January 3 - April 30, 2006

Designer Harmen Liemburg is artist / faculty in residence at Northeastern University Visual Arts Department in Boston.

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Liemburg is a 39-year-old graphic designer and printmaker based out of
Amsterdam. Chosen from a pool of respected applicants last fall to spend this spring as an artist-in residence in Northeastern's Visual Arts Department, Liemburg is teaching three classes at Northeastern: Typography II, Graphic Design II and Topics in Studio Art. >>more

January 21 - March 26, 2006

Holiday Home, Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos (UN Studio, Amsterdam) with Imaginary Forces (New York) at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

This winter, the Institute of Contemporary Art is pleased to present a site-specific commissioned installation by renowned architects Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos in ICA’s second-floor galleries. The “Holiday Home” is an experiential installation exploring and quantifying areas in which the holiday home departs from modern design conventions. The orthogonal surfaces of the archetypal house are extruded and skewed creating the sculptural armature within which the dichotomies of home and holiday home are played out. The new architectural shape emulates escapism, the expectation of a holiday as removed from the everyday experiential routine. The interplay of what is real and what is virtual transpires on a number of levels touching on ideas of collective memory and phenomenological perceptions. >>more

February 12 - May 1, 2006

On-Site: New Architecture in Spain, with work by Rem Koolhaas / OMA at MoMA in New York

This exhibition documents the most recent architectural developments in a country that has become known in recent years as an international center for design innovation and excellence. The exhibition features thirty-five significant architectural projects that are currently in design or under construction. These works are considered in relation to an additional eighteen projects, each of which are a major architectural accomplishment completed in Spain within the last few years. >>more

February 27 - April 14, 2006

Boom: New Architecture in Philadelphia, exhibition at University of Pennsylvania, with work by Winka Dubbeldam / Archi-tectonics

During the past five years, Philadelphia has experienced a building boom encompassing both private development and public institutions. The city’s first new commercial building in many years, Cesar Pelli’s Cira Centre, has radically altered the skyline while inaugurating the precinct around 30th Street Station, west of the Schuylkill River, as a site for further intensification. At a much smaller scale, the Onion Flats Northern Liberties project “Rag Flats” is a manifesto for a design-build form of practice where the architect is also contractor and sometimes developer. >>more

February 28 - April 1, 2006

Wouter Dam solo exhibition at Garth Clark Gallery New York

Wouter Dam continues a process of reduction. With each body of work, for twenty years now, this Amsterdam artist has removed something from what began as a complete, formal vessel, but has now entered the realm of sculpture. At first his pots tilted slightly, then tilted more until they lay supine on the ground, then they lost their bottoms and became tubes, now they have lost the tube structure and each work is just a fragment - two to three contours floating free in space. >>more

March 23 - 26, 2006

Stories From The Source: Radical Craft, the Second Biennial Art Center Design Conference in Pasadena, with Theo Jansen and Claudy Jongstra.

Art Center College of Design will convene the premiere international event that will bring together innovators in technology, architecture, business, media, and science for a provocative look at the meaning of craft in our world today. Launched to critical acclaim in 2004, the prestigious Art Center Design Conference is a biennial event that serves as a catalyst for rethinking the pivotal role of design in society today and into the future. Once again, the South Campus Wind Tunnel’s magnificent raw exhibition and performance space, now LEED-certified, will be the venue for the Conference’s main stage presentations. >>more

March 23 - 26, 2006

byDutch presents at CaBoom in Santa Monica.

Do you like life in the fast lane? Or perhaps you agree with Lao Tsu that it’s the space inside a pot that makes it useful. Whether your tastes run to Romanticism, Pop Art or Minimalism, they are always reflected in your home. Its interior is an expression of your unique individuality. And expressing that individuality beautifully, tastefully, has become the specialty of the revolutionary Dutch design interior restyling firm byDutch. >>more

March 23 - May 7, 2006

Industrial Art 06/1: Of Thrones and Lesser Elevations, group exhibition at Moss with work by a/o. Tord Boontje, Maarten Baas, Marcel Wanders, Jurgen Bey and Niels van Eijk

An installation of 25 important and seminal chairs which expand the dialogue between art and industrial design. Includes work from Tord Boontje, Fernando and Humberto Campana, Maarten Baas, Marcel Wanders, Jurgen Bey, Gaetano Pesce, Jean Nouvel, Franco Albini, Marco Zanuso, Jr., Bohuslav Horak, Verner Panton, William Sawaya, Niels van Eijk, and Patrick Jouin. >>more

March 2006 - Now Available!

