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Material Matters by Droog at Dutch Design Week 2012

Droog director Renny Ramakers on the inspiration for the "Material Matters: a future furniture fair" exhibition. >
Valentine's flowers

Inspired by a magic mirror and the power of crystals, Marcel Wanders designed an elegant and romantic light for Moooi. >
John Körmeling at Dutch Design Week

John Körmeling’s keen interest in town planning gives rise to unique and in-depth urban designs. >
Piet Hein Eek at Dutch Design Week

Piet Hein Eek believes that designers should do as little as possible - but with an all-out result. >
Scholten & Baijings redesign a MINI for Dutch Design Week 2012

Scholten & Baijings’ work explores the future characteristics of a design. >
Vintage charm

A new addition to the "Container Table" series, the "Container New Antique" by Marcel Wanders is simultaneously classic and modern, and versatile. >
A land of identities

Droog Lab's latest project "Identity Land: Space for a Million Identities" looks at how countries can achieve freedom from nationalism. >
Furniture in clay

Maarten Baas uses clay and steel for his latest furniture collection "Plain Clay" and creates one-of-a-kind pieces. >
THNK differently

THNK, the Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership, is on a mission to develop the next generation of creative leaders. >
Geoffrey Lillemon at Dutch Design Week

Geoffrey Lillemon likes to have a persona to identify with when designing art with a three-dimensional effect. >
Henrik Vibskov at Dutch Design Week

Henrik Vibskov believes that the fastest form of communication is the way people present themselves through appearance. >
Bart Hess at Dutch Design Week

Bart Hess’s Work With Me People exhibition at Dutch Design Week 2012 involved the audience in the production of things like “futuristic fur”. >
Full of colour

The elegant use of colour characterises Studio Tjep's redesign of the cosmetics department of European retailer Hema. >
Massoud Hassani at Dutch Design Week

Massoud Hassani created an exhibition space in his living room for Dutch Design Week 2012. >
Your Street Eindhoven: Gloeilampplantsoen

“Gloeilampplantsoen” is the name of the project of the first place winners in the Your Street Eindhoven Challenge. >
Your Street Eindhoven winners

Inspired, engaging and fit for the street – here are the three winners in the Your Street Eindhoven Challenge. >
Formafantasma at Dutch Design Week 2012

Formafantasma look at the history of materials, rather than their technical function, when designing. >
Through the lens of Satyendra Pakhalé

Satyendra Pakhalé looks to the moon, and beyond, in discussing why we should worry about the moon when there are enough issues on Earth. >
Ode to the logo

Rest in peace to the logos of yesteryear. A new publication by The Stone Twins commemorates dead logotypes. >
Dutch Design Award Winners 2012

The winners of the 2012 Dutch Design Awards were announced in Eindhoven in the Netherlands on Sunday 21 October 2012. >
Stories from the South side

What happens to cultural production when the West is the “exotic other”? No More Westerns, the theme of the 2012 Impakt Arts Festival, explores this question. >
Your Street Eindhoven winners announced

Three creative proposals have received the green light from Your Street, winning a total of EUR 15 000 in project funding. >
Piet Hein Eek: I am inspired by materials

Piet Hein Eek is the first designer on record to use scrapwood in domestic creations. Here he speaks about his materials-driven approach. >
Seated for good

Ineke Hans, Maarten Baas and Dirk van der Kooij are just three of the 14 Dutch designers that reimagined chairs in aid of charity. >

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