Flanders InShape is a competence center for product development and industrial design. It has been founded in 2007 by the Flemish government in collaboration with the Flemish Industrial Federation, with a number of product design companies, specialized centers and high schools.

Thematically, the competence center covers the integrated process of product development, from market knowledge to product specifications.

Flanders InShape is a platform for strategic cooperation between different actors in the field of product development and industrial design, within Flanders and abroad.

Activities:
• Build a platform for cooperation for all actors in the field of product
development and design.
• Knowledge transfer to companies
• Research activities: multi-disciplinary development of knowledge
concerning product development and design, especially activities that
establish a link between fundamental research and applied methodologies.

Flanders InShape improves innovation culture and spirit of companies by promoting innovation in a broad sense. In 2008 we’ve started research projects in the field of product development en design