New York Design Week May 14-17 2005
In the past decades in the Netherlands, as in many other western countries, various crafts, production techniques and local industries have disappeared almost entirely. Ceramics, glass, wood-and metalworks, tin-and bronzecasting, embroidery and knitting; all have been minimised and replaced by anonymous mass-production.
Several Dutch designers noticed this ‘loss of tradition’ in time and passionately threw themselves on the endangered materials and techniques. This has resulted in many recent well-known Dutch designs, such as the ceramics, glass and textiles by Hella Jongerius, bronze and aluminum objects by Studio Job Smeets, recycled wood furniture from Piet Hein Eek and various designs by Jurgen Bey. All these designers graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven in recent years and now work, together with many other alumni, on the cutting field of Design, Craft and Industry.
From this temporary "Dutch Village" in New York, new ideas, prototypes and designs from 49 designers who graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven, including Jurgen Bey, Hella Jongerius and Job Smeets for Royal Tichelaar Makkum.
Participating designers from Design Academy Eindhoven
Maarten Baas, Maarten Baptist, Jelske de Beer, Neeltje van Bekkum, Joost
van Bleiswijk, Monique Borsboom, Arian Brekveld, Goce Caloski, Saskia
van Damme, Geertje Dokter, Kiki van Eijk, Niels van Eijk, Esther Ermers,
Mark van der Gronden, Jan Habraken, Jerry Handgraaf, Susanne Happle, Lieke
van Harsselaar, Simon Heijdens, Roel van Heur, Jessica van den Heuvel,
Annemarijn Hoorens, Marjolijn Houben, Floris Hovers, Eric Klarenbeek,
Basten Leijh, Kim van Leuken , Miriam van der Lubbe, Sander Lucas, Christien
Meindertsma, Cathelijne Montens, Itay Noy, Annemarie Piscaer, Silvia van
Schipstal, Margo Slingerland, Marlies Snels, Wieki Somers, Iris Toonen,
Jeroen Verhoeven, Joep Verhoeven, Sietske Verstegen, Roderick Vos, Sip
Walraven, Bas Warmoeskerken, and Rebecca Wijsbeek.
Participating designers from the Royal Tichelaar Makkum collection (and
graduates of Design Academy Eindhoven)
Jurgen Bey, Hella Jongerius and Job Smeets
Concept: Li Edelkoort
Art-direction: Bernardine Walrecht
Exhibition design: Bas Berck.
Production: Tet Reuver
Location:
Weiss Studio
711 Greenwich Street
New York
Dutch design duo Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der Lubbe will showcase an overview of their work at the 3rd annual Downtown alternative design fair. Held for the first two years in the Chelsea Hotel, the fair will now take over all spaces of Drive-In Studios in Chelsea
Whispering
Sources, Radical Reduction:
Ed Annink at Felissimo
The spatial vacuum between culture and economy is a very inspiring theme to Annink. Is it possible to bridge between these two areas; can designers move between culture and economy? The stories behind the objects, forgotten sources, history and contextual awareness are elements which Annink uses to give a face to his designs. Felissimo presents the first solo exhibition of Annink's work in the U.S
Celebrate the kickoff of this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair at Design Within Reach-SoHo on Saturday, May 14, 8–11pm. DWR will be hosting the iconoclastic Dutch design firm moooi and moooi creative director Marcel Wanders. Test-drive moooi designs by Wanders and Atelier van Lieshout before they make their September debut at DWR, as well as new moooi designs fresh from their showing at the Salone in Milan
How can your local design identity enrich global markets? How are designers reinventing the way they work in today's cross-cultural society? Which design approaches and strategies translate from one culture to another?
The goal of ORANGE ALERT: Dutch Design in New York is to honor the participating venues that are showcasing Dutch designers and to initiate a public awareness campaign for this exciting program