Else/Where Mapping: New Cartographies of Networks and Territories, new publication by Janet Abrams and Peter Hall, with work by various Dutch designers and authors.

Else/Where: Mapping- New Cartographies of Networks and Territories explores the ascendancy of mapping as an interdisciplinary strategy, one that connects people and places, data and organizations, and physical and virtual spaces. >>more

April 1 - 9, 2006

ColourForma: special site-specific exhibition with work by a/o. Ben van Berkel and Marcel Wanders at The Ice Box Project Space during the second annual Design Philadelphia festival.

A visually explosive exhibition that ignites the senses through the use of color, form, and video imagery, ColourForma is a creation of visual inner spaces resulting in mind-expanding introspection. Minima pays homage to Verner Panton's interior color concepts and the influential furniture designs of Erwan +Ronan Bouroullec, Tom dixon, Shiro Kuramata, Piero Lissoni, Ross Lovegrove, Jasper Morrison, Marc Newson, Marcel Wanders and Ben Van Berkel. >>more

April 22 - May 27, 2006

NLA: Netherlands to Los Angeles, Contemporary Dutch Design, group exhibition with work by various Dutch designers.

ACME. is pleased to announce a special exhibition featuring recent Dutch design objects, curated by John Geresi, Peter Loughrey, and Chip Tom. The exhibition contains new and reinterpreted classic pieces and will feature objects that bridge art and function. Award winning designers including: Atelier Van Lieshout, Maarten Baas, Jurgen Bey, Tord Boontje, Simon Heijdens, Richard Hutten, Claudy Jongstra, Bertjan Pot, Tejo Remy, Wieki Somers, Frank Tjepkema and Marcel Wanders. >>more

April 24, 2006

Rem Koolhaas lecture at National Building Museum, Washington DC

The architecture of Rem Koolhaas is recognized worldwide for combining technology, function, and design in groundbreaking ways. In his first lecture in Washington since 1996, the founding principal of the Rotterdam-based architecture firm Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) will discuss his recent and current projects, including store designs for Prada, the Seattle Public Library, the McCormick Tribune Campus Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the CCTV Television Station and Headquarters in Beijing, and share his views on the current state of architecture. >>more

April 29 - June 30, 2006

Newer Orleans - A Shared Space: Six Dutch and American architectural firms reveal their vision for symbolic and shared spaces for the Crescent City

As the future of New Orleans is debated, a vision of what a restored New Orleans could look like will be on exhibit at the National Building Museum April 29th through July 30th. Newer Orleans—A Shared Space brings together six Dutch and American architectural firms to reveal their vision for symbolic and shared spaces for the Crescent City. Their works present a blueprint design of a New Orleans with a clearly defined city center and new green spaces that connect to the river. Each architectural firm was asked to create structures or landscapes to illustrate how architecture could facilitate community, create an urban icon and provide a way for New Orleans to connect back to the land. The firms, MVRDV, UN Studio and West 8 from the Netherlands, and Huff + Gooden Architects, Morphosis, and Hargreaves Associates from the USA designed structures and landscapes at the neighborhood, city and regional level. Through their school, city hall and landscape designs, the architects created communal spaces that unite the city. >>more

May 2006 - April 2007

75B designers in residence at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena CA

As of May 2006, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, in collaboration with the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, will provide a new opportunity for an artist-in-residence program for Dutch designers. For the first work period Art Center selected designer trio 75B to work for a year on a specific project or research. 75B, a collaboration between Robert Beckland, Rens Muis and Pieter Vos, was founded in 1997. >>more

May 2006 - Now Available!

