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Bikes at the Rijks
Meanwhile in Holland … the local news has been less about the exhilarating impact the reopening of the Rijks Museum will have on the city and art-lovers worldwide, and more about, well, bikes.
One to Watch in Milan
Narrative designer Brit van Nerven is one to look out for this year in Milan. Since graduating from the DAE she has worked with some top names while developing her own form language. She will present with Invertuals’ in their new show, “Transform”.
Connecting the Dots Milan 2013
This spring a record number of Dutch designers will be present during the Design Week in Milan. You can find a complete list in the seventh edition of Connecting the Dots, which will be co-published with ELLE Decoration for the second year in a row in April.
Social Design in China
A comment on tourism and mass-consumption lies at the core of Jorge Mañes latest project “Normal Pool Level”. In it he presents a series of souvenirs he designed for the area around the Yangtze River in China that has been transformed by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.
For The Love of Materials
Denim and leather only improve with age, a quality new Amsterdam accessory brand, Atelier de l'Armée, is exploiting beautifully. The brand penetrates the zeitgeist, which has rebranded hand-made and locally produced into valuable characteristics. And it’s all being done for the love of materials.
Tuttobene Celebrates Ten Years in Milan
It’s an occasion marked by the invitation of ten respected designers to this year’s Milan Furniture Fair. Tuttobene is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
Design is for Kids
At Milan Design Week last April we came across a wonderful children’s book all about design. Now it has been translated from Polish to Dutch and naturally features a host of Dutch design heroes.
Gaultier’s World
Most people are familiar with designer Jean Paul Gaultier, be it for his iconic sailor-striped tops, outrageous catwalk shows or ‘that’ perfume. The Kunsthal in Rotterdam currently presents an overview of his work spanning five decades.
New Creative Head for Design Academy Eindhoven
Graphic designer Thomas Widdershoven has a good head and great attitude and has been appointed Creative Director of the Design Academy Eindhoven. What people seem to like most about him is that he is not another voice in the current debate about product design, but a more general voice about design and designership.
Agenda
- Zone2Source
Amstelpark / Amsterdam - Hand Made: Long Live Crafts
Boijmans van Beuningen / Rotterdam - Winde Rienstra, Beyond the Boundaries of Fashion
Centraal Museum / Utrecht - Turkish Red
Audax Textielmuseum / Tilburg - All in one carpet from Gafsa region (Tunisia) at Hôtel Droog
Hotel Droog / Amsterdam
Selection:
- Amsterdam Fashion Week 2013
- Dutch Design Week 2012
- Milan 2012
- Amsterdam Fashion Week 2012
- Dutch Design Week 2011
- Amsterdam International Fashion Week 2010
- Amsterdam International Fashion Week 2011
- Dutch Design Week 2010
- Dutch Design Double 2010
- Milan 2010
- Design.nl 100th Issue Favourites
- Dutch Design Week 2009
- Dutch Design Double 2009
- Milan 2009
- Amsterdam International Fashion Week 2009
- Going Out - Restaurants, bars, cafes, clubs and hotels
- Graphic Design Festival 2008
- Dutch Design Week 2008
- Retail Therapy - Where to buy Dutch design
- FreeDesigndom 2008
- Milan 2008
- Amsterdam International Fashion Week 2008
- Design.nl Tokyo favourites
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