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Butterfly Effects by MLY

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:09:13 +0000

Butterfly Effects is a colorful, diverse summer collection. Butterfly wing drawings were the inspiration for expressive designs. Especially the printed pieces have intense, bright colors. The knitwear pieces look a bit calmer, due to black, ecru and red. The collection includes many dresses and jackets which can be combined in different ways, and some skirts that look great with simple plain tops. MLY used a variety of materials such as silk, linen-silk and cotton-silk blends, and viscose. The collection also features MLY’s first jeans, made of ecologically produced denim. The combination of honest materials and natural designs gives Butterfly Effects a pure and organic look.

Confrontations with Formfantasma and Doris Wicki

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:35:35 +0000

Formfantasma takes a closer look at charcoal, it's ancient uses, the good and bad properties of the material. For this they created a number of experiments in the confrontations series together with charcoal burner Doris Wicki, one of the last artisans who still produce vegetable charcoal through slow combustion of wood. This project is part of the confrontations series held in the Vitra Design museum.

confrontations with 2012 architecten and Vitra

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:57:13 +0000

2012Architecten were invited to design and build with the almost perfect production waste from Vitra Factory.

Confrontations with Lucas and Roche

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:06:43 +0000

For this project Lucas used a synthesized version of his parents' DNA to visualize a crystal, in a way creating a new piece with his origins. Lobmeyer then produced 1100 handmade reproductions of this crystal and Lucas' had his parents construct a chandelier out of them during a live performance at the Vitra design museum at art Basel 2012.

more info on the exhibition on designmuseum.de and www.premsela.org for the project

New Duivendrecht launches in Milan

Mon, 28 May 2012 20:59:51 +0000

One of the many brands launched this year in Milan is New Duivendrecht. Founded by Frederik Roijé and Victor le Noble, the brand is a manufacturer of contemporary furniture by Dutch designers. The main goal being to make high quality products which are both sustainable as well as innovative. All of the pieces are produced locally in the Netherlands.

newduivendrecht.com

CARWAN GALLERY, MIDDLE EASTERN CRAFTS, CONTEMPORARY DESIGNERS

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:19:54 +0000

Presented during the Milan design week 2012, ‘Contemporary perspectives in Middle Eastern Crafts’ explores a new realm in design. Expanding on traditional crafts with the input of a new generation of contemporary designers. Specialized techniques by artisans from the Middle East were re-imagined to create new works for the exhibition. www.carwangallery.com

La Chance presents Jeckyll & Hyde

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:33:36 +0000

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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DUTCH INVERTUALS IN MILAN 2012

Wed, 09 May 2012 21:09:56 +0000

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.

Inflatable light bulbs by Nacho Cabonell

Sun, 06 May 2012 08:16:14 +0000

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's new standard

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:40:43 +0000

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.

more info on karimoku-newstandard.jp

Formafantasma's leaf led light for BOOO

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:35:40 +0000

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.

more info on booo.nl

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MLY AW 2012/2013 Clouded

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:51:55 +0000

For her AW 2012/2013 collection, MLY used a diverse blend of materials, including digitally printed cashmere, viscose/linen, silk blends and polyamide blends.

The collection is just as varied when it comes to color combinations. Soft shades of white and ecru-navy duotone knitwear, but also multicolored, digitally printed tops and dresses, and fresh aqua colored items.

“Clouded” features comfortably wearable jackets, vests, short tunics and dresses, which can easily be used for various occasions. The silhouettes are very feminine, with beautiful necklines and flattering details.

Pieke Bergmans light bulbs

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:34:25 +0000

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.

Rogier van der Heide, lighting designer

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:41:59 +0000

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.

Piet Hein Eek and the Factory

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:49:40 +0000

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.

Monique van Heist, Hello Fashion

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:25:09 +0000

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.

Matthijs Munnink, Microscopic opera

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:58:32 +0000

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.

Hans Gremmen, A new representation of photography

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:41:01 +0000

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.

Ester van de Wiel, edible landscapes

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:48:09 +0000

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.

Waag society on open design

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:52:23 +0000

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!

Catalog tree: money and speed iPad documentary

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:33:18 +0000

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.

Bart Hess

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:15:30 +0000

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.

Mine sweeper

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:26:00 +0000

During his childhood in Afghanistan, Massoud Hassani would make miniature models to be blown by the wind. Sometimes they would end up in a minefield, where he could not retrieve them. Now Massoud’s wind-powered creations are designed specifically for minefields.

DMY Exhibition 2011 @ tempelhof berlin

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:47:38 +0000

Overview video of the main exhibition hall at the DMY Festival 2011 held earlier this year. Includes works by ESAD de Strasbourg, Lund university, Manufactory, Platform 10 of the RCA, Yiannis Ghikas, Eva Marguerre and Marcel Besau, DMY Makerlab, Fabien Dumas, Ett la Benn, E27.

Nanna van Blaaderen: Species

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:24:21 +0000

In her ‘Species’ knitted collection, Nanna van Blaaderen allowed herself to be guided by the idea of offering an alternative for animal skins as a fashion and interior product. Fascinated by the beauty and diversity of the animal kingdom, she designed a series of knitted fabrics that represent the coats and markings of various animal species in their three-dimensional tactility and textures. She drew inspiration from images of animals and animal skins. She elaborated her ideas for the ‘Jaguar’, ‘Zebra’, ‘Cat’, ‘Zebra back’, Giraffe’ and ‘Scale’ knits at the machine.