Architecture in The Netherlands, new publication by Taschen

Taschen’s new architecture series brings a unique perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. Each book features 15 to 20 architects—from the firmly established to the up-and-coming—with the focus on how they have contributed to very recent architecture in the chosen nation. Entries include contact information and short biographies in addition to copiously illustrated descriptions of the architects’ or firms’ most significant recent projects. Crossing the globe from country to country, this new series celebrates the richly hued architectural personality of each nation featured. >>more

May 2 , 2006, 7:00pm

Extreme Textile Lecture Series: Petra Blaisse at Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio

Hear from renowned Dutch designer Petra Blaisse at the third annual Glimcher Lecture. This program is presented with support from the DeeDee and Herb Glimcher Program Fund, which supports an annual lecture by a distinguished speaker in the fields of art and architecture. >>more

May 19, 2006

Brand Van Egmond Chandeliers at Hudson Furniture Inc. New York

To celebrate ICFF in New York, famed architects Renzo Piano, Mario Botta and Terry Dwan created a limited-edition set of tables, on display for the first time in the USA at Hudson Furniture's showroom in New York. In conjunction with the annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) to be held at the Javits Center, Hudson Furniture Showroom will hold a special industry event for the national press and designers, architects, contractors, developers, and the showroom's large national customer base on Friday, May 19, 2006 from 6PM to 10PM. >>more

May 20 - July 13, 2006

Layers, monumental assemblages created by Hella Jongerius for Moss

Riffing on her new, elaborately constructed textiles, Layers, created in collaboration with Maharam, Jongerius constructs five one-off domestic "Interior Fragments", incorporating into these multi-media works not only first prototypes of the fabric, but also traditional Dutch woodwork, cast bronze, and large-scale ceramics. >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Artifort by M2L presents new furniture lines during the 18th International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Booth 1504

Artifort presents new designs from their wide roster of designers, including Boson by Patrick Norguet, Diva by Karel Boonzaaijer and Dick Spierenburg, Kirk and Megan by René Holten. >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Leolux presents new furniture lines during the 18th International Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth 1512, Hall 1A

At the ICFF, Dutch manufacturer of Design furniture Leolux presents the flexible Chaise Longue Akka, sofa Eirene and the rocking chair Canguro, to mention but a few. Furthermore, Leolux is bringing its classic contemporary highlights (including the award winning chairs Pallone, Hemingway and the spacious Faya Lobi sofas). >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Fatboy presented at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth 848

A new alternative to the "beanbag" from the past. Jukka Setdti from Finland designed the fatboy in 2000 as the beanbag from the 21st century! A fatboy deserves a place in every Living- and bedroom. It has a multitude of uses: A lounge-bag for a student's room, a relaxing option for the office, a comforting-pillow for children, or even a spare bed for unexpected guests. >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Susan Bijl presented at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth North Concourse

The New Shoppingbag, designed by Susan Bijl, is made out of coated nylon, as used in kites and comes in SMALL (28/55cm) and LARGE (38/70cm). The bag is available in different, mostly bright colors. Please note: The SMALL bag is indeed a 'small' bag. Only the LARGE bag can be used as a shoulder bag. The bag is being sold at museum stores and small boutiques. >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Materialise.MGX presents Marijn Vink at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth 862

Marijn Vink is born in Baarn in the Netherlands. She graduated as Bachelor of Design in 3D Design at the Academy of Art and Design in Utrecht in 2005. During her study she started to develop some products, which are now on display in several galleries and exhibitions in the Netherlands and abroad. Her goal and interest lies in the incorporation of new technologies in her creative process which should enable her to design products that have their own unique but still visible relationship with the past. >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Rendezvous in New York: Moroso presents Tord Boontje at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth 410

After the launch of MOROSO U.S.A., Moroso confirms its commitment to this high-potential market. Its participation in the New York show will include a strategic selection of upholstered and non-upholstered products: from Patricia Urquiola´s Lowland and Ron Arad´s Victoria and Albert sofas, to Tord Boontje´s surface-decorated rotomoulded Nest chair, Ron Arad´s Ripple and Ross Lovegrove´s Supernatural plastic chairs, Patricia Urquiola´s Phoenix table and Tord Boontje´s Glass Table. >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Frame Magazine presents at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth 1666

Frame magazine shows you what's happening and where to find it. The hottest spaces, the coolest products, spiced up with slices of art and architecture: that's the essence of Frame magazine. We gather the most radical and fashionable work from around the globe and package it to perfection in six hefty issues a year. Loaded with nothing but the best in contemporary design, Frame is an inspiring and indispensable reference for professionals in interior design and other creative pursuits. Subscribe now, save substantially on the cover price, and stay informed of what's happening at the forefront of international interior design. >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Mischa Vos (MVOS) presented at the 18th International Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth North Concourse

