TIO3: A journey in pictures through our first 6 months as a business centre, event location and textiles&innovation centre. Enjoy!

1. Interested how we spent our first six months?
And what we could mean to you?

2. #1: Event Location
Over 2000 people participated in events at
TIO3 since its opening in December. Hosting
your event has been a real pleasure, and we
would love to welcome you and your guests
back in Autumn!

3. # 2: Business Centre
TIO3 has hosted events for several business organisations, including Voka
and Unizo.
Our service to businesses and business-supporting organisations also
includes a weekly meet and greet moment for local entrepreneurs
(Thursday Business Lunch). Once a month, TIO3 organizes an intense
Inspiration Session: a select number of guests, an interesting person as
Expert speaker, and an inspirational topic.

4. #2: Business Centre
TIO3 is home to the Textile Incubation
Centre
www.texincubator.com
End of March saw the exclusive opening
of the incubator, with a speech by
President of the Board, Paul Van
Cauwenberge (Dean of University of
Ghent), and presentations by the start-up
businesses in TIC NV.
OhmyGodasse creates personalized shoe designs P. Vandendaele and Dermasilk Intimo markets pro-health lingerie
P. Van Cauwenberge

5. #2: Business Centre
Sssstt ... Work in progress here!
Lookingan office space?
Looking for
for a flexible
office space ?
Half a day a week or a fulltime spot at
the work desk.
Trends Magazine labels TIO3 as one of Belgium’s creative hotspots

6. #3: Textiles and Innovation
January 2012
EXHIBITION
FUTUROTEXTILES
(WITH LILLE3000.COM)
= 6000 visitors discovered a
whole new dimension to
textile:
innovative, hightech, creativ
e, design
= a one week programme for
600 young people: 12 – 16
year olds, with engaging
Engaging guided tours guided tours and mini-
experiments.
School week

7. February 2012
Spring 2012 Smart Textiles
School
= within our focus on
Textiles and Innovation, TIO3
has chosen to elaborate the
theme of Smart Textiles in
2012-2013.
= a programme introducing
designers and industry to
the fascinating, high-
potential combination of
Spring 2012 Smart Textiles School: industry and designers
textiles and electronics
School week

8. March 2012
INTERNSHIPS AT
INSPIRATION LAB
= in March to May, our team
has been extended with
Laura, Florian and
Michele, all of whom have
been working at the
Inspiration Lab.
Italian designer Michele Tittarelli and TIO3 AnnaMariaCornelia
School week

9. April 2012
OPENING
INSPIRATION LAB (+2)
= Inspiration room:
- a database with A4-sized
samples of innovative
textiles, from Japan to USA
(part of the Interreg IVA 2 Seas
project Crysalis)
- a creative hotspot for
meeting (inter)national
designers, artists and
researchers
School week

10. April 2012
OPENING
INSPIRATION LAB (+2)
= Fab(ric) Lab: sewing
machines, embroidery, and
lasercutter technology
combine into a platform for
experimenting and
prototyping. Open to
designers, researchers, stude
nts, and you!
Fab(ric) Lab internships by students from Flemish Textile design schools
School week

11. April 2012
OPENING
EXHIBITION ‘YOUNG
TEXTILES’
= Young Textiles: every
springtime, TIO3 brings
together a selection of
beautiful textile design by
recent graduates
1 ‘Young Textiles’, Spring 2012 exhibits work by graduates from KASK, St-Lucas, La Cambre,UGent
School week

12. Want to be part of our story?
info@tio3.be or Facebook
Autumn 2012:
-Host your event in this unique location
-Join us for the Smart Textiles Autumn
(Sept – Nov): a journey of discovery into
the ways in which textiles, fashion and
technology can be combined
-Book a slot in the Fab(ric) Lab to take
your idea or prototype that one step
further
-Drop by the Textile Incubation Centre to
discuss your passion: your business
-Become a regular co-worker at the Bar
d’Office (starts at €30/month)
School week