MLY SS-2012

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:09:14 +0000

the new mly collection for spring summer 2012

Knitting 3d patterns by Borre Akkersdijk

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:09:12 +0000

Borre Akkersdijk, who graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven last year, worked in the TextielLab to produce knitted textiles that are padded with a filler thread. The result is a range of ‘stuffed’ garments, including trousers, a parka, a cape and a jacket. When the pattern components emerge from the machine they are ready-made.

The fabric’s patterns are derived from an old kilim, which had belonged to a favourite aunt who recently died. This rug was woven by hand, so it exhibits crooked lines, irregularities and the marks of age, features that Borre imitated in the digital conversion. It is like his personal signature in an otherwise industrial product.

Borre Akkersdijk experimented with the production of thickly padded knits on the large circular knitting machine in the TextielLab. The machine was specially fitted with so-called padding mangle for this project, making it possible to produce knits that are padded out with filler threads. The investigation focused on the knitting of lengths of cloth in which the pattern components are filled out. The edges of each section remain attached, so the padding remains inside when the pattern components are cut from the base. Finishing is no longer necessary.

The first test, with just a sleeve, pointed in the right direction immediately. He then carried out colour tests on the actual pattern, a hand-drawn kilim motif. How do the colours mix together and to what extent must they vary and follow the pattern? He eventually decided to knit the garments in colour mixes, because this renders the fabric more lively and exciting.

More info on the artist: www.byborre.com
The exhibition can be seen until September 2011.www.textielmuseum.nl

Font of the loom

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:47:42 +0000

Bertjan Pot presents his new tablecloths today for the textile museum in Tilburg. Designguide.tv was commissioned to make this ‘making of’ movie of his project ‘Font of the loom’ which takes us through his process of designing a typeface that could be weaved with pixel precise fabric bonds.

Bertjan chose to use a series of texts downloaded from wikipedia and used those to weave the tablecloths with. At first view the tablecloths look a little mundane but when you look closer you’ll see biographies of Michael Jackson or a detailed description of what a Haiku is. The most important thing is, according to Bertjan, not the content of the texts but the actual letter and with this project he tries to bring across the beauty of typography with technical precision.

Other designers taking part in the exhibition are Borre Akkersdijk, Maarten Baas, Nanna van Blaaderen, Barbara Broekman, Mae Engelgeer,Thomas Eurlings, Lizan Freijsen, Conny Groenewegen, Maria Hees, Bart Hess, Digna Kosse, Bertjan Pot, Mara Skujeniece, Studio Maarten Kolk & Guus Kusters, Studio Makkink & Bey, JanTaminiau.

behind the scenes at atelierdorp designweek eindhoven

Wed, 11 May 2011 04:36:07 +0000

YDN designguide gives a behind the scenes look into what goes on in producing an exhibit.

Atelierdorp is an unconventional and almost incidental collective of designers who feel united by design. For the second year in a row, the young designers present a group exhibition of their personal work. As they have moved their studios to a new location in the centre of Eindhoven, they invite you to have a closer look at their work and the place where it has been created. Atelierdorp opens its doors.

In their new headquarters, Atelierdorp shows how different styles can co-exist without conflict, how multiple identities grow and how a community proves its importance in a world ruled by the individual.

Botanica by Formafantasma

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 13:52:45 +0000

Formafantasma was recently commissioned by Plart, to create their own interpretation of the polymeric materials. As many of our daily objects come from oil/plastic they will remain relevant as we move forward to alternatives. Andrea and Simone take a closer look into the history of polymers which goes back centuries in the forms of resins and other methods of preserving.

Botanica is the resulting project, the objects displayed in the collection are designed as if the oil- based era, in which we are living, never took place. The designers researched and hunted for information, digging into the 18th and 19th centuries, when scientists began experimenting draining plants and animals in search for plasticity.

With botanica, studio formafantasma offers a new perspective on plasticity, reinterpreting centuries old technology lost in mass production of oil derivatives.

more information on www.formafantasma.com

Series 19 for Bocci, the making-of

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:52:52 +0000

Creative director of Bocci, Omer Arbel, designed this bowl called Series 19. It’s produced by using an old technique called sand casting using recycled copper. Because it’s a quite rough method of casting metal, it creates an almost volcanic stone look to the outer edges whilst the center is carefully polished to a mirror like shine. The project launched in Milan atRossana Orlandi.

Bocci commissioned this movie to show the making of series 19.

Achille is watching us

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:28:34 +0000

Achille is watching us is a self-initiated project brought to you by Matylda Krzykowski from the personal design blog Mat&Me and Marco Gabriele Lorusso from creative collective Made in Design Studio. The Achille is watching us exhibition, a presentation of personal objects from various international designers.

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Drawing Machine by Eske Rex

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:14:49 +0000

This renaissance inspired, pendulum drawing machine was on display at Mindcraft 11, the Danish crafts exhibit at ventura lambrate. The machine has a installation type appeal that will draw (in the right artistic hands) the most amazing rhythmic pen drawings.

The machine starts off by manually setting the distance of one of the pendulums and then starting the second one. This technique of using weights and pendulums was invented in the renaissance and was applied in the so-called Harmonograph.

More information on the artist can be found on: www.eskerex.com

VT Prototype 2 "Polar Bear"

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:04:15 +0000

Named 'Polar Bear' after it's muscular forms and metallic white shine, this table by Arias van Oordt is the second prototype that uses his innovative forming techniques. Sheets of metal have been pressed and pulled apart to reveal bends and volume that provide strength and form. This innovative forming process results in a form and volume rarely seen before, and though unconventional, it gives fully useable results.

