Newsletter #133
It's the announcement the Dutch design industry has been waiting impatiently for - just who will be the new director of Premsela - Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion. We begin part one of our coverage of the London Design Festival, we see how the best qualities of birds influenced Christophe Coppens' new accessories collection currently on show at Droog Amsterdam, drop into Studio Roosegaarde's new interactive installations and we also chat with the designers from Metahaven about their new book, Uncorporate Identity - a revealing account of the hidden powers of branding.
The Balancing Barn
Social enterprise Living Architecture brings modern architecture to a wider public by creating public homes. Consequently, Studio Makkink & Bey was asked to design an interior for MVRDV’s balancing house in Suffolk.
Variability
Currently happening as part of the London Design Festival, Variability brings together the diverse stories of 12 emerging international designers celebrating their contrasting and sometimes conflicting approaches.
Birdman-Birdwoman
Christophe Coppens shows his latest accessories collection in a rather unconventional way, theatrically caged and displayed as an art exhibition at Droog Amsterdam.
Lotus 7.0 and Divine
A wall that reacts to movement and ‘customizable’ architecture are two of Studio Roosegaarde’s latest projects, exploring the relationship between human interaction and technology.
Uncorporate Identity
A new book by Amsterdam graphic design studio Metahaven deconstructs the world of branding and identity to reveal an industry that designs tools so powerful that even governments can use them to create their own...
London Design Festival 2010 – part one
Dutch designers converge once again in London for the annual London Design Festival. In part one of our LDF coverage, we saw Branches, Moooi’s new showroom, Objects with a Void and pop into the Dutch Cultural Pop-up...
A New Director for Premsela
Premsela – Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion’s new director is Els van der Plas. She brings with her a wealth of experience in founding and running a successful cultural institute and says her new role will be...
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