Probably my favourite place in Ghent was the
design museum. The outside is being renovated - don't be put off.
Part of the building is an old hotel -
part is a large, light, 4-storey modern extension -
and there's a courtyard in between -
The visit started off well with this display in the foyer of kids' designs for chairs. Catch 'em young; every designer has to do a chair! Throughout the museum there were tiny objects attractive to children in among the displays - a tiny yellow duck in the case with a display of vases, for example.
A chair of another sort - sorry, can't read the label, so I can't tell you who it's by -
After a good three hours there, taking in two exhibitions and the permanent display, we went across the road to a very pleasant cafe and had a simple lunch
and wonderful cakes and coffee.
While we ate we watched many people in the little park beside the cafe taking photos of this view -
Part of the building is an old hotel -
part is a large, light, 4-storey modern extension -
and there's a courtyard in between -
The visit started off well with this display in the foyer of kids' designs for chairs. Catch 'em young; every designer has to do a chair! Throughout the museum there were tiny objects attractive to children in among the displays - a tiny yellow duck in the case with a display of vases, for example.
A chair of another sort - sorry, can't read the label, so I can't tell you who it's by -
After a good three hours there, taking in two exhibitions and the permanent display, we went across the road to a very pleasant cafe and had a simple lunch
and wonderful cakes and coffee.
While we ate we watched many people in the little park beside the cafe taking photos of this view -
You call that * a simple lunch* ?
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