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Interview Carole Baijings & Stefan Scholten – Milan 2019
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 […]
The jury picked their heroes: Creative Heroes Award 2019 nominees
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 […]
Interview Pieke Bergmans – Milan 2019
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 […]
Interview Wendy Plomp – Milan 2019
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 […]
Interview Mireille Meijs / Mosa – Milan 2019
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 […]
Interview Victor le Noble and David Heldt, co-founders Tuttobene – Milan 2019
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 […]
Interview Gijs Bakker – Milan 2019
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 […]
Interview Jacco Bregonje – Milan 2019
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 […]
10 years of Dutchies in Milano
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 […]
Interview Marjan van Aubel – Milan 2019
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 […]
Interview Margriet Vollenberg – Milan 2019
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 […]
Interview Marcel Wanders – Milan 2019
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 […]
Dutch Design – column by Lucas Verweij
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 […]
The Peoples Manufacturer
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, […]
Marc de Groot – Enlightened Design III at LDF 2018
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 […]
Jacqueline Harberink – Enlightened Design III at LDF 2018
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 […]
Alex Groot Jebbink – Enlightened Design III at LDF 2018
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 […]
Jesse Visser – Enlightened Design III at LDF 2018
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 […]
Margaret van Bekkum – Enlightened Design III at LDF 2018
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 […]
Wendy Plomp – Mutant Matter
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 […]
Bas Timmer – Keeping the World Warm
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 […]
Marius Smit – Fishing for Furniture
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 […]
Sam van Gurp & Esther Jongsma – Transition of light
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 […]
Koert van Mensvoort – Forward to nature
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 […]
Brecht Duijf & Lenneke Langenhuijsen – Shades of the Future
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
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. […]
Els Zijlstra & Jeroen van Oostveen – Future materials
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 […]
Simone Post – Beyond the surface
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 […]
Maarten Olden – Love for experimenting
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 […]
Diederik Schneemann & Aldwin van Krimpen – Rubdish
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 […]
Simone Kramer & Petra Janssen from Social Label – Designing labor
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 […]
Jacco Bregonje – In Italy I’m Dutch and in the Netherlands I’m Italian
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 […]
Studio Carolijn Slottje – Quilt Garden
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 […]
Studio Nienke Hoogvliet – The potential of the water world
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 […]
“the power of repetition, or even better, of the simplicity of repeated shapes that, together, are able to tell something new” – Alex Groot Jebbink, imm cologne 2018
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 […]
“I took inspiration from the typical half-timber houses in this area and from its strong mining tradition” – Françoise Oostwegel at imm Cologne 2018
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 […]
“it often happens during the process that something goes wrong and the whole thing spontaneously explodes” – Arnout Visser at Enlightened Design II, LDF 2017
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 […]
“when you turn off the lights you have this mystical glow – it builds this image of an underwater world” – Bernotat&Co at Enlightened Design II, LDF 2017
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 […]
“This is actually the secret part of the production, so I can’t be too specific, but it’s very precise, almost like making little jewellery hooks” – Marc de Groot at Enlightened Design II, LDF 2017
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: […]
“I dip the wood block base in India ink, which is a combination of black soot and shellac” – Morgan Ruben at Enlightened Design II, LDF 2017
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: […]