"My priority is to use materials in their full potential", said Arias van Oordt. "In this case I recognized the possibilities of pulling and pressing metal, which then had to be controlled or "tamed" in order to create forms at will. By creating a structure that could pull with several tons of pressure, and after 12 prototype tests, this final working table named 'Polar Bear' came to be."

The "VT PR2 Polar Bear" in its full name, is a prototype and no more like it will be produced by the designer. Instead, Arias van Oordt prefers to continue experimenting with new designs and is now looking for a company interested in producing a version of it.

Creative workspace in Eindhoven

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:15:06 +0000

we take a look at the working environments of designers in Eindhoven, which seems to be a hotspot for young designers

Reconstruct, a fashion film in Berlin

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:23:27 +0000

we take a look in Berlin at the photoshoot of fashion label MLY. In this shoot, old derelict buildings are selected to be used for the 'reconstruct' collection of emily hermans.

Tokyo LLove hotel

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 06:31:22 +0000

We recently visited the LLove hotel in tokyo, a project created by Suzanne Oxenaar, artistic director of the Dutch hotel LLoyd in Amsterdam. The exhibition consisted of several guest rooms created by both Dutch and Japanese designers to celebrate the 400 years of trade and cultural relations Netherlands and Japan have.

The hotel featured rooms designed by Jo Nagasaka, Richard Hutten and Pieke Bergmans amongst others, with each room having the designers signature feel added to it from the furniture to the walls. And the nice part that if you really love the room you could even book a night for it while there.

for more information take a look on www.llove.jp/en

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A talk with Polka

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:41:09 +0000

YDN designguide talks to Polka, a Viennese design label started in 2004 by Monica Singer and Marie Rahm. Matylda Kryzkowski travels with us to the studio for an interview and talks about their latest projects and products.

more info on the duo at:

www.polkaproducts.com

credits:

interview by www.matandme.net

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Yuri Suzuki interview

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:26:34 +0000

A quick chat with Yuri Suzuki, maker of visual sound devices. He exhibited several pieces together with UK designer Oscar Diaz at the Designtide exhibition in Tokyo. Yuri talks us through some of his recent projects as well as a brief history of his work process.

please take a look on his website, www.yurisuzuki.com for an extensive overview of his sound devices designs and projects. One of which is the Barcode book which can be seen here on vimeo.com/14564076

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Tokyo Designers Week, Designtide

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:37:00 +0000

Designguide.tv makes its way down to Tokyo for the design week, on our first stop we check out the Designtide exhibition hosted at the Tokyo Midtown building. As always the quality of the works of the domestic and international designers here is outstanding, showing both prototypes as well as products open to new distribution channels. We talk with Maarten Baptist of Joine about his lucky love chair and Nosigners new material, the magnetic pearl.

This episode of designguide.tv features the works of:

Daisuke Motogi, Generate design, Yota Katuda, Maarten Baptist, Naoki KawaMoto, Kwangho Lee, Emmanuelle Moureaux, Nosigner, Live for sweets, Oscar Diaz, I2A3, Jaime Hayon, Tani Matsumura, Kamide Choemon-Gama

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Lucas Verweij DMY Maker Lab walkthrough

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:40:49 +0000

we take a tour of the Maker Lab and other DIY projects at DMY Berlin with design critic Lucas Verweij.

Vienna Design Week part 1

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:24:31 +0000

Designguide.tv visits the Vienna Design Week 2010. In this first episode we take an overview tour of some of our favorite exhibits of the festival. A large collection of italian master designers' light designs was shown at the Bulb Fiction exhibition at Klaus Engelhorn's Depot. The work of young studios such as Polka, Driftdesign and Mischer'Traxler was mixed in forming an interesting view on classic and new lighting design.

The Lichtingstein Museum invited three international design teams to create an exhibition under the motto of table culture. Claesson Koivisto Rune worked with manufacturer Lobmeyer and Wiener Silber to create a simple modern product in an opulant staging. Rianne Makkink and Jurgen Bey looked into the history of sugar. And architects/designers Olgoj Chorchoj offered a flashback into one's childhood.

The Freiraum at the Museumsquartier asked well known artists to produce design pieces under the label AK7. The label seeks to be active at the interface between art and design and was produced by Tyrolean craft enterprises according to classical craftsmanship techniques, to be sold at 7 pieces each.

more info on www.viennadesignweek.com

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Inga Sempé interview, Vienna Design Week 2010

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:38:31 +0000

on our first day at the vienna design week we visited a 'Why Design' talk with Inga Sempé. In 2000 she opened her own design studio in Paris, where she worked with Italian firms like Cappellini and Edra.

After seeing almost all the projects we were interested in the person behind the designs. Matylda Krzykowski did a quick talk with her after the lecture.

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www.ingasempe.fr

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Objects with a void

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 09:26:15 +0000

Designguide visited objects with a void and a quick talk with Tetsuo of Study O Portable about the exhibit. ;Void is a term commonly considered useless, but in design, this often overlooked aspect plays a vital role.

Intentional or coincidental, voids in objects have the power to define the function and aesthetics of the objects. It's a dismissed yet integral part of design that captivates our imagination.

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www.objectswithavoid.com

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Lichting 2010 fashion show

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:38:44 +0000

The concept of ‘Lichting’ is simple: the best academy graduates of one year in 1 central catwalk show. In the audience are the 700 most important people for the next step in their careers: fashion journalists and influential stylists, ready to spot the next big thing; CEO’s and design managers on the look-out for talent; and the all-important players-behind-the-scenes, all eager to see what the nation’s academies have brought forth this year.

