Carole Baijings & Stefan Scholten
Carole Baijings & Stefan Scholten
Jury Creative Heroes Award 2019. Illustrations by Filip Heyninck
Jury Creative Heroes Award 2019. Illustrations by Filip Heyninck
Photo by Boudewijn Bollmann
Photo by Boudewijn Bollmann
Hans Lensvelt
Hans Lensvelt
Wendy Plomp
Wendy Plomp
Bas Timmer. Photo by Boudewijn Bollmann
Bas Timmer. Photo by Boudewijn Bollmann
Sam van Gurp, Esther Jongsma
Sam van Gurp, Esther Jongsma
Koert van Mensvoort
Koert van Mensvoort
Brecht Duijf, Lenneke Langenhuijsen
Brecht Duijf, Lenneke Langenhuijsen
Chicken VR headset, Second Livestock by Austin Stewart
Chicken VR headset, Second Livestock by Austin Stewart
Els Zijlstra, Jeroen van Oostveen
Els Zijlstra, Jeroen van Oostveen
Diederik Schneemann, Aldwin van Krimpen
Diederik Schneemann, Aldwin van Krimpen
Basten Leijh
Basten Leijh
Kim Band, Mahalia McNeil, Alessandro Iadarola, Bob Vos
Kim Band, Mahalia McNeil, Alessandro Iadarola, Bob Vos
Jan Jacob Borstlap, Anke Bernotat
Jan Jacob Borstlap, Anke Bernotat
Aukje Fleur Janssen, Henriette Tilanus, Iwan Pol, Jeroen van de Gruiter, Robin Pleun Maas, Roel Deden, Roos Gomperts, Sanne Schuurman, Simone Post, Thomas Trum, VANTOT, Elvis Wesley
Aukje Fleur Janssen, Henriette Tilanus, Iwan Pol, Jeroen van de Gruiter, Robin Pleun Maas, Roel Deden, Roos Gomperts, Sanne Schuurman, Simone Post, Thomas Trum, VANTOT, Elvis Wesley
Anieke Branderhorst and Arjan van Raadshooven. Photo by Daphne Kuilman. Items in the photo: ’s-Chair & ’s-Table by Jeroen Wand, Sandpaper Tray by Baas & Kleinbloesem, Pigments & Porcelain by Alissa + Nienke, Moonrise Mirror by Michael Funch, Brass Lights by David Derksen, Lloop lamp by Ontwerpduo, FlexVase by Arjan van Raadshooven & Anieke Branderhorst, Wrapped stool by Floris Hovers, LookShelf by Daphna Laurens, Framed cabinet by Breg Hanssen, Coatrack by the Meter by Maarten Baptist, Sample Series by rENs, Strap stool by bram/Stijn
Anieke Branderhorst and Arjan van Raadshooven. Photo by Daphne Kuilman. Items in the photo: ’s-Chair & ’s-Table by Jeroen Wand, Sandpaper Tray by Baas & Kleinbloesem, Pigments & Porcelain by Alissa + Nienke, Moonrise Mirror by Michael Funch, Brass Lights by David Derksen, Lloop lamp by Ontwerpduo, FlexVase by Arjan van Raadshooven & Anieke Branderhorst, Wrapped stool by Floris Hovers, LookShelf by Daphna Laurens, Framed cabinet by Breg Hanssen, Coatrack by the Meter by Maarten Baptist, Sample Series by rENs, Strap stool by bram/Stijn
Bram Vanderbeke, Carlo Lorenzetti, Edhv, Hongjie Yang, Kirtsie van Noort & Xandra van der Eijk, Koos Breen, Mila Chorbadzhieva, Philipp Weber, Sigve Knutson, Thomas Ballouhey, Léa Baert
Bram Vanderbeke, Carlo Lorenzetti, Edhv, Hongjie Yang, Kirtsie van Noort & Xandra van der Eijk, Koos Breen, Mila Chorbadzhieva, Philipp Weber, Sigve Knutson, Thomas Ballouhey, Léa Baert
Gripper Lamp by Studio Hamerhaai. Image by Marica Innocente
Gripper Lamp by Studio Hamerhaai. Image by Marica Innocente
Wall Hangings by Femke van Gemert. Image by Marica Innocente
Wall Hangings by Femke van Gemert. Image by Marica Innocente
Lighten Up by Jolanda van Goor. Image by Marica Innocente
Lighten Up by Jolanda van Goor. Image by Marica Innocente
Morgan Ruben. Image by Marica Innocente
Morgan Ruben. Image by Marica Innocente
Spliners by Maarten Olden. Image by Marica Innocente
Spliners by Maarten Olden. Image by Marica Innocente
Hans Heetman, Jaap Patijn. Image by Boudewijn Bollmann

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. Image by Daphne Kuilman

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 […]

Ingeborg De Rood, Ann Goldstein. Image by Ilco Kemmere

‘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. Image by Daphne Kuilman

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. […]

Ornella Noorda. Image by Daniele Tamagni.s

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 van den Boom, Gunter Wehmeyer. Image by IlcoKemmere.s

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. Image by Ilco Kemmere

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 […]

Anette Lundebye, Hannah Jones

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 […]

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 […]

Maarten Baptist. Image by Judith Jockel

Maarten Baptist – a portrait

Photo by Judith Jockel for Connecting the Dots #5 Website: www.joine.nl

Canton Tower by Mark Hemel

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 […]

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 […]

Illustration by Miguel Tanco

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 […]

Richard Hutten. Image by Roos Kroes

Richard Hutten – a portrait

Photo by Roos Kroes for Connecting the Dots #1 www.richardhutten.com

Annemiek van Grondel and Gijs Bakker. Image Ilco Kemmere

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 […]