Louise and Jean-Baptiste started this new furniture and lighting company. It produces all products in Europe in…
Louise and Jean-Baptiste started this new furniture and lighting company. It produces all products in Europe in human-sized factories. These design enthusiasts aim to show what their vision is of French design while keeping the products more warm and towards uninhibited luxury instead of cold and conceptual. Not all designs are made by the French as they have sought out great talented designers throughout the world to develop products for them, ranging from Italy, the Netherlands to Israel and the US.
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By conducting research and experiments the Invertuals have transposed the theme of vulnerability onto contemporary designs. Balance, delicacy, curiosity and transience were sources of inspiration.
By conducting research and experiments the Invertuals have transposed the theme of vulnerability onto contemporary designs. Balance, delicacy, curiosity and transience were sources of inspiration.
“Almost unnoticed we have shaped a society without danger. Nevertheless things happen to us we can’t control. ‘Untouchables Retouched’ is a visual dialogue about re-balancing and re-valuating the beauty of vulnerability.” Dutch Invertuals is a collective of individual designers who are always in search of the limits of their profession.
They present pieces that reflect their contemporary viewpoints in images, objects, materials, insights and stories.
Participants: Daphna Laurens, Edhv, Mieke Meijer, Raw Color, Jetske Visser, Jeroen Wand, Maurizio Montalti, Kirstie van Noort, Susana Camara & Mike Thompson, Adrien Petrucci, Paul Heijnen.
Inspired by the four classical elements, earth, air, fire and water, Nacho Carbonell has incorporated subtle references…
Inspired by the four classical elements, earth, air, fire and water, Nacho Carbonell has incorporated subtle references to these through the design of his hand made lightbulb. In an ingenious way, water in the bulb creates a sea-like light reflection from the light source, (the representation of fire) into the environment where the bulb is placed. Additionally, the user can interact with the lightbulbs size by pumping air into the lightbulb, another reference to an element.
This in turn changes the reflection of the water in the bulb. Be it by inflating or by pouring, hanging or floating, this lightbulb demands from us that we play with it and define how we would like to use it, and always with subtle references to the earth, air, fire and water.
Karimoku new standard collaborates with emerging international designers focussing on high quality craftsmenship combined with contempory design….
Karimoku new standard collaborates with emerging international designers focussing on high quality craftsmenship combined with contempory design. The products are predominantly made of solid Japanese hardwoods such as maple, chestnut and oak. The collection was presented in a 100 year old aparatment in Milan during the salone di mobile 2012. In addition to existing products, 9 prototypes were also exhibited. Designers like Scholten & Baijings, Big game, Sylvain willenz, Lucien Gumy and the Karimoku design team were shown in the 4 rooms of this apartment.
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The organic reference is explicit on the light designed by Studio Formafantasma which looks as if a…
The organic reference is explicit on the light designed by Studio Formafantasma which looks as if a traditional bulb has been stopped in the process of transforming into a leaf. Unusually asymmetrical the light is meant to be use as a single piece or as a flock of glowing leafs. With the limited edition the organic world is not anymore only a formal reference. As a continuation of the previous work of the studio ‘Botanica’, the vessel of the bulb is produced with a 19th century material re-developed by Formafantasma composed by a polymer extracted from insect excrement that colonize trees mixed with wood powder.
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Rietveld Landscape’s Vacant NL installation, exhibited at the 2010 Venice International Architecture Exhibition, presents a persuasive, inspiring…
Rietveld Landscape’s Vacant NL installation, exhibited at the 2010 Venice International Architecture Exhibition, presents a persuasive, inspiring view on the temporary repurposing of governmental and public buildings. In a single stroke, the designers make visible the quantity and diversity of available spaces, in a fascinating, enchanting way. All that emptiness cries out for creative entrepreneurship.
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The quality and variety of Vlaamsch Broodhuys’s bread remind you how rewarding life can be. Roels has…
The quality and variety of Vlaamsch Broodhuys’s bread remind you how rewarding life can be. Roels has cleverly rolled out a whole shop formula centred entirely around bread without compromising on quality or attention to the product. The Vlaamsch Broodhuys is a place to take time out and an anti-consumerist statement.
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The Microscopic Opera installation makes minuscule organisms visible and gives each one its own sound. It’s a marvelous…
The Microscopic Opera installation makes minuscule organisms visible and gives each one its own sound. It’s a marvelous example of an exciting collaboration between science, design and art. The work allows the viewer/listener to enter the living environment of microscopic worms. Munnik renders the invisible visible and poses questions about how we engage with the natural world and about our position as human beings.
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The atelier, the shop and the closet: within this magic triangle, Van Heist seeks and finds fashion’s…
The atelier, the shop and the closet: within this magic triangle, Van Heist seeks and finds fashion’s nuances. Hellofashion is an ongoing investigation into the ideal wardrobe, which Van Heist conducts in her own eccentric yet well-founded way. Introspection, playfulness and evolution combine to result in a highly successful total design from the heart. This fashion collection for all seasons radiates fun and virtuosity.
