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Designs of the Year 2012

Designs of the Year 2012

London's Design Museum showcases the longlist for its annual awards. Design.nl takes in the Dutch entries to the yearly celebration of global talent.

 

Fireworks

Fireworks

When Lara de Greef and De Letterproeftuin teamed-up to work on a project to revive a number of neglected printing techniques, fireworks ensued.

 

Mumbai calling: workspace offers the Dutch creatives a passage to India

Mumbai calling: workspace offers the Dutch creatives a passage to India

This month the Dutch Design Workspace was opened in Mumbai. Architects, designers and other entrepreneurs from the creative sector with plans to set up shop in India can hire a workplace here including the use of meeting rooms.

 

Alternative energy

Alternative energy

Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam is already widely known for its design collection. In its latest exhibition named New Energy in Design and Art the museum shows works which focus on energy consumption in one way or another.

Form Follows Fiction

Form Follows Fiction

Dreaming of a world of craft-based local industrial design is the first step towards actually realizing it.  Craft can make a comeback - not for nostalgic reasons but for reasons of equity and sustainable development.

 

Object Rotterdam gets a makeover

Object Rotterdam gets a makeover

The fourth edition of Object Rotterdam (adjacent to the more established Art Rotterdam) has been given a sturdy makeover courtesy of Anne van der Zwaag - who we spoke to earlier regarding her role at the Dutch Photography Museum.

 

Rotterdam Design Prize: public versus jury

Rotterdam Design Prize: public versus jury

There are only three more days to vote for the Premsela Public prize of the Rotterdam Design prize.  This Sunday the winners will be announced.  

 

What Napster Can Teach Manufacturing

What Napster Can Teach Manufacturing

Craft, production and industrialization lie at the heart of Smári McCarthy’s work.  He talks, writes and advises on how our rights can be protected in a digital world. 

 

Make A Forest Part II

Make A Forest Part II

By injecting a religious theme into the relationship between man and tree, artist Frank Bruggeman has raised awareness about deforestation in a community that doesn't have time to think much about trees.

Amsterdam Fashion Week #16

Amsterdam Fashion Week #16

We brought you some news from AFW last week but here’s an overview of what else we saw including the Green Fashion Competition, Elise Kim, Winde Rienstra and Marije de Haan.

 

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