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Waste not, want not

Niels Craens is using old cardboard drinking packages to create beautiful lampshades. One drink, double the fun. >
The function of the heart

Designer Frank Tjepkema has expanded on earlier concepts of overlapping logos in his new Clockwork Love collection. >
Sonja Bäumel

Artist • Fashion Designer • Speculative Designer

Continuing to work on applications for her Masters project, Bäumel's work engages with the boundaries between fashion design, art and biology. >
Ineke Hans

Product Designer

Dutch designer Ineke Hans is the founder of INEKE HANS/ARNHEM in Holland, a design studio that specialises in industrial design and 3D projects. >
Christien Meindertsma

Product Designer

Christien Meindertsma explores products and raw materials in unusual ways. >
Tord Boontje at Design Indaba 2010

Working on the cusp of design and craft, Tord Boontje’s work draws from a belief that modernism does not mean minimalism. >
Know rules to break them

Never Use White Type on a Black Background must be one of the most fun and quirky books one can read about design and fashion rules. >
Space explorer

Frank Tjepkema tells Design Indaba about the new frontiers of design. >
Victimless meat

Marije Vogelzang’s Faked Meat started as a reaction to meat substitutes. >
Mushrooms on the run

Agata Jaworska’s In Transit proposes growing mushrooms in the packaging while they are being transported. >
Barrel o’ rain

Designed to look like a giant water drop, Bas van der Veer’s A Drop of Water collects rainwater by filling a watering can and rain barrel. >
An eye on power

The Wattcher is a design object that displays the total electricity consumption of your home in a beautiful and meaningful way. >
Graphics beyond language

De Wereld Volgens Gorilla is an anthology of the best works that have appeared on the front page of De Volkskrant in Holland. >
Can you taste when food is made with love?

Marije Vogelzang's debut monograph, Eat Love, poses some intriguing questions regarding food an the act of eating. >
Sophie Soveno

Brand Specialist

Soveno was a managing director of KSDP Pentagraph DV Amsterdam. >
Irma Boom

Graphic Designer

Irma Boom is an Amsterdam-based graphic designer specialising in book making. >
Petra Blaisse

Architect

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Anthon Beeke

Graphic Designer

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Satyendra Pakhalé

Industrial Designer

Satyendra Pakhalé is a multifaceted designer active in various fields, from industrial design to architecture. >
Jon Stam

Product Designer

Jon Stam is a Canadian-born designer based in Amsterdam and Antwerp. >
Jurgen Bey

Product Designer

Jurgen Bey is a Dutch product, furniture, interior and public space designer. >
Hella Jongerius

Product Designer

Hella Jongerius is an internationally celebrated contemporary product designer, born in the Netherlands. >
Marije Vogelzang

Food Designer

Dutch designer Marije Vogelzang is the world's first-ever eating designer. >
Crafts: A matter of scale and pace

Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort writes about the craft of smaller scale, slower pace and sustainable style. >

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