Articles
Sayaka Yamamoto & Sparkles
An interesting new business model offers artists and designers a rare opportunity to work with precious metals and gems.
Object Rotterdam 2014
Independent designers fresh from the academies stand next to established names during this year’s Object Rotterdam. The design fair has grown in many ways and this year presents itself independently from big brother...
Wishbone
In her latest project, designer Kasia Zareba has combined the beauty of nature with her love of jewellery to create a delicate, wearable piece.
Craft is never out of fashion
A passion for craft, honest materials and honest food is what linked the participants of this year’s Meesterlijk. The yearly event held at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam is organised by Uniquole.
The Wilde Things
Subtitled ‘The so contemporary jewellery collection of Mrs Wilde’, Z33 Gallery’s latest exhibition that opened last Sunday examines the close personal relationship between jewellery and its wearer.
Wonderpus
During the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam graduation show, Design.nl stumbled upon the work of Suzanne van Beest. Her tactile accessories are based upon nature, the octopus to be exact.
Fur is Alive
At the Gerrit Rietveld Graduation show we came across the work of graduate Cecilia Valentine who would see us wearing our living pets as accessories instead of as fur coats.
Adult Icons
The jewellery of designer Katja Sobol reflects the icons of ‘adult life’ in a playful colourful style
Coup de Théâtre
For La Montre Hermès, Kiki van Eijk designed a nomadic window display decor concept, drawing her inspiration from her poetic inner dream world.
Unexpected Pleasures
London’s Design Museum plays host this week to a new exhibition Unexpected Pleasures that charts the development of the contemporary jewellery movement from the 1970s through to today.
Agenda
Selection:
- Milan 2014
- Dutch Design Week 2013
- 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