Dutch Design Double events Amsterdam - Utrecht
Amsterdam Public Library exhibits HEMA design
Every year, hundreds of Belgian and Dutch students take up challenge to make a successful design for the HEMA Design Competition. This year, the Dutch chain of department stores organized the competition for the 22nd time.
100 x RIETVELD
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964) is worldfamous for the Rietveld-Schröderhouse and one chair, the red-blue ‘Rietveld’ chair. He designed more than 100 houses and more than 350 pieces of furniture.
HKU - DESIGN ROUTE
Windows of various (design) stores, architectural attractions and other unique locations along the HKU Design Route are set to showcase the final examination works of this year's graduates in Industrial Design and 3D Design from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU).
METTE SAABYE - ...ANOTHER MAN'S TREASURE
A tour de force of the contemporary arts and crafts scene in Denmark, Saabye’s highly conceptual work draws inspiration by deconstructing the notion of what constitutes jewellery.
NELLI TANNER: COLLECTING SNOW
Since graduating from the Rietveld Academie in 2003, Finnish-born Tanner’s jewellery has been imbued with a narrative character. Her brooches and objects show people in expressive postures.
REDLIGHT DESIGN AMSTERDAM: DELUX GOES INSIDE
In September 2008, the City of Amsterdam, Ymere and Droog Design launched the Redlight Design Amsterdam project. Six international jewellery designers – Frédéric Braham, Jantje Fleischhut, Gésine Hackenberg, Susanne Klemm, Iris Nieuwenburg and Atelier Ted Noten – swapped their homes and workspaces for houses previously used by prostitutes in De Wallen. www.redlightdesignamsterdam.nl
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