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The industrial perfection of the MyAmbiance LED bulb is impressive. But its real beauty resides in its…
The industrial perfection of the MyAmbiance LED bulb is impressive. But its real beauty resides in its effect on the environment and consumer behaviour. With its higher price tag, this super-efficient, ultra-long-life LED bulb will give any consumer a new appreciation of the value of light. It’s a marvellous example of how ethical parameters set by government can interact with mass production principles to result in a great product.
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Piet Hein Eek’s new production location, which he calls “the factory”, manifests his intention not only to…
Piet Hein Eek’s new production location, which he calls “the factory”, manifests his intention not only to design and produce objects but to give the whole trajectory a characteristic public dimension. With his ability to direct the design process all the way from the germ of an idea through the encounter between product and user while providing it with a context, Eek occupies a unique position in the Netherlands. The factory is Eek’s ultimate design to date.
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Bart Hess is a designer for tomorrow. He combines fashion, textiles, video art and photography in a…
Bart Hess is a designer for tomorrow. He combines fashion, textiles, video art and photography in a surrealist manner. A bit of plastic begins to move, and watery slime becomes the fabric of a dress for Lady Gaga. With his fascination for the human body and the manipulation thereof, Hess influences other designers and pushes the boundaries of the textile design profession.
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The TouchDoc Money & Speed is the first iPad documentary to make complex processes and data understandable…
The TouchDoc Money & Speed is the first iPad documentary to make complex processes and data understandable in a cogent way. Its interface design is effective and gives users a new way of exploring information. Catalogtree has not only done pioneering work but has set a high bar for future TouchDocs with this design.
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For years, Waag Society has been the chief proponent of open design in the Netherlands. The organisation…
For years, Waag Society has been the chief proponent of open design in the Netherlands. The organisation plays a pioneering role, identifying, studying and fostering possibilities by initiating projects such as the Open Design Lab and making possible places like Fablab Amsterdam and the Dialogue Café. Waag Society helps people to imagine new possibilities in design, manufacturing and the use of objects. Sharing information and data means sharing culture. Open design is the future!
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Ester van de Wiel has expanded the notion of the designer’s role by setting herself up as…
Ester van de Wiel has expanded the notion of the designer’s role by setting herself up as a project initiator and curator. On the basis of extensive preliminary studies, she designs frameworks for interventions in public space and invites designers and artists to respond within their parameters. Through this method of working, she inhabits an in-between position as a designer and creates space for an essential deepening of the design profession.
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Hans Gremmen’s books and projects are compelling because of their keen sense of contemporary developments in photography….
Hans Gremmen’s books and projects are compelling because of their keen sense of contemporary developments in photography. For instance, he made The Mother Road, a film about Route 66, out of a sequence of Google Street View images. Gremmen’s designs are of a high quality, clear and effective. He is continuing the Dutch tradition of the photo book but taking it a step further.
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Through the Freehouse project, Jeanne van Heeswijk has made the residents and businesspeople of Rotterdam’s Afrikaanderwijk aware…
Through the Freehouse project, Jeanne van Heeswijk has made the residents and businesspeople of Rotterdam’s Afrikaanderwijk aware of their neighbourhood’s cultural wealth and economic potential. She has come up with an intelligent way of getting them excited about working together on events and products that represent the local culture. The Markt van Morgen (Market of Tomorrow) is now well known, and Rotterdam has gained another world-class destination.
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These two newspapers have distinct ways of communicating news and yet clearly make up a single portfolio….
These two newspapers have distinct ways of communicating news and yet clearly make up a single portfolio. Day after day, both NRC Handelsblad and NRC Next succeed in boiling down complex information without compromising on nuance. In design as well as writing, quality comes first. These two distinctive, inquisitive papers show respect for their readers. All this in a disposable product!
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Bergmans’s clever work seems to have been created in passing, by intuition and on impulse, while in reality it is the result of keen observation and structured experimentation.
Blub – the name is as distinctive as Pieke Bergmans’s lighting objects themselves. A new population of rudimentary creatures with their own distinctive character seems suddenly – blub! – to take over the room. Bergmans’s clever work seems to have been created in passing, by intuition and on impulse, while in reality it is the result of keen observation and structured experimentation.
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Rogier van der Heide is a lighting designer whose creativity knows no bounds. Working in partnership with…
Rogier van der Heide is a lighting designer whose creativity knows no bounds. Working in partnership with others, he achieves breathtaking results. His luminous costumes stole the show at the Black Eyed Peas’ Paris concert, and his lighting added an extra dimension to Zaha Hadid’s Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi. Van der Heide makes use of the latest techniques, but always in a subtle manner and in combination with craftsmanship and a fine sense of design.
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