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Fuel for Innovation – two projects by VanBerlo

Fuel for Innovation Text by Annemiek van Grondel In design, good ideas rule. Then it’s key to interview the actual design users. VanBerlo enjoys having an open dialogue with their end users: start with open minds, end with […]

Roland Pieter Smit

Interview with Roland Pieter Smit – DDW 2015

Social & Green Design Guide with: Roland Pieter Smit about Made by Scorlewald – DDW 2015  Video by Robert AndriessenText by Annemiek van GrondelProduced in partnership with DOEN Foundation Made by […]

Goof van Beek

Interview with Goof van Beek & Laurentius de Ruiter – DDW 2015

Social & Green Design Guide with: Goof van Beek & Laurentius de Ruiter for Collectie Veenhuizen – DDW  Video by Robert AndriessenText by Annemiek van GrondelProduced in partnership with DOEN Foundation […]

Dick van Hoff

Interview with Dick van Hoff about >VEEG – DDW 2015

Social & Green Design Guide with: Dick van Hoff for Social label – DDW 2015 Video by Robert AndriessenText by Annemiek van GrondelProduced in partnership with DOEN Foundation >VEEG   Social Label […]

Nadine Sterk, Lonny van Ryswyck

Interview with Nadine Sterk and Lonny van Ryswyck from Atelier NL – DDW 2015

Social & Green Design Guide with: Nadine Sterk and Lonny van Ryswyck from AtelierNL – DDW 2015 Video by Robert AndriessenText by Annemiek van GrondelProduced in partnership with DOEN Foundation Earth Alchemy […]

Manon van Hoeckel

Interview with Manon van Hoeckel about In Limbo Embassy – Embassy of the Undocumented – DDW 2015

Social & Green Design Guide with: Manon van Hoeckel at Design Academy Eindhoven – DDW 2015 Video by Robert AndriessenText by Annemiek van GrondelProduced in partnership with DOEN Foundation In Limbo […]

Brothers and Sons

Brothers and Sons (previously eQ+) | Collective efforts yield a unique collection

Collective efforts yield a unique collection Text by Annemiek van Grondel It started out organically. A tiny seed grew into something viable and promising. Mutual understanding, a long-term investment in resources […]

Brothers and Sons

Brothers and Sons (eQ+) | Collectieve inspanning levert een unieke collectie

Collectieve inspanning levert een unieke collectie Tekst door Annemiek van Grondel Het begon op organische wijze. Een piepklein zaadje ontkiemde tot iets levensvatbaars en veelbelovends. Wederzijds begrip, langdurige investering in middelen […]

No Stop by Maarten Kusters

The Dutch Spirit in Milan

The Dutch Spirit in Milan Text by Annemiek van Grondel The Dutch descend upon Milan for a week every year. Shining at the Salone is not that difficult, provided you have some good […]

Christoph Brach, Daniera ter Haar. Image by Boudewijn Bollmann

Raw Color – a portrait

Text by Annemiek van Grondel Photo by Boudewijn Bollmann Life is all about colour and identity. Daniera ter Haar (31) and Christoph Brach (34) are Raw Color. Textures and textiles are recurring themes […]

Rogier van der Heide. Image by Boudewijn Bollmann

Rogier van der Heide – a portrait

Text by Annemiek van Grondel Photo by Boudewijn Bollmann His passion? ‘Design for a changing world.’ Since 2010, Rogier van der Heide (43) is responsible for product, industrial and communication […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]