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Jerszy Seymour Design workshop

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:40:53 +0000

A while ago we had the chance to meet up with Jerszy in central Berlin and take a tour through his design office. Matylda Krzykowski interviews Jerszy Seymour for this latest episode of designguide.tv. This conversation digs deeper into his working methods and origins as well his very riverlike future plans.

more info on the projects at www.jerszyseymour.com

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Supertrash summer 2010 collection

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:15:21 +0000

Fashion show of Supertrash's summer 2010 collection, available on supertrash.us

Waterworld fashion show by MLY

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:37:12 +0000

MLY’s SS 2011 collection is a tribute to water. She translated this theme into a bright and lively collection in aqua tones, marine colours, mint and pearl grey, combined with white and anthracite. The WaterWorld dresses, skirts and shirts feature woven and knitted wave, coral and fish shaped patterns, and digital prints of watercolour drawings.

Besides her characteristic, self-developed knit wear, MLY also used materials such as viscose tricot and voile silk, which resulted in her most diverse and breezy summer collection to date.

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Extended gallery tour DMY Berlin

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:57:59 +0000

Open studios and satellite exhibitions in galleries open their door to the DMY public all over Berlin. YDN designguide takes a look at a small selection with work ranging from the ECAL to Materials Utopia which invited visitors to create their own piece with some chewing gum and colorings.

Max's Shelter

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:00:03 +0000

YDN designguide takes a look at Max Lamb's installation, Shelter, produced for Johnson Trading Gallery. It was created by hand in Miami a few weeks ahead of the exhibition, using rudimentary tools as a way to carve out the shape. The shelter is meant to visitors a structure to hide and feel safe in as well as an insight into Max's youth.

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DMY Youngsters

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:32:31 +0000

DMY Youngsters

Continuing on our special focus on this year's DMY festival we take a look at the DMY Youngsters hall. Young talented designers and students were the focus of this years DMY Youngsters exhibition. Many of the works were quite experimental or research driven resulting in interesting ideas and shapes for these new makers.

Featuring the works of:

Polceramix, Daniel Schulze, De Intuitiefabriek, My bauhaus is better than yours, Ecole des arts Strasbourg, Labelobjet, About studio, Temporary collective Arnhem, Bas van Raay, Le Lab, Rui Alves, Pepe Heykoop and Joon & Jung

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Rumkugelbahn

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:42:59 +0000

This interesting title loosely translates to Rum ball course, which refers to the chocolate rum ball which travels down a route taking you for a preview of the Vienna Design week taking place this October.

The Vienna Design Week Embassy (fancy title!) presents this work of Vienna design couple Mischer'Traxler during the DMY festival in Berlin.
text from the dmy:
"The ball path is a reminisence of Vienna's Prater and its typical sweet and candies. Feel invited to join this years 's festival October 1- 10th. On display are products by Breaded Escalope, Casali, Marco Dessi, Dottings, Max Lamb, J.&L. Lobmeyr, Mühlbauer, Augarten, POLKA, Posenanski, RiessKELOMAT, Adrien Rovero, Robert Rüf, soda designers, Vösslauer, Wittmann"

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DMY Awards show 2010

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:52:49 +0000

And the winners are…

Three out of ten – On Friday, June 11 the DMY Award winners were announced at the evening Award Ceremony. The winners are For use/numen: Tape Installation, Daphna Isaacs & Laurens Manders: Tafelstukken and EPFL+ECAL Lab: Give me more.

The jury members Jerszy Seymour, Hella Jongerius, Jurgen Bey, Werner Aisslinger and Patrick Reymond were impressed by the experimental approach of the Austro-Croatian designers For use / numen who created an architectural socializing place with a very simple material: tape. They acknowledged the close collaboration between designers and engineers within the Swiss research institute EPFL + ECAL Lab who showed augmented reality scenarios combining analogue materials and digital applications pointing to charming ways of designing and living in the near future.

Awarding Daphna Isaacs & Laurens Manders, Hella Jongerius as a representative of the jury, pointed out that Berlin stands out in terms of research, experimenting and prototyping but it is also important to acknowledge the finishing of products and that is why the jury chose this accomplishment of a very tactile and nicely functioning product. Congratulations!

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DMY Allstars central exhibition

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:21:52 +0000

YDN Designguide presents the Allstars central exhibition at DMY Berlin 2010.

The central exhibition reveals pioneering products and experimental prototypes by more than 400 international designers. The exhibition features new product launches by professional designers, studios and firms (Allstars area) as well as processual and experimental works by young and upcoming designers (Youngsters area).

Aside from curated exhibitions by selected international design institutions such as the Centro Metropolitano de Diseño (Buenos Aires), Seoul Design Festival and the Vienna Design Week, you can explore the foresighted concepts and latest projects of 17 international design schools such as Goldsmiths College London, Lund University or Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg.

Furthermore the central exhibition will include a special focus on Swiss Design as well as a spotlight on advanced technologies and design supplementing this year’s Symposium theme.

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DMY 2010 Opening

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:43:57 +0000

YDN presents DMY Festival 2010, as the first video in this DMY series we give a short impression of the events that took place on the opening night.

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Yii Design from Taiwan

Sat, 29 May 2010 06:49:37 +0000

Yii, started by the Taiwan Craft Research Institute to stimulate a more creative conversation between Taiwanese designers and traditional craftsmen.

It's quite interesting to see Asia is picking up on conceptual design and generating their own designers and it will be a good place to keep an eye out for the future design stars.

Through the magic of skype, Gijs Bakker was able to closely involved in the process with his role as creative director. They chose to stick to Taiwanese designers instead of bringing in Westerners.

