Articles
HKU - DESIGN ROUTE
Windows of various (design) stores, architectural attractions and other unique locations along the HKU Design Route are set to showcase the final examination works of this year's graduates in Industrial Design and 3D Design from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU).
METTE SAABYE - ...ANOTHER MAN'S TREASURE
A tour de force of the contemporary arts and crafts scene in Denmark, Saabye’s highly conceptual work draws inspiration by deconstructing the notion of what constitutes jewellery.
NELLI TANNER: COLLECTING SNOW
Since graduating from the Rietveld Academie in 2003, Finnish-born Tanner’s jewellery has been imbued with a narrative character. Her brooches and objects show people in expressive postures.
REDLIGHT DESIGN AMSTERDAM: DELUX GOES INSIDE
In September 2008, the City of Amsterdam, Ymere and Droog Design launched the Redlight Design Amsterdam project. Six international jewellery designers – Frédéric Braham, Jantje Fleischhut, Gésine Hackenberg, Susanne Klemm, Iris Nieuwenburg and Atelier Ted Noten – swapped their homes and workspaces for houses previously used by prostitutes in De Wallen. www.redlightdesignamsterdam.nl
INFOGRAPHICS
InfoGraphics are visual representations of information, data or knowledge. They are used where complex information needs to be explained quickly and clearly – with images and text working smoothly together.
WHAT'S UP?
Contemporary creative Amsterdam is explored in this show and talk which hones in on the best of Amsterdam's creative industry.
SOCIALIZTA FASHION DESIGN
Socialitza Fashion Design is a game and a virtual (and real) fashion show all in one, designed by whyrobbierocks. The game begins at www.socializta.com where visitors can style the collections of 10 participating designers on an avatar (online alter ego).
About
Dutch Design Double - five weeks of Dutch design
Two Dutch cities, more than twenty design-events spread over five weeks. Dutch Design Double celebrates Dutch design from the 4th of September until the 11th of October 2009.
Under the umbrella Dutch Design Double, Amsterdam and Utrecht host throughout the whole month of September and the first week of October, a great variety of internationally orientated design and fashion events. Both cities are joining forces to create a handpicked selection of design, fashion and new media projects.
Dutch Design Double is an initiative of Gemeente Utrecht, Provincie Utrecht and Premsela, Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion. Dutch Design Double is produced by Cultuurfabriek in association with Gemeente Amsterdam and Ministerie van Economische Zaken.
Agenda
- TIP: CITIZEN M
Prinses Irenestraat 30 / Amsterdam - TIP: THE COLOUR KITCHEN
Jan Evertsenstraat 747 / Amsterdam
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