Articles
Zwart Wit Take Two
This weekend sees the opening of the second installment of Black and White at the Dutch Photomuseum. This time Rotterdam designer Richard Hutten was asked to give the museum entrance a makeover.
Hundred young talents selected
The most talented Dutch graduates in various fields of e-culture have been selected by the Virtueel Platform in its ‘HOT100’, and will meet for a special session during the upcoming PICNIC Festival.
Looking Backwards and Forwards
It's too early to label the next era but Dutch design has broken all boundaries and is entering an era when design thinking can be applied to solve all sorts of social and environmental problems.
Visual Storytellling
The third edition of Graphic Design Festival Breda (GDFB) takes visual storytelling as a key theme over the five-day event.
Irma Boom and "The Rijks"
Irma Boom’s new logo for the Rijksmuseum is out. Some say she doesn’t know how to spell, others say her work with the difficult “ij” digraph is brilliant.
The Power of Urine
Most often rejected as something worthless or unpleasant, urine is making a comeback. The Aqua Vita Project hails the smelly yellow waste product as a natural indicator of our body’s state of wellbeing.
Transnatural + Giveaway
This weekend sees the opening of Transnatural, a festival which presents an experience of innovation and a glimpse of the future with art, design, business and scientific examples at the NEMO Science Center in Amsterdam.
Curiosity in a vase
A vase that needs to be broken before you can really see it’s design? It goes completely against our nature but also awakens our curiosity, that is Curious Vase by designer Mianne de Vries.
Hôtel Droog
Due to officially open on 16 September, Design.nl took a tour around the newly opened Droog hotel which boasts just one bedroom.
Anne Mieke Eggenkamp Leaves Design Academy Eindhoven
Marking the end of a turbulent summer at the Design Academy Eindhoven, Anne Mieke Eggenkamp has resigned as Chairwoman of the Executive Board.
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