The collection revolves around 3 main themes, Inspired by Nature, Cultivation and Sustainability. It's the result of 15 designers working together with 20 master craftsmen and went on show at the salone di mobile at the Triennale of Milan.

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Swarovski Crystal Palace 2010

Tue, 25 May 2010 05:02:08 +0000

The Crystal Palace was a favorite amongst the Salone's visitors this year.

It was a place to get inspired in the theatrics of light and crystal with the help of the designers who each created their own world inside a room.

Featuring works of Tokujin Yoshioka, Yves Behar, Gwenael Nicolas, Rogier van der Heide, Vincent van Duysen and some works from previous years.

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Design to save the world

Sun, 23 May 2010 06:51:26 +0000

During the salone del mobile in Milan, Droog presented their Saved by Droog collection which was based on 5135 items bought at liquidation sales. They asked 14 designers to reinterpretate the objects and turn these discarded products into newly wanted products.

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Ventura Lambrate in Milano 2010

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:29:56 +0000

YDN Designguide takes you on a tour through a selection of Ventura Lambrate. The new exciting area of the Salone in Milan thats taken 2 years to mature to what it is today. As a reaction to the never ending cocktail openings and masses of drunk italians in Zona tortona, Organisation in Design decided to gather some of the best designers and collectives in a new area of Milan.

text from the organisation:

"The goal with Ventura Lambrate is to offer the international design world a new area in Milan, where the focus will once again be on the quality of the presentations, the substance of the exhibitors and the content of the works. With space for renowned established designers, emerging young designers, creative labels, interesting initiatives, small surprises and exciting presentations. The aim is to make Ventura Lambrate an area where both the press and the public are positively challenged by qualitative presentations, interesting exhibitions and new designs."

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Milan 2010: Spazio Rossana Orlandi overview

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:38:44 +0000

YDN Designguide takes a look at the new projects exhibited at the Spazio Rossana Orlandi gallery, always a favorite amongst the Milan Design week visitors.

Some of the projects like the animals by Frederique Morrel really caught our attention. There's always a high number of projects from the Design academy Eindhoven but more often these days we see projects from other schools such as the Konstfack from Sweden as well. BCXSY took their inspiration to Japan and worked together with craftsman on their new "origins" project. And Formafantasma showed their new adventure in the Autarky exhibition found in the basement of the gallery.

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Established and Sons 2010 Milan overview

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:58:32 +0000

YDN Designguide presents the 2010 collection of Established & Sons, first shown in Milan. We speak to Martino Gamper and Scholten en Baijings about their new work.

text from Established & Sons:

"In Milan 2009 Established & Sons created an enclosed

and concealed environment to display the collections,

visitors were forced to enter into a ‘shanty’ or ‘township’

installation to discover the products. In 2010, Established

& Sons’s latest and highly impactful concept will be quite

the opposite."

2010 also marks the year that Established & Sons launches Estd, a new collection of exceptional objects with practical use. This is an own-label collection by Established & Sons.

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Nacho Carbonell Diversity, opening of the exhibition

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:08:20 +0000

In the new “Diversity” series, Carbonell takes twenty iterations of the same form – a slender-legged chair attached to a narrow, covered desk – and creates distinct ﬁnishes for each with the result suggesting a demographically diverse neighborhood. One is coated in “hair ﬁlaments” that can be combed and groomed; another in shards of broken glass from used wine bottles; and, yet another in a granular concrete coating. Arrayed in the vast and opulent 625 square meter exhibition space at the Palazzo Ferre, the works seem almost processional.

nacho Carbonell, Diversity Milan Preview

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:48:41 +0000

Designguide.tv was invited to follow the process of Nacho Carbonell's new work: Diversity at his studio in Eindhoven.

This is the single largest body of new work ever shown by Carbonell and will debut a broad array of recently created ﬁnishes made from gravel, thorns, resins, broken glass, monoﬁlaments, and others. The Diversity” series is being shown at the Palazzo Ferre, a space otherwise used exclusively for Gianfranco Ferre’s fashion shows, in conjunction with the Salone di Mobile, and will be on view from April 14 , 2010 throughout the month.

Continue Time - kinetic artwork / functional clock

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 04:57:17 +0000

Here's a text about the history of the clock from the designer:

"Our office clock fell, causing the minutes- and second pointer to come off and they were just laying in the transparent cover. Witnessing the random patterns that occurred while the hour pointer still rotated, the concept for the Continue Time was born.

On this Continue Time clock, two out of the three pointers rotate around another pointer, instead of the central point on the clock face, as with traditional clocks. The resulting kinetic artwork, and fully functional clock, is continuously changing its shape during a full rotation of twelve hours."

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Tidal Ossuary

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:16:08 +0000

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Tidal Ossuary continues Lohmann and Grundmanns investigations into the contradictions inherent in our relationship to animals as sources of food and materials. The series of small, covetable vessels have been made from found animal bones, collected on the banks of the River Thames. Lohmann and Grundmanns sensitive handling of the materials and exquisite attention to detail have restored the discarded bones into beautiful objects of use and worth.

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Copenhagen Showhow, positive sustainability

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:56:10 +0000

YDN Design talks to Frederikke Aagaard, curator of the Copenhagen Showhow. Exploring how environmental and social design and innovation are realized in concrete projects. from the micro to the mega. It will demonstrate that it is possible to produce design solutions that create positive social, environmental and economic change while continuing to delight the senses.

SHOWHOW will present a positive message and demonstrate that engaging with social and environmental issues is a creative and life-changing experience for us all.

