Newsletter #63
This week, we travel our furthest distance ever, way past the Arctic Circle to cover Dutch designers at the ICEHOTEL in Sweden. We also look at how graphic design is innovating to adapt to these tough times and in our feature interview, BNO director Rob Huisman chats with us about Hong Kong, collaborations, commercial design and the economy.
Graphic design on a shoestring budget
Why wallow when you can innovate? Lava used these trying economic times as an opportunity to structure their services into a compact cost/resource-efficient package called Crisisdesign.
Dutch designers at the ICEHOTEL
In a frozen, Arctic landscape with a never-rising sun, against a background sky glittered with northern lights, Dutch designers returned again this season to help shape the 2008/9 ICEHOTEL in Sweden.
Stilettos on Pedestals
The designer shoes and bags sold in the Kymyka store in Maastricht designed by Maurice Mentjens Design, are literally held in the utmost highest regard.
Petra de Jonge goes solo
Armed with years of experience at various international fashion houses, Petra de Jonge finally launches her own designer label in Paris.
Rob Huisman pipes in on the rumoured tensions between the BNO and Premsela
"Making good medical equipment might not be as glamorous as Marcel Wanders,” he says, “but it is very important for humanity and culture."
New director for Zuiderzee Museum
In April, Michael Huyser will take over as the new director of the Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen.
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