Dutch Design Week

The Dutch duo collected wild sand from around the globe to highlight the upcoming scarcity of one of the most valuable —and yet underrated— resources for contemporary life

Six Netherlands-based artists and designers went to Arita, in Japan, for a porcelain residency. The results are showcased in New Radicals, an exhibition at this year’s Dutch Design Week.

Who is the new Mondrian? 100 years after the birth of De Stijl, two exhibitions during this year’s Dutch Design Week try to find an answer to that question.

Visiting most of the Dutch Design Week exhibitions is akin to stepping inside a DeLorean headed to 2037. But how did the more present-based displays fare in terms of audience response?

Dutch Design Week kicked off on Saturday, and the event will bring thousands of designers — not to mention hundreds of thousands of visitors — to Eindhoven… Read more

In January 2016, Maison & Objet Paris will showcase a selection of six up-coming Nordic designer talents from all five Nordic countries.

Designer Jong Ha Choi transforms stools and small tables from 2D to 3D in his furniture collection entitled ‘De-Dimension.’

In her material research and collection of wearable glass, designer Anne Büscher pushes the boundaries of glass as a material.

In a collection of furniture, designer Alex Cashmore forms structures and joints by swelling MDF with water and combining it with with metal sheets.

Rotterdam-based Atelier Robotiq shapes lightweight lamps with an industrial robot.

Designer Hongjie Yang investigates design implications of tissue engineering in a lab and the possibilities of growing human tissue into artificially designed forms.

Following in a year-long Irish Design 2015 programme, the cultural initiative mounts exhibition Liminal – Irish Design at the Threshold at Dutch Design Week from… Read more