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WEM3, Noir, Thomas Traxler, Munio, Sort of coal, We:Do:wood, Biomega, Triobike, Aarhus School of Architecture, Danish Design School, Kolding Design School, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

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Formafantasma: Moulding Traditions

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:56:25 +0000

Simone & Andrea took inspiration in the history of a small city in Sicily, Caltagirone. The little town, famous for its ceramics and local tradition, has over 300 craftsmen working in the city. As an iconic base and as inspiration they used one of the most famous traditional Sicilian artworks "Teste id moro" referring to the vases which show the face of a native African. The once conquering Moors returned several centuries later as immigrants, leaving behind an ever changing mix of traditions and materials to be absorbed as culture. The duo rethought the iconic vase and added their own design touch during their Masters at the Design Academy Eindhoven. The distant worlds of artifacts and illegal immigration began to blur together revealing unusual correlations. This resulted in several objects in the "Moulding Tradition" collection.

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Amsterdam Fashion Week 2010, AW MLY

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:34:50 +0000

Painting pictures is the latest collection by Emily Hermans presented at the Januari edition of the Amsterdam Fashion Week 2010. She took inspiration of fragments of her own memory and translated them into a daring painted view of knitwear. The collection was shot in the cold Nordic weather well below 30 degrees celcius.

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Designer of the year at Design/Miami

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:54:42 +0000

YDN designguide visits Maarten Baas at his retrospective exhibition in Miami. At just 31 years old, he managed to change the general view on design by constantly rethinking the design process and introducing new disciplines to his work. The organization of design/miami recognized this and awarded him the prestigious Designer of the year award. The exhibition had an overview of his work as well as several live performances of his Real-time project. Maarten also took this moment to create one of his most difficult pieces to date, the Shell cabinet.

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It's not just a human, it's a battery

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:33:57 +0000

Afterlife explores the possibility of transforming the body of a deceased person into a battery to be used by loved ones. The project shows several uses of this battery in a the lapse of time exhibition which launched in September 2009. YDN designguide.tv talks to James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau, the the two instigators of this concept named Afterlife.

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A talk with designer Arik Levy

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:02:02 +0000

Matylda Krzykowski of Matandme.net interviews with Arik Levy for us about the future of design, uncomfortable chairs and love.

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experimenta Design 09 Lisbon, Beyond current design

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:05:00 +0000

YDN Design Guide travels to Lisbon, Portugal for the Experimenta Design Festival 2009. Our first visit there is the Lapse in Time Show curated by Hans Maier-Aichen. Lapse in time highlights several young designers who have chosen to explore something new, on the crossroads of design, thought, science, environmental concerns and cultural exchange.

Short quote from the show "In an increasingly global production scenario, speed and acceleration are synonymous with “added value”. Eager to maximize cost-effectiveness, mainstream production is reduced to churning out irrelevant variations on existing models, old ideas with a revamped look."

Featuring works of: Constantin & Laurene Boym (us), Eric Klarenbeek (nl), Jason Miller (us), Jerszy Seymour (de), Julien Carretero (fr), Katherina Wahl (de), Katrin Sonnleitner (de), Nacho Carbonell (es), Pieke Bergmans (nl), Studio Glithero (uk,nl), Susana Soares (pt).

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Master of the rituals

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:04:59 +0000

We take a closer look at 3 projects of Master of design graduates from the Design Academy Eindhoven. Their projects seem to be focussed on life's rituals and typical behaviours. Ryou Jihyun's project shows us techniques used in the past for storing food without the use of a fridge. In a society where energy consumption becomes an entire nation's problem, these age-old methods get new life when applied to a modern day design and thought process.

People increasingly suffer from depression, anxiety and tension because of their inability to deal with death of their loved ones. Wing Lam Kwok takes a closer look at bereavement and the process that surrounds it. By designing a new ritual she hopes to address grief not only in terms of psychology but also as a new task in the humanitarian design field.

And lastly we take a look at a custom most of us have become used to in the morning, that first cup of coffee. Jo Nakamura took an extensive look at the many existing coffee makers in the world, and took the most inspirational ones to further develop them into a brand new ritual of making coffee. Resulting in a unique appliance giving ode to the extraction process which has been around for over 300 years. It's not just about functionality.

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Powerkiss wireless phone charging tables & Deadgood from the uk

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:43:02 +0000

This episode takes us across NYC to visit two separate events. W e talk to award winning designer Terhi Tuominen about her chair/table which can wirelessly charge your phone. And the entrepreneurs from Deadgood uk present their work for the first time at this fair.

Featuring work by Playful Finnish design container exhibition from Terhi Tuominen and the Powerkiss wireless charging technology, Daisuke Hiraiwa, Tekodesign, Artimide and Deadgood's Form stool, Wire lighting collection and the love console table.

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Berlin Design festival overview

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:35:46 +0000

DMY Berlin 2009 Overview

A brief look at this years' www. dmy-berlin.com . We show several works shown at the DMY Youngsters, including the alternative cheap wind turbine system by Oskar Zieta (and students of the ETH Zurich) and the homeless folding bed by Hwang Kim. More conceptual based designs were shown at the Appel design gallery with works of people all living in Berlin.

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Amsterdam Fashion 2009, MLY, getting lost collection

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:20:33 +0000

With her new SS2010 collection, Emily Hermans suggests that getting lost is not necessarily something bad or negative. She got her inspiration from Africa, Egypt especially. Two elements are particularly present in both the collection and the styling; the nomadic and the royal.

