Newsletter #120
A packed newsletter this week presenting developments in design thinking and the Dutch design industry. The graphic design exhibition DECODING explores user-generated design, Maarten Baas' new collection questions limited edition pieces in relation to the production process and Gionata Gatto puts the concept of energy into our own hands (or legs in this respect). The Premsela forum Evolving Excellence examines how the idea of quality is relevant in Dutch fashion today, we return to Shanghai for the World Expo and we present an inside report on the bankruptcy and revival of Edenspiekermann's Amsterdam office.
Fashion with a capital F
In the fashion world, the designation ‘haute couture’, established in Paris a century ago, is the highest achievable indication of quality. But is the term still relevant and applicable in Dutch fashion today? Or ...
Rotterdam Water City
Rotterdam's pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 showcases the city's expertise in water and delta technology, and their vast ambitions with respect to climate adaptation.
Unplugged by Gionata Gatto
Subtitled, ‘Pieces of earthenware, wood and human energy’, the Eindhoven-based Italian designer’s project visualises the concept of energy and questions our waste of the world’s resources.
Grey Derivations
Mitterrand+Cramer presents a new collection of one-off pieces by Maarten Baas that questions limited edition/unique pieces in relation to the production process. Gallery founder Edward Mitterrand explains more behind...
Don't believe the type...in Shanghai
Karin Langeveld from Trapped in Suburbia gives us the lowdown on the Shanghai edition of their typography festival 'Don't believe the type' which showcased typographic excellence of The Hague and hosted workshops for...
Second chance for Edenspiekermann
Surprising the design community by filing for bankruptcy in March, the Amsterdam office of Edenspiekermann is back on its feet. Managing Partner Edo van Dijk tells us what went wrong and what the future holds.
DECODING
A major exhibition at the Graphic Design Festival Breda examines new ways of generating image through variable factors where the designer acts more as a conceptual thinker who directs a process.
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