Newsletter #46
Two different areas of design get the spotlight this week: food design which is fast becoming its own discipline and the business of design. Also we travel to Amsterdam Amstel station to check out the new design from Tjep. and don't forget to bring along our tips for Dutch Design Week which begins this weekend. See you in Eindhoven.
Let Them Eat Cake
How we eat our food is the ultimate lifestyle choice - devoid of the usual requirements of endurance and resilience, food design is about destruction. Tout, Amsterdam's chicest patisserie, just turned one. Inside,...
Real Furniture. Real People.
Tjep.'s new design for the seating area in Amsterdam's Amstel train station encourages people to sit in whichever way they like and maybe even strike up a conversation with the person beside them.
A training manual for the palette
For her graduation project from the Design Academy Eindhoven, Simone Kroon created 'Raapsteeltje', a food bible for local Dutch produce. It is part cookbook/part directory for the some of the 'forgotten' ingredients...
slowLab in Amsterdam
Our guest reporter this week is designer Judith van den Boom who tells about her work with slowLab and her participation in their presentation at the Oude Kerk Amsterdam last weekend as part of FreeDesigndom.
Design Funding, Power and Politics: it's a Tricky Mix
The government’s decision to shift responsibility for distributing arts and culture subsidies to various foundations has ignited debate. Issues of what is design, what is its purpose and who will ultimately benefit...
How to combat design standardisation
Craftsmanship and traditions were on show at Vienna Design Week with an exhibition entitled Tangible Traces created by the Netherlands Architecture Institute.
Five Dutch winners of Design Management Europe Award
Dutch designers and companies won five out of seven categories at the 2008 Design Management Europe (DME) Award which was recently announced at the Cardiff Design Festival.
Dutch Design Week Preview
Don't know what to see in Eindhoven during this year's Dutch Design Week? Our selection will help you catch some of the highlights of the event which will run from 18-26 October.
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- 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
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