The nomadic aspect was beautifully visualized at her Amsterdam Fashion Week catwalk show. Not only in the traditional sense, by women carrying al sorts of things on their head. But also by modern nomads with Mad Max-like ratbikes, who have all their posessions hanging from their vehicles.

The royal aspect is expressed in the collection’s pronounced colour composition, which includes coral red, cobalt blue and olive green, as well as different shades of gold. Also, jewelry is used as a motive in a number of collection items, by means of colour, design, neck shape and the combination of matte and shiny yarns.

S/S 2010 Collection by Emily Hermans:
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Sander Mulder's Archetype designs

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:51:53 +0000

We take a look at Sander Mulders work. His latest projects were influenced by archetypes. Featuring the new continue-time clock, voronoi, pandora cabinets, crow table and carat lamp. more info on www.sandermulder.com music courtesy of n-v.in video by designguide.tv

here & there, young art from brabant

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:51:30 +0000

Here & There is a collaboration between MU and KOP. They invited 20 promising artists and designers from Breda and Eindhoven to present themselves in 2 groups, one at Mu and the other at Kop. Between both organizations there’s a kinship that expresses itself in the way of which they perceive the art world.
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The coldest photo shoot of 2009

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:12:55 +0000

we take a look at a photo shoot in Iceland (shot during the winter). YDN went on a trip with fashion designer Emily Hermans to explore the diverse landscapes and her new collection. Local models from Eskimo models added something mysterious to the mix of knitted fabrics, fantasy inspiring nature and new looks. more info www.mly.nl

Quilting a couch with the Bouroullec brothers

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:05:28 +0000

We had the chance to speak with Erwan Bouroullec about their new project for established & sons. Here's a 5 minute talk with one of the creators and our correspondent Jeanne Tan. www.designguide.tv www.bouroullec.com www.establishedandsons.com music courtesy of NVIN: www.n-v.in

"123" exhibition, Moss Gallery, New York

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:47:32 +0000

Moss presents installations of 3 different studios, offering a look into the current state of design and the processes involved. We take a look at the works of Materialise and Julien Carretero.

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400 years later - Cite goes Dutch, NYC

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:47:06 +0000

The exhibit presents everything from furniture and tabletop objects to jewelry by 23 emerging Dutch designers and manufacturers and 1 photographer. Curated by Studio Jan Habraken and Alissia Melka-Teichroew in collaboration with Wabnitz Editions Ltd and Josée Lepage, the work draws an outline of contemporary design coming out of, and shaped by, the unique climate of the densely populated Netherlands, whose designers grow up below sea level and under heavy gray skies. This video features talks with Alissia, Greetje van Helmond, Rob van Gijzel and Lucas Maassen. With works of Miriam van der Lubbe, Ilona Huvenaars, Willem derks, Frederik Roije, Anouk Omlo, Alexander Pelikan, Lara de Greef, Maarten Baptist, Dave Keune, Lotte van Laatum, Laurens van Wieringen and Jan Habraken. www.byamt.com www.citenyc.com produced by www.designguide.tv (c) 2009 music courtesy of NVIN, www.n-v.in

European design curated by Li Edelkoort

Fri, 08 May 2009 13:12:20 +0000

For Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Li Edelkoort brought over a part of the Designhuis' Talent show from Eindhoven. Matylda Krzykowski speaks with Li about the exhibition which shows 21 selected designers from 11 different countries, presenting an archaic view of design with an interest in radical primitive materials as earth, cow-dung, wood, cardboard, textiles, bone and hide. They try to escape from a world of over-consumption with unplugged proposals taken from the roots of humanity with humble yet forceful form. www.designhuis.com www.rossanaorlandi.com www.matandme.net www.designguide.tv music courtesy by www.visuaal.com

Christien Meindertsma, Makers & Spectators

Mon, 04 May 2009 19:36:25 +0000

Makers & Spectators is an experimental exhibit exploring the concept of seeing the same thing differently. By using eyetrackers, Christien Meindertsma researches how people view objects. The data is visualized in various forms, including the help of Nils Völkers' robots (built with of the shelf parts).

Makers & Spectators is on view at Mu gallery in Eindhoven till the 14th of June.

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Real Time with Maarten Baas

Fri, 01 May 2009 04:42:23 +0000

Instead of having the usual new furniture line-up, Maarten Baas chose to explore the concept of time with his exhibition Real Time. The movies Maarten made for this project are as varied as having floor sweepers move the clock hands with their brooms to having a poor worker sit in an tiny office moving a pair of pencils to the exact minute. The end result is a 12 hour movie which is also a clock. Matylda interviews Maarten Baas for us and gives us his explanation on his current project. artist:maartenbaas.com video: designguide.tv interview: matandme.net music: visuaal.com

Atelierdorp, a design family

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:34:10 +0000

Atelierdorp is located in an abandoned church in the city of Eindhoven. Founded 3 years ago by Otje Bastiaanse, Hilbert Tjalkens, Djim Berger, Rocco Verdult and Vera Teunen with the aim to offer space for designers to grow. Over the years the church has developed into more then just simply a space for designers, it has evolved into a design family where people get a chance to explore their true creative potential.

Currently designers in the church are working new works for Droog Design, Rossana Orlandi, Art Basel, ICFF and the Salone di Mobile in Milan amongst others. People like Bas van Raay, Nacho Carbonell, Julien Carretero, Ontwerpduo, Djim Berger, Joni Neelen, Veronique Lorne, Vera Teunen, Hilbert Tjalkens are proud to call it their working home.

