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Jeroen Wand. Image by Daphne Kuilman

Jeroen Wand – a portrait

Text by Anna Bates Photo by Daphne Kuilman Jeroen Wand presented his work at the Milan Design Week, together with the work of Mieke Meijer, at various locations such as at Ventura Lambrate, Cor […]

Nienke Sybrandy. Image by Ilco Kemmere

Nienke Sybrandy – a portrait

Text by Anna Bates Photo by Ilco Kemmere Studio Nienke Sybrandy was present at the Milan Design Week in Lambrate. Missed it? Her work was published on the front cover of Connecting […]

Mae Engelgeer. Image by Ilco Kemmere

Mae Engelgeer – a portrait

Text by Anna Bates Photo by Ilco Kemmere Mae Engelgeer presented her work at the Milan Design Week at Ventura Lambrate. How did you become a textile designer? I come from a fashion […]

Marcello De Simone, Bruce Wayland. Image by Ilco Kemmere

Little Owl Design, by Marcello De Simone & Bruce Wayland – a portrait

Text by Anna Bates Photo by Ilco Kemmere Marcello De Simone and Bruce Wayland presented their design label Little Owl Design at the Milan Design Week 2015 in Lambrate.  How did you get started […]

Rick Tegelaar. Image by Daphne Kuilman

Rick Tegelaar – a portrait

Text by Anna Bates Photo by Daphne Kuilman Rick Tegelaar presented at the Milan Design Week together with the design collective Workmates. Instead of a presentation they published a newspaper Good News.  What is […]

Marjan van Aubel. Image by Mischa Haller

Marjan van Aubel – a portrait

Text by Anna Bates Photo by Mischa Haller Marjan van Aubel presents at the Milan Design Week together with Jólan van der Wiel in Lambrate with their presentation Energies Unseen What is your process? […]

Deyan Sujic. Image by Hege Saebjornsen

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 […]

Sarah van Gameren, Tim Simpson. Image by André Penteado

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 […]