discuss the opportunity of future initiatives for Ireland.

Dublin, Ireland

January 24, 2008




Intrastructures is presenting at Backstage

Event conference highlighting the economic opportunities

within the experience economy.

Roskilde, Denmark

January 22 - 23, 2008




IwB / Intrastructures is exhibiting at Utrecht Manifest,

the 2nd biennale for social design

Utrecht, The Netherlands

November 24, 2007 - February 11 2008




IwB / Intrastructures is exhibiting at Connecting’07,

the international ICSID design congress

San Francisco, USA

October 17 - 20, 2007







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