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Personality of Lights by Designer Asif Khan

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:20:02 +0000

From architechture to light fixtures, Asif Khan is a structural master. In Tokyo, Japan, Khan shares the developmental history of his Tetra Light Exhibition. What began as a creative gift exchange with British artist Peter Liversage, his next-door neighbor, evolved into an extremely popular and well known light module.

The lights, made up of a number of different pieces, can be put together as the user desires, somewhat like legos or tinker toys. Kahn hopes that the lights, and how they are assembled might be able to reflect the identity of the user.

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AIFW 2009, MLY My Shadow's Shadow fashionshow

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:14:41 +0000

On January 29, during the Amsterdam International Fashion Week, MLY presented her new winter collection “My Shadow’s Shadow”. She did this in the exclusive setting of Studio 13 in Amsterdam. The two shows were characterized by a very personal presentation, an intimate atmosphere, a lot of interaction between the models, singer Nina June and the audience, and great cocktails.

Collection: Emily Hermans
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Terence Woodgate at Magazin, Cologne, Germany

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:19:07 +0000

Established & Sons presented the Surface Table by Terence Woodgate and John Barnard at Magazin at the Cologne 2009 Furniture Fair.
Designguide.tv presents in collaboration with Matylda from Matandme.net an extensive interview with Terence Woodgate about his role as a designer the process of designing the table.

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mly photoshoot ijmuiden 2

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:15:34 +0000

designguide.tv produced this video for Emily Hermans, a Dutch fashion designer on the rise with her label "MLY". Shot over a weekend in the beach town of Ijmuiden in the Netherlands

100% DESIGN TOKYO, Daniel Rohr at Blickfang

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:44:39 +0000

Blickfang was a fair within a fair here at 100% design Tokyo. Showcasing only European designers you could feel a bit of Bavaria in the air. We had the chance to talk with Daniel Rohr (who was also at the pecha kucha night at Superdeluxe a few days earlier). Daniel walked us through his graduation project (drinking glasses) as well as his screw table furniture, both projects playful and calm at the same time. Music: Minotaur @ www.audiodregs.com Designer: www.daniel-rohr.de

100% DESIGN TOKYO: created in holland 08

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:16:14 +0000

'Created in Holland' presented Dutch designers at the 100% Design Tokyo Fair recently, among them is Alexander Pelikan with his Clic Furniture in Bamboo and Trespa (also available at the Strijp-x store/gallery). We have a talk with him about the challenges in producing it and how he will continue this line of furniture. This video also features work by Sens Umbrella's, WeMade Lidewij Spitshuis, Atti and Sander Luske's porcelain. The 'Created in Holland' group exhibition also won the prize for best stand at the fair. www.strijp-x.com Music by Minotaur @ www.audiodregs.com

Okay Studio, "Under the same roof" at Aram store, london

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:37:58 +0000

OKAY Studio is a collective of individual designers sharing a bit more then a workspace. This will be the first curated exhibition (presented at the London Design Festival 2008) of the group. The exhibition will transform the Aram Gallery into a series of ‘rooms’ that will represent the working spaces of each of the members of the studio, reflecting on how they operate successfully as colleagues rather than as a branded consultancy. Under The Same Roof will show the work of: Shay Alkalay, Tomas Alonso, Jordi Canudas, Mathias Hahn, Peter Marigold, Yael Mer, Oscar Narud, Hiroko Shiratori and Jorre van Ast. www.okaystudio.org

Second Nature directed by Tokujin Yoshioka

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:19:20 +0000

“Second Nature” is in short thinking about the future of design. In the past Tokujin has incorporated many laws that exist in nature, while attempting to explore the possibilities of technology. “Second Nature” combines both to create new forms of nature. This exhibition presents the works of 8 groups of creators, including Tokujin Yoshioka himself.
This video features the works of Makoto Azuma, Ross Lovegrove, Tokujin Yoshioka. We recommend visiting the exhibit if you can, more information can be found on www.2121designsight.jp
Music courtesy of ISAN: www.isan.co.uk

5.5 designers cloning yourself into products

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:06:54 +0000

Inspired from the medical technics of cloning, “Cloning” is an authentic service of creating objects at your own image. The aesthetic of this collection is defined by the physical data taken on your body. To sum-up, instead of participating to the definition of a consensual aesthetic (which is the norm in the industry), this project tends to give back a central position to human nature. www.cinqcinqdesigners.com

Nosigner

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:46:14 +0000

Nosigner is somebody who designs invisible thing without explicit a signature. We met up with him at the London Design festival, and again at the Tokyo Design week for a quick talk about his work and the ideas behind it. www.nosigner.com

strijp-x event, greener grass

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:58:04 +0000

groener gras celebrated their 5th anniversary at our gallery/design store during the Dutch Design week 2008.

Strijp-X store/gallery

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:07:27 +0000

We're proud to present our gallery/design store called Strijp-X in Eindhoven. Throughout the year you'll be able to find designs from a selection of designers in our store and we'll host exhibitions in our space as well. This video shows our first exhibit curated by Piet Bergman. It opened during the Dutch Design Week 2008, and served as the kickstart of our new venture. more info soon on www.strijp-x.com

London Design Week, from now to eternity

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:02:44 +0000

One hundred years ago, when it was first invented, no one anticipated that plastic would present one of our biggest recycling challenges. Arts & co has commissioned 8 contemporary designers to think about recycling and using plastic in their creations. www.arts-co.com

the guys behindthedesigns dot com

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:53:27 +0000

we ran into the 2 guys who do the interviews for behindthedesigns.com at the london design week and had a little chat about what it is.