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Dutch Design Week 2012

October 19th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Design, Jewelry

The eleventh edition of The Dutch Design Week takes place in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, from October 20 to October 28, 2012, Things to do and see More than 300 events at 65 different locations! Exhibitions, numerous lectures, workshops, fashion shows and seminars. Very special is the annual Shop window Route through the city. The Shop [...]

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Sieraad Art Fair / D-day Design / AAF

October 12th, 2012 · No Comments · Art, Design, Jewelry, Uncategorized

I’ve never been to the Affordable Art Fair in Amsterdam , but I’ve heard it is really worth a visit! The Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam will be taking place between the 25 – 28 October in the Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam. The concept? An inspiring and friendly atmosphere in which you can find thousands of [...]

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The Waiting Nail

May 7th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Design

Dutch designer Nienke Sybrandy … ” My works arise from observations of daily life: small events at home, street images, actions and traditions. I walk around them and examine them from all possible perspectives. My favourite materials, my muse, are objects that are so self-evident that they are overlooked. I lift them out of the [...]

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Cozy Shelter

February 13th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Design

The exhibition Design World in the Design Museum in Helsinki is from January 27 until May 6, 2012. The exhibition looks at international contemporary design and has a lot of pieces on show from well known but also from starting designers. The brand-new design Cozy Shelter by Dutch designer Lambert Kamps, features in this exhibition. [...]

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Feeding the birds

January 7th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Animals, Design, Life

I hope you survived the heavy storm o.k.? Here in Friesland, the province where I live, complete pastures are still under water, due to the enormous amount of rain. Lucky for us our little house is built on a mound; so we are save from the water … Will it ever become winter you think? I [...]

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Typical Dutch

January 4th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Ceramics, Culture, Design, Typical Dutch, Uncategorized

Royal Delft has long been synonymous with Dutch tradition, tourism and lets face it kitsch. With the help from fresh young Dutch design talents the brand is now reinventing itself with a new series of porcelain called BlueD1653. Three master painters designed in collaboration with designers Arian Brekveld, Chris Koens and Damian O’Sullivan as many [...]

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Dutch Design online

September 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Design, Interior Design

Spotted in Wannekes … Black Widow by Dutch designers Studio Job Wannekes sells Dutch design and contemporary design products. Wonderful Kay Bojesen Denmark Dog/Dachshund made of wallnut. After graduating Artemis Styling Academy in 2004, Tanneke Neessen started her own interior styling office called Studio EHBI. Since then Tanneke’s passion for interiors and design forms the [...]

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Scholten & Baijings

April 28th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Design

April 30 – August 28, 2011, BLUSH, Stedelijk Museum, Den Bosch, The Netherlands Blush design in full color is the title of the first museum survey of designers Scholten and Baijings. The Stedelijk Museum in Den Bosch will show their designs but the exhibition also tells us about the work process of this Dutch duo. [...]

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The countryside of Groningen

April 4th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Architecture, Art, Culture, Food, Life

Yesterday Jan and I made ​​a tour in the countryside of Groningen, that’s the province north of Friesland in The Netherlands, beautiful skies, many grassland birds, beautiful art and a small but nice Spring sun … We started at museum Het Kunstpaviljoen, an exhibition space in a home environment where architecture, interior and nature coincide. [...]

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Emmy+Gijs+Aldo, parents and son

February 17th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Design, Jewelry

Exhibition EMMY + GIJS + ALDO, Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen, The Netherlands This exhibition brings together a selection of objects, jewelry and furniture by Emmy Leersum, Gijs Bakker and Aldo Bakker, parents and son who take a special place in Dutch design. Until may 29, 2011, info Zuiderzee Museum Silver Olive oil pourer by Aldo Bakker [...]

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