Articles
"For three years I was known as the Heatwave guy."
'Joris Laarman Lab' shows us what's been keeping the designer relatively unseen in the past couple of years. Our US correspondent David Sokol reviews Laarman's new show which just debuted at New York's Friedman Benda gallery.
Dutch winners in 2010 iF Product Design Award
A total of 29 Dutch designs were recognized with an iF Product Design Award for 2010 - two of which were gold - with Philips taking home 13 awards alone.
Generation 11
During Paris Fashion Week the Fashion Institute Arnhem ArtEZ presented this year's Masters graduates at Galerie Joseph where each designer created an installation based around their collection.
Freedom of Creation turns 10
Happy Birthday to Freedom of Creation (FOC) who celebrates a decade in business with an exhibition in Amsterdam's World Fashion Centre showcasing innovation in 3D printed design.
Cut & Paste by Kiki van Eijk
Kiki van Eijk's curious new collection celebrates the joys of designing by making, and explores the personality and emotion found within an object.
Lumen Aureus
The Ice Church of ICEHOTEL #20 in Sweden was built again by Dutch designers Marjolein Vonk and Marinus Vroom in collaboration with ICEHOTEL founder Åke Larsson.
Does the Dutch heart lead to too much mediocrity?
With arts funding bound to be cut after the next elections, just what politicians have in store is becoming a hot debate. The Labour party (PvdA) is amongst the parties promising the smallest cuts, but if Elderman Gehrels gets her way, art and culture run the risk of striving to satisfy the masses rather than to create world-class excellence.
Rogier van der Heide new Chief Design Officer for Philips Lighting
Philips has announced that internationally renowned lighting designer Rogier van der Heide will be appointed in the newly created position of Chief Design Officer for Philips Lighting.
Jurgen Bey New Director of the Sandberg Institute
Over the last year design education in Holland has undergone some dramatic changes all established to ensure that graduates come out of schools with the sort of knowledge that the evolving design industry now demands. The latest announcement is that leading Dutch designer Jurgen Bey will assume directorship of the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam from September of this year.
Iris van Herpen – ‘Synesthesia’
Inspired by the cross-sensational phenomenon of feeling sound, smelling motion, and hearing colour, Iris van Herpen continues her uniquely adventurous approach to fashion with her Autumn/Winter 2010 collection ‘Synesthesia.’
Agenda
- MULTIPLEX: TransNatural #01
de Verdieping/TrouwAmsterdam / Amsterdam - Cargelli: Rotterdamse Couture
Historical Museum / Rotterdam - Fashion for thought, Alexander van Slobbe, an independent artist in fashion
Centraal Museum / Utrecht - Making Things Personal - Maarten Baas
Stedelijk Museum / 's-Hertogenbosch - Richard Hutten, 18 years of playing
Design museum / Gent

