Newsletter #109
Two major appointments this week for two renowned Dutch designers: Rogier van der Heide is announced as Chief Design Officer for Philips Lighting and Jurgen Bey will become the new director of the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. We explore design and fashion for the senses, and also we hear from its opponents about how the Dutch Labour Party's (PvdA) policy for the arts can potentially lead to mediocrity. Lastly, a major retrospective opens this weekend in Design museum Gent celebrating one of The Netherlands' most unconventional designers: Richard Hutten.
WhiteOut
SpaceOperaForm designed a reactive installation in Salzburg using polypropylene panels that inflated and deflated according to the body's static condition.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Comparing Dutch and UK Fashion
José Teunissen and Mattijs van Bergen compared Dutch and UK fashion with their UK counterparts in a talk timed to coincide with London Fashion Week.
Tea Dance
Siba Sahabi has fashioned an exquisite Moroccan tea set out of paper which was inspired by the 'tea dance' of colonial days gone by.
Rating
( 0 Votes, average: 0 out of 5)
click to vote
Selection:
- 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
Subscribe to Newsletter
