Amsterdam

Martijn Engelbregt: Breaking society out of its rut

Meet the ringmaster of Circus Engelbregt who oversees the delicate act of subverting social norms using design. >
A new breed of musical instruments

Dutch designer Pieter-Jan Pieters and the OWOW team are putting musical controls into your hands – literally. >
Dutch students upcycle old KLM interior into new products

Students for the Design Academy Eindhoven turn discarded material from the KLM cabins into inventive new travel items. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Marije Vogelzang

Food, a musical swing and red stockings populated our Instagram account as “eating designer” Marije Vogelzang took over. >
William Kentridge’s "Lulu" debuts at the Dutch National Opera

The South African artist brings a foreboding theatrical vision to Alan Berg’s famous liberetto piece. >
The end of the hotel room as we know it

New hotel brand Zoku has prioritised design to create compact lofts better suited to today’s traveller’s needs. >
Droog's hardware will make you happy

The Dutch studio puts the fun into functional with an award-winning range of smile-inducing nuts and bolts. >
Argali and Dew by Hella Jongerius

Hella Jongerius’s two new rug designs will give handmade enthusiasts a reason to celebrate. >
Hella Jongerius: I am a design pastor

The Dutch designer outlines six guiding principles for designers to embrace in order to regain a holistic approach to their work. >
Satyendra Pahkalé launches two designs in Milan

The Amsterdam-based designer’s new extendable glass table for FIAM and contemporary corseted chair for Poltrona Frau. >
Refugee Republic

A Dutch artist combines hand-drawn illustrations and documentary storytelling to convey real life in a refugee camp in Iraq. >
The value of milk

A pop-up milk parlour in Amsterdam brings designers and milk farmers together to create a more sustainable dairy industry. >
Studio Formafantasma: Naivety is a great starting point

The Italian duo that makes up Studio Formafantasma tell us about their organic, collaborative way of working as designers. >
Dutch design flies into Cape Town

Internationally celebrated Dutch product designer Hella Jongerius has given the KLM World Business Class a completely new look. >
A realised utopia

In an industrial part of Amsterdam the locals refer to as "Noord", 16 grounded houseboats now dot a former shipyard: tricky architectural brief, magical space. >
Scholten & Baijings on thinking in colour

Stefan Scholten talks about the design philosophy behind the Amsterdam-based firm he runs with his wife, Scholten & Baijings. >
Trailer: Scholten & Baijings on thinking in colour

Husband-and-wife team Scholten & Baijings tell us how they transform sterile mass-produced items into designs with a personal touch. >
Dirk Vander Kooij: Designer of processes

Dirk Vander Kooij is a new-age craftsman who uses 3D printing technology to produce one-off pieces of furniture. Here he tells us a little about his processes. >
Font fusion

Dutch visual communications studio Thonik has designed a new graphic identity for the Holland Festival that fuses letters together for a bold visual statement. >
The special power of disgust

It's time for aesthetics to reconsider the role of disgust as an emotion, says Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Merel Witteman. >
Experimental Jetset on scavenging the ruins of Modernism

The Dutch graphic designers tell us how they tap into design history to create work that is rooted in today's culture. >
Trailer: Experimental Jetset on scavenging the ruins of Modernism

The Dutch graphic designers talk about the influences that have shaped their impressive body of work. >
Studio Formafantasma

Design Studio • Product Designer

Italian designers Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin make up this Amsterdam-based product design studio. >
Silk Quilted Plaids by Borre Akkersdijk and Piet Hein Eek

The designers present a range of richly patterned quilts made from fabrics left behind at an old tie factory. >

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