All posts in Ilco Kemmere
Design Policy Adapting to Change – interview with Madeleine van Lennep
Design Policy Adapting to Change Shortly before the Milan Design Week 2015 we had a conversation with Madeleine van Lennep, director of the Association of Dutch Designers (BNO) Much has changed […]
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 – 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 […]
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 […]
Elise Luttik – a portrait
Text by Ingeborg van Lieshout Photo by Ilco Kemmere Elise Luttik presented at the Milan Design Week with Dutch Satellite at the SaloneSatellite in Rho, Milan. In the end it was design her heart […]
Enlightened Design during ELLE Festival 2014
Enlightened Design – 26-28 June 2014 Design is less and less about seducing consumers with beauty and functionality, and more and more often about the search for improvements to […]
Basten Leijh – a portrait
Text by Jeanne Tan Photo by Ilco Kemmere Basten Leijh is founder of Bleijh Industrial Design Studio in Amsterdam. How would you describe yourself in one word? Let me think […]
Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der Lubbe – a portrait
Text by Jeanne Tan Photo by Ilco Kemmere Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der Lubbe founded their studio, Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe, between 1998-2000. They live and […]
Robert Bronwasser – a portrait
Text by Jeanne Tan Photo by Ilco Kemmere Robert Bronwasser is the founder of SMOOL by Robert Bronwasser. He lives and works in Amsterdam. How would you describe yourself in […]
Lizan Freijsen – a portrait
Artist Lizan Freijsen lives and works in Rotterdam. Her extensive research into stains has been translated into ceramics, textiles, an exhibition, a book and, most recently, a series of hand-woven […]
Diederik Schneemann – a portrait
Text by Jeanne TanPhoto by Ilco Kemmere Diederik Schneemann lives and works in Rotterdam. His recent projects include A Flip Flop Story and the 3D-printed Mash-up Collection. How would you […]
OS ∆ OOS – a portrait
Text by Jeanne TanPhoto by Ilco Kemmere Oskar Peet and Sophie Mensen are OS ∆ OOS. They live and work in Eindhoven. In Milan, they’ll be presenting the ‘Keystone’ chair […]
Geke Lensink – a portrait
Text by Jeanne TanPhoto by Ilco Kemmere Product designer Geke Lensink lives and works in Amsterdam. During the Milan Design Week 2014 she showed her latest work as part of the […]
Watch the system crack – column by Max Bruinsma
Column by Max Bruinsma, editor & design critic Photo’s by Ilco Kemmere Quite a few seasoned design aficionados warned me, the first time I planned to visit the Salone. Prepare […]
Floris Hovers – a portrait
Text by Jeanne Tan Photo by Ilco Kemmere Product designer Floris Hovers lives and works in Raamsdonkveer. His new designs for New Duivendrecht, Magis and Vij5 will be launched in […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
