The Brussels headquarters of the insurance company La Royale Belge is a majestic Brutalist building with a cruciform floor plan. Today, the building, whose interiors were redesigned by Lionel Jadot (we wrote about it here), is home to Mix Brussels, a very special hotel that balances the past and innovation.
Known for its imposing amber glass structure, the complex is not only a design hotel, but also an exhibition space and home to co-working spaces, gyms, wellness and restaurants. A concept developed by Jadot himself, who wants to create spaces that encourage interaction and sharing, where art, design and urban culture merge. Like Curated by Lionel Jadot, scheduled for October 11-13, 2024, a fair-festival that will transform the space into an immersive experience dedicated to cutting-edge creativity. Curated promotes the work of 44 emerging designers and makers, including Charlotte Jonckheer and her objects on the border between nature and artifice; Atelier Mesa, whose research is expressed in the innovative use of recycled materials; and Studio Plastique, which is dedicated to the transformation of waste. International studios such as Boquita De Cielo (based in London) for ceramics and Studio mo-mo (France) for crafts, together with Belgian designers such as Amber Dewaele and Thibeau Scarcériaux, offer an eclectic and searching vision of contemporary design.
Mix Brussels represents container and content, creating an osmotic exchange where the architecture dialogues with the works, making each element essential to the design experience. This connection reflects an original idea that equates reuse, transformation and collectible art.
Jadot, who recently won the Designer of the Year 2024 – Hospitality award at the Maison&Objet fair, has a passion for unconventional spaces: starting with his base of operations, the Zaventem Ateliers, a former factory that houses a community of designers, craftsmen, artists and set designers. Curated aims to be a platform that inspires a new aesthetic, bold and fascinating. The future of design – creative, cultured, sustainable – could begin here.
