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Heetman | Patijn – a portrait
Text by Annemiek van Grondel Photo by Boudewijn Bollmann Heetman | Patijn want to humanize and ‘humourize’. This requires some explanation. Hans Heetman (33) and Jaap Patijn (36) found each other as working buddies […]
Ann Maes – a portrait
‘The design discipline has lost much of its discipline’ Text by Annemiek van Grondel Photo by Daphne Kuilman Ann Maes (1952) founded her own agency in 1980, after being […]
‘Design is art’ – an interview with Ann Goldstein and Ingeborg De Roode
When director Ann Goldstein first arrived in Amsterdam taxis didn’t know where the Stedelijk Museum was and nor was it mentioned on maps. The nine year closure had had an effect. “The Van […]
Jan Jansen – a portrait
‘Hands do have other senses than brains’ Text by Annemiek van Grondel Photo by Daphne Kuilman Jan Jansen (1941) is Holland’s most famous shoe designer, creating two collections a year. […]
A life of passion for design with Bob Noorda
Interview with Ornella Noorda, wife of Bob Noorda by Giorgia ZuccariPhoto by Daniele Tamagni Ornella Noorda’s apartment in Milan. The first thing that catches my eye is a painting by Fontana. Every […]
Judith and Gunter Wehmeyer – a portrait
Text by Jeanne Tan Translation by Xiyang Wang Photo by Ilco Kemmere Judith and Gunter Wehmeyer are co-founders of Studio BoomWehmeyer. The studio regularly moves between the UK, China (Jingdezhen […]
Daan Roosegaarde – a portrait
Text by Jeanne Tan Translation by Xiyang Wang Photo by Ilco Kemmere Daan Roosegarde is all about ideas. His vision is for technology to become interactive and for cities to become […]
Socially Responsive Design – article by Hannah Jones & Anette Lundebye
Socially Responsive Design Article by Hannah Jones and Anette Lundebye Interviewees: Maziar Raein, Adam Thorpe, Clare Brass, Duncan Kramer, Sanneke Duijf, Marco van Hout Republished from The Dots #5, London Design Festival 2012 What happens when designers […]
A view on Design, Dutch design, Research and the Museum – interview with Deyan Sudjic
Interview by Anna Bates Photography by Hege Saebjornsen This year, eight Dutch design studios were nominated for the Designs of the Year prize at the Design Museum in London; among […]
Maarten Baptist – a portrait
Photo by Judith Jockel for Connecting the Dots #5 Website: www.joine.nl
Towering Testimony – interview with Mark Hemel
Designer of the Canton Tower Mark Hemel has decided Guangzhou is the place to move forward with family and career. He talks to Xu Jingxi in Guangzhou. He had looked at […]
Freezing the Moment of Transformation – interview with Sarah van Gameren and Tim Simpson from Studio Glithero
“We are great at failure,” says Dutch designer Sarah van Gameren, one half of studio Glithero, with half a smile. “We have really been on stage with failure,” emphasises her […]
A Pagan Fertility Goddess – essay by Kees de Haan
To design is to make love’, someone might say who does not necessarily know much about either subject, and you would believe them too. If I say that design is […]
A Career in Chapters – interview with Gijs Bakker
He could be called one of the godfathers of Dutch Design and certainly the one who put Dutch Design on the map. Gijs Bakker (1942), co-founder of Droog Design, is […]
