Katrien Laporte

Katrien Laporte is Director of Design Museum Gent since 1 October 2013, where in recent years she has been very committed to broad societal themes, produced major international co-productions and put the expansion of the museum back on the agenda with the new museum wing DING (Design in Gent) and the renovation of the existing buildings. She also took initiatives such as Design Fest Gent. Katrien is part of the Museumoverleg Vlaanderen, Architectuurplatform Gent and is a member of the European networks Applied Arts, Design Netwerk and Muscon. She is currently a board member at music theatre Transparant in Antwerp and concert hall De Handelsbeurs in Ghent. She is a member of the Supervisory Board of Hogent and a member of the General Assembly of Archipel.