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Designs of the Year 2013
London's Design Museum opens its doors to showcase Designs of the Year 2013 – we look at the Dutch designers shortlisted.
The Puppeteer
The LYNfabrikken in Aarhus, Denmark is proving a popular destination for young Dutch design talents. Jólan van der Wiel’s work The Puppeteer currently occupies the large windows of this popular exhibition space.
Van Lindonk Passes
Publisher and founder of PINC (People, Ideas, Nature, Creativity – a yearly conference on creativity) Peter van Lindonk passed away at 76. He’s remembered as a great inspirer.
Raw Glistening
Located in the middle of the city centre, The Hague’s very own Trojan horse, Paard van Troje has undergone a make over courtesy of Studio Barbara Vos and studio TILIA.
Ode to the Hand Made
The latest exhibition at Museum Boijmans invites visitors to experience the beauty of craft in detail but also be critical of new romantic notions associated with it today.
ArtEZ Top Management Fired
This week the Supervisory Board of ArtEZ, Institute of the Arts announced it had sent home the Board of Governors, which runs the day-to-day affairs of the school.
Design Debates
A new programme at the Designhuis in Eindhoven is bringing the hottest design topics to the stage with a series of debates. The list of speakers shows just how broad design thinking has become.
Dutch Designers at Paris Fashion Week
After haute-couture shows by Jan Taminiau and Iris van Herpen in Paris, now it is the turn of the prêt-a-porter designers. Among the Dutch to present their latest collections are Viktor&Rolf who chose Studio Job to design their backdrop this season.
Merel Karhof Windworks
We first met RCA-graduate Merel Karhof at Object Rotterdam in 2011 where she presented her knitting windmill. Now Karhof has created a triptych between three windmills, giving visibility to what wind power can create.
More on “Mine Kafon”
Massoud Hassani is an Afghan who designed a device to clear landmines – it’s a fascinating story and it is true that design journalists (and the public) love a good story, especially ones with a social core.
Agenda
- Co-evolution
Noord-Brabants Museum / 's-Hertogenbosch - BNI/ World Interiors Day
Various Locations / Amsterdam - Turkish Red
Audax Textielmuseum / Tilburg - All in one carpet from Gafsa region (Tunisia) at Hôtel Droog
Hotel Droog / Amsterdam - Het Oog Wil Ook Wat
Yksi Expo / Eindhoven
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

