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Text: Viveka van de Vliet Photography: Boudewijn Bollmann Scholten & Baijings Since founding Scholten & Baijings in 2000, designers Carole Baijings and Stefan Scholten have only skipped Salone del Mobile […]

Text by Viveka van de Vliet 1:1 Award Impact on a personal scale   Ronald Carpentier mindaffect.nl Being mentally alert yet unable to communicate with your loved ones can be […]

Text: Viveka van de Vliet Photography: Boudewijn Bollmann Pieke Bergmans   Pieke Bergmans graduated from the Royal College of Art in London and, shortly afterward, set up a studio in […]

Text: Viveka van de Vliet Photography: Boudewijn Bollmann Wendy Plomp   Within one decade, Dutch Invertuals has become a household name and has exhibited twenty times with two hundred works […]

Text: Viveka van de Vliet Photography: Boudewijn Bollmann MOSA Mireille Meijs   Over the past ten years, the Milan’s charm has remained intact: you become enchanted by its crazy diversity […]

Text: Viveka van de Vliet Photography: Boudewijn Bollmann TUTTOBENE David Heldt and Victor le Noble   Ten years ago, Tuttobene, the platform for divers, young Dutch design talent with a […]

Text: Viveka van de Vliet Photography: Boudewijn Bollmann Gijs Bakker   Ten years ago, Gijs Bakker, the Godfather of Dutch Design, put an end to his work with once-legendary collective […]

Text: Viveka van de Vliet Photography: Boudewijn Bollmann Jacco Bregonje   Jacco Bregonje feels like a cosmopolitan. The Dutch industrial designer lives in Italy and has a home in the […]

Text: Monique van Empel 10 years of Dutchies in Milano Bravura, Beer & Business   Michiel’s egg, Maarten’s circus, Hans’ cannon. But also: Rossana’s glasses and Ikea meatballs. For me, Milan’s […]

Text: Viveka van de Vliet Photography: Boudewijn Bollmann Marjan van Aubel Some call her a radical innovator, an inventor or an energy pioneer. Solar designer Marjan van Aubel graduated just […]

Text: Viveka van de Vliet Photography: Boudewijn Bollmann Margriet Vollenberg A decade in Milan for Margriet Vollenberg. This year, she celebrates that she set up both her office and Ventura […]

Text: Viveka van de Vliet Photography: Boudewijn Bollmann Marcel Wanders As a student, Marcel Wanders went to Milan in the eighties. He never left. He launched his MOOOI label, which became an established international […]

Column by Lucas Verweij Dutch Design Many books have been written about Dutch Design. The subject has been declared dead time and again. It has often been concluded that national […]

Text Viveka van de Vliet The Peoples Manufacturer   Hans Lensvelt has been going to the Salone in Milan for more than thirty years. The first years as a visitor, […]

Text by Viveka van de Vliet Marc de Groot   Light designer Marc de Groot took part in the exhibition Enlightened Design III during the London Design Festival 2018 in the Olympia […]

Text by Viveka van de Vliet Jacqueline Harberink   Ceramics designer Jacqueline Harberink took part in the exhibition Enlightened Design III during the London Design Festival 2018 in the Olympia Room together […]

Text by Viveka van de Vliet Alex Groot Jebbink   Light designer Alex Groot Jebbink took part in the exhibition Enlightened Design III during the London Design Festival 2018 in the Olympia Room […]

Text by Viveka van de Vliet Jesse Visser   Furniture designer Jesse Visser took part in the exhibition Enlightened Design III during the London Design Festival 2018 in the Olympia Room together with […]

Text by Viveka van de Vliet   Margaret van Bekkum   Felt designer Margaret van Bekkum took part in the exhibition Enlightened Design III during the London Design Festival 2018 in the […]

Human Nature, designing the equilibrium a collaboration between Creative Holland and Connecting the Dots Text by Viveka van de Vliet Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann Mutant Matter Wendy Plomp Dutch Invertuals   Humans play […]

Human Nature, designing the equilibrium a collaboration between Creative Holland and Connecting the Dots Text by Viveka van de Vliet Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann Keeping the World Warm Bas Timmer Sheltersuit   It […]

Human Nature, designing the equilibrium a collaboration between Creative Holland and Connecting the Dots Text by Jane Szita Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann Fishing for Furniture Marius Smit Plastic Whale   They […]

Text by Viveka van de Vliet Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann Transition of light Sam van Gurp & Esther Jongsma VANTOT   There are not many designers who experiment in such […]

Human Nature, designing the equilibrium a collaboration between Creative Holland and Connecting the Dots Text by Viveka van de Vliet Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann Forward to nature Koert van Mensvoort Next […]

Human Nature, designing the equilibrium a collaboration between Creative Holland and Connecting the Dots Text by Jane Szita Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann Shades of the Future Brecht Duijf & Lenneke Langenhuijsen […]

Getting rid of that bit of unspoiled green Essay by Sanne van der Beek   There it is. A hefty hen, with its head up high and its beak out. […]

Human Nature, designing the equilibrium a collaboration between Creative Holland and Connecting the Dots Text by Viveka van de Vliet Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann Future materials Els Zijlstra & Jeroen […]

Human Nature, designing the equilibrium a collaboration between Creative Holland and Connecting the Dots Text by Viveka van de Vliet Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann Beyond the surface Simone Post   […]

Text by Irene Labruna Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann Love for experimenting Maarten Olden   This year, during Salone del Mobile 2018, the Borek brand presented its new collaboration with Maarten Olden, Frans […]

Human Nature, designing the equilibrium a collaboration between Creative Holland and Connecting the Dots Text by Viveka van de Vliet Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann Tasty Rubdish Diederik Schneemann & Aldwin […]

Human Nature, designing the equilibrium a collaboration between Creative Holland and Connecting the Dots Text by Viveka van de Vliet Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann Designing labor Simone Kramer & Petra […]

Text by Irene Labruna Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann In Italy I’m Dutch and in the Netherlands I’m Italian Jacco Bregonje   Jacco Bregonje is a Dutch designer who has been living […]

Human Nature, designing the equilibrium a collaboration between Creative Holland and Connecting the Dots Text by Viveka van de Vliet Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann Carolijn Slottje Quilt Garden   Product […]

Human Nature, designing the equilibrium a collaboration between Creative Holland and Connecting the Dots Text by Viveka van de Vliet Portrait by Boudewijn Bollmann The potential of the water world Studio Nienke […]

Interview by Federica Marie Carenini Alex Groot Jebbink is a product designer and interior architect based in Utrecht. He will be presenting his series of lamps at the imm cologne. Federica Marie […]

Interview by Federica Marie Carenini Françoise Oostwegel is a product designer based in Maastricht. She will be presenting her ZUID Lamp series at the International Interior Show in Cologne. Federica Marie […]

Interview by Anna Bates Arnout Visser runs his design atelier from Arnhem. He will be presenting his Big Mushrooms light at the London Design Festival this September. Anna Bates: How did […]

Interview by Anna Bates Bernotat&Co Amsterdam based design studio Bernotat&Co is made up of partners Anke Bernotat and Jan Jacob Borstlap. They will present their collection of Radiolaria lamps at […]

Interview by Anna Bates Marc de Groot Marc de Groot is a product designer based in Amsterdam. He will present his Fractal series at the London Design Festival. Anna Bates: […]

Interview by Anna Bates Morgan Ruben Morgan Ruben is a lighting designer based in Utrecht. He will present his Nero Lights at the London Design Festival in September. Anna Bates: […]