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Fetishism in Fashion
It’s a rare treat to find Lidewij Edelkoort in her home-town of Amsterdam, and an even rarer treat to speak to her in her own home. Following the seminar M˚BA 13 and on the eve of What Design Can Do we spoke with the world’s leading trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort.
What Design Can Do? PROMISES
Timo de Rijk’s extreme position on the “Mine Kaffon” was the core issue raised during one of the breakout sessions during What Design Can Do today. Is social design real and if so how should it be criticized?
Richard van der Laken in His Own Words
Richard van der Laken has been all over the Dutch media this past week pushing the What Design Can Do conference. In this op-ed for national newspaper De Volkskrant he argues that designers must take over from managers.
What Design Can Do for Richard van der Laken
The annual design conference What Design Can Do will be held in Amsterdam on 16 and 17 May, Design.nl caught up with organizer and initiator Richard van der Laken about his hopes for this year’s edition.
Milan 2013: Text as product, product as text
In the second Milan Breakfast hosted by The New Institute and Design Academy Eindhoven, the topic of narrative was approached from two angles. From the designers’ perspective, what story does a design tell and how can that story be understood other than from the finished product?
Milan 2013: Linking Process
For the third and last Milan Breakfast hosted by The New Institute and Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE), the theme of discussion connected to the DAE exhibition on show: Linking Process.
Milan 2013: On design education
Right on the outer edge of Ventura Lambrate is LAP! a bright white space that this year plays host to exhibitions, talks, galleries and more. The first of three Milan Breakfasts looks at the role of education in design.
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.
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.
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
- United We
Stroom / The Hague
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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