Mischa Vos was born in 1970. He studied at the Design Academy in Eindhoven (1989-1996) and founded MVOS (Mischa Vos Ontwerp Studio) in Amsterdam in 1999. His work is characterized by a clear language and strong forms. He strives to stimulate a relation between elements and/or forms, which leads to constructions that can be seen as clever because of its simplicity and clarity. Vos also humorously questions the functionality of existing products, leading to a cartoonish engagement. His work has been widely exhibited in The Netherlands, Antwerp, Frankfurt, Cologne, Bern, Milan, Tokyo, Taiwan and Montreal. >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Maharam presents Tord Boontje at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth 1114

Maharam presents a series of three imaginative window coverings created by Dutch designer Tord Boontje for Maharam’s international partner, Kvadrat. In 2004, Moroso, the innovative Italian furniture company, invited Boontje to create an installation for the Salone del Mobile in Milan. Combining exaggerated materials and techniques, Boontje created “Happy Ever After”, a presentation of layered and free-floating textiles that incorporated Divina, Kvadrat’s felted upholstery textile. Inspired by Boontje’s fresh take on a timeless material, Kvadrat invited Boontje to apply his modern romanticism to textiles for seating and window covering applications. >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Gewoon presents at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth 1809

Loes Wagemans is owner of Gewoon, a design office and wholesaler of interior design products, textile accessories and children's products located in Amsterdam. Gewoon mostly works with textiles, and industrial felt in particular. It produces, among others, pillows, bags, storage bags, but also baby comforters, seating, and other home accessories. >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Artecnica presents Tord Boontje at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth 822

Working on the cusp of design and craft, Tord Boontje, the Dutch-born, France-based product designer combines advanced technologies with artisanal techniques to create exquisite glassware, lighting and furniture. Products by Tord Boontje for Artecnica: TransGlass, Puddles, Thinking of You, Table Stories, Until Dawn, Come Rain Come Shine, Shadow Light, Midsummer Light, Icarus Light, Garland, Christmas Light, Fairy Tail, Christmas Tales, Flora. >>more

May 20 - June 1, 2006

MADEINDHOVEN: Eindhoven European design capital 2006 presents various Dutch designers at A&G MERCH, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

At MADEindhoven you will find refreshing Dutch design from Eindhoven which pushes the boundaries to make life more beautiful. Enjoy the work of Meesters & Van der Park, Frederik Roijé, WATdesign, GRO design, AlissiaMT design, Kiki and studio JSPR. The seven design groups represent the variety of design potential from Eindhoven. >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Dutchtub presented at the18th International Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth 1300, as well as open air gallery in Meatpacking District, and at Bauplatz Street Cafe in Williamsburg

The dutchtub was invented by Floris Schoonderbeek in 2002. He makes his work to inspire people to live in the public outdoor space. One way is with the wood fired hot tub. The dutchtub creates the opportunity to take a nice warm bath anywhere in the world, as long as there is water and wood. Through the combination of the lightweight polyster tub and the stainless steel heating system, the dutchtub can be used anywhere in the world. >>more

May 20 - 22, 2006

Winka Dubbeldam at Sharp Panel Discussions as part of Meatpacking District Design Week ‘06, May 20-22

May 20 - 23, 2006

Danskina rugs and moooi furniture at Karkula, as part of the Meatpacking District Design Week 2006, New York

Karkula will be presenting Paola Lenti Bliss Textile, Danskina Paper Rug, Moooi City System and Atlantico as part of the Meatpacking District Design Week 2006. >>more

May 20 - 23, 2006

Hella Jongerius polder sofas presented at Vitra, as part of the Meatpacking District Design Week 2006, New York

Vitra will be presenting Hella Jongerius' polder sofas during the Meatpacking District Design Week 2006.
In Holland Polder refers to the artificial land reclaimed from the sea by means of dikes and drainage canals. The corpus of the Polder Sofa is just as low-lying, just as flat, and with just as much emphasis on the horizontal. For it Hella Jongerius chose five carefully selected combinations of colours and fabric qualities, accentuating them with high-tech threads and large buttons made of natural materials. >>more

May 23, 2006 from 9:30am - 12:30pm

Li Edelkoort / Trend Union invites you to a full morning seminar at Tishman Auditorium at Parsons School of Design

Tishman Auditorium at Parsons School of Design, 66 West 12th Street, 1st floor, Room 106, ( between 5th & 6th Avenue). Registration required. >>more

September 21, 2006 - January 14, 2007

Simply Droog: 10+ 3 Years of Creating Innovation and Discussion, sole North American exhibition at Museum of Arts & Design in New York

For over a decade, the Droog Design collective has set forth innovative and inspired designs for everyday objects using low-cost, industrial, or recycled materials. Comprising more than 160 iconic designs, simply droog, 10 + 3 years of creating innovation and discussion reveals the playfulness, significance, humor, and social meaning imbued in the work of this international design platform. The exhibition, which has toured throughout Europe and South America since its Munich premiere in 2004, will make its sole North American presentation at the Museum of Arts & Design from September 21, 2006, through January 14, 2007. This presentation will feature products and prototypes created by Droog from its founding in 1993 through 2005, with a significant number of new designs seen in the United States for the first time. “Our Museum explores the materials and creative processes of contemporary artists, and Droog celebrates this intersection from a unique design perspective,” said Holly Hotchner, director, Museum of Arts & Design. “Droog considers process as both a physical and conceptual action, and embraces those materials that we as a society often overlook or discard. simply droog is a testament to how the everyday can be rearranged into a finished, enlightened form.” . >>more

September 26-30, 2006

PICNIC '06 - Cross Media Week, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

Orange Alert Dutch Design has become a network partner for PICNIC ’06 Cross Media Week, Amsterdam’s new annual event focused on creativity in cross media content and technology, specifically in the fields of media and entertainment. PICNIC ’06 will explore the distribution of content over different channels to consumers and examine new interfaces, chats as mass media channels, tools which enable people to live their lives online, user-generated content and so on. PICNIC ’06 will take place from September 27 – 29th. PICNIC ’06 organizers are expecting approximately 1000 delegates from Europe, North America and Asia. Speakers will include top creatives and entrepreneurs such as Michael B. Johnson, Moving Picture Group Lead at Pixar Animation Studios, Jamie Kantrowitz, Senior VP Marketing Europe at MySpace, Lorraine Twohill, Marketing Director in Europe for Google, and many others. >>more

November, 2006

H&M launches Viktor & Rolf collection

On Friday, 27 October 2006, the Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf and leading fashion retailer H&M revealed their collection at an extravagant fashion event in Bel Air, Los Angeles. With the models, including Raquel Zimmerman, who is starring in the campaign, Viktor & Rolf for H&M, on the catwalk and the fashion world as guests it was the most talked about fashion event this fall. Viktor & Rolf, known for their high concept fashion shows and modern twist on classically tailored clothes are one of the fashion world's favourites. With this reputation the fashion show was an extravagant way to display the new collection of stylish wear for both men and women. Bureau Betak produced the fashion show and event, and have earlier produced shows for Viktor & Rolf, Hussein Chalayan, John Galliano, etc. >>more

November 2006

Target launches Tord Boontje holiday collection

Tord Boontje is a Dutch designer whose designs and products for Studio Tord Boontje have garnered acclaim from around the world. Based in France, his Studio creates design that is as accessible as it is enticing by employing artisan techniques with advanced technologies. As the newest designer partner for Target, he explored cues from nature, rich coloration and visual layering to create a collection of highly-detailed, lyrical objects that marry design and emotion. >>more

November, 2006

Puma launches Marcel Wanders collection

Puma is to launch an accessories collection designed by Dutch industrial designer Marcel Wanders. The collection, which consists of eight pieces, will launch in time for spring 2007. “Puma uses collaboration as two worlds coming together to make a product that is unique and fresh,” Antonio Bertone, Puma's director of global brand management, said in a statement. >>more

November 12, 2006 - March 18, 2007

Viktor & Rolf in "Fashion Show: Paris Collections 2006" at Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Paris is the undisputed center of the fashion world, and "Fashion Show: Paris Collections 2006" demonstrates why fashion remains a fine art. Featuring runway garments from the spring and fall/winter collections of ten influential couturiers and designers, the exhibition explores the ideas and inspirations motivating Paris fashion today. The designers highlighted in this exhibition—Azzedine Alaia, Hussein Chalayan, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, John Galliano for Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Maison Martin Margiela, Olivier Theyskens for Rochas, Valentino, Viktor & Rolf, and Yohji Yamamoto—bring a unique and clear vision to their work, while still maintaining the high level of craftsmanship for which Paris is justly famous. >>more

November 15, 2006 - February 26,2007

OMA in Beijing: China Central Television Headquarters by Ole Scheeren and Rem Koolhaas in MoMA's Architecture and Design Galleries

This exhibition presents one of the most innovative architecture projects under construction today. Scheduled to open for the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the complex, which comprises three buildings and a media park situated on a site east of Beijing's Forbidden City, embodies a proposal for social and urban change through a rethinking of the tall building. CCTV is a private building that will have a uniquely public Visitor's Loop, while its mirror image—TVCC, or the Television Cultural Center—is a public structure housing a state-of-the-art broadcasting theater, cultural facilities, and a five-star hotel. >>more

November 16, 2006, 6:30-8:00pm

Mark Robbins booklaunch and lecture "Households: Reconfigured Interiors of Iconic Modern Residencies in Amsterdam and Rotterdam" at Center for Architecture, New York

Fascinated by the seductive draw of the carefully styled and cropped views in their pages, artist and architect Mark Robbins toured the homes of friends, family members, colleagues, and acquaintances in search of more personally styled and less self-consciously arranged homes. >>more

November 17 - 20, 2006

Claudy Jongstra presents at Modernism Fair in New York

Felt designer Claudy Jongstra will present new art panels at the 21st Annual Modernism: A Century of Style & Design, 1900-2000 fair by Sandford L. Smith & Associates. >>more

November 19, 2006 -March 5, 2007

Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture at Los Angeles MOCA, with work by a/o. Winka Dubbeldam / Archi-Tectonics, Rem Koolhaas / OMA, Neutelings Riedijk Architecten, and Viktor & Rolf

This exhibition explores the common visual and intellectual principles that underlie both fashion and architecture. Both disciplines start with the human body and expand on ideas of space and movement, serving as outward expressions of personal, political, and cultural identity. Architects and fashion designers produce environments defined through spatial awareness—the structures they create are based on volume, function, proportion, and material. Presenting the work of international fashion designers and architects, the exhibition examines themes such as shelter, identity, tectonic strategies, creative process, and parallel stylistic tendencies including deconstruction and minimalism. The exhibition is curated by MOCA Curator of Architecture & Design Brooke Hodge and is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue. >>more

November 21, 2006, from 7:00pm

"Graffiti NYC", booklaunch of publication designed by Melanie van Haaren and exhibition at Barnes & Noble on Astor Place in New York

New York City is where the quintessential contemporary people's art of graffiti was born. The top "writers" go "all city" when their tags can be seen throughout the five boroughs. This exhilarating selection of their work, assembled by Hugo Martinez, a leading authority on the history of street art in NYC, takes the reader on an "all-city" tour of New York, displaying the extraordinary range of its taggers and bombers. The book was designed by Melanie van Haaren. >>more

November 29, 2006 from 9:30am - 12:30pm

Li Edelkoort / Trend Union invites you to a morning seminar at Tishman Auditorium at Parsons School of Design

Tishman Auditorium at Parsons School of Design, 66 West 12th Street, 1st floor, Room 106, (between 5th & 6th Avenue). Registration required. >>more

December 7 - 10, 2006

Dutch sculptor, architect and designer Tom Postma is the fair designer for Art Basel Miami Beach 2006

Tom Postma designs the exhibition architecture for the Miami Beach Convention Center with a logical lay out that resorts to three main architectural points of reference, three main squares, and two entrances to the exhibition halls, with large, rectangular lights suspended from the ceiling. Postma has among others designed the original ArtBasel Fair in Switzerland, the world-renowned TEFAF fair in Maastricht, "The Street of Culture" and the Jordan National Gallery in Amman, Jordan. >>more

December 8-10, 2006

Design Miami / 2006 hosts various Dutch Design presentations

Design Miami/, the global forum for collecting, exhibiting, discussing and creating design, today announced an expanded program for its second annual Miami show. The 2006 program will feature 19 of the world's leading historical and contemporary design galleries, dynamic satellite exhibitions curated by leading design institutions and galleries, and design talks covering the current design culture. Design Miami/ will also present its 2006 Designer of the Year Award to iconic designer Marc Newson. Design Miami/ will take place in the Miami Design District and will be presented in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach. Various Dutch Design components will be presented. >>more

December 7 - 10, 2006

Live! From Our Studios. Moss at Design Miami/2006 with work by among others Studio Job, Maarten Baas, Tord Boontje, Hella Jongerius and Claudy Jongstra

For Design Miami/ 2006, Moss Gallery New York presents an installation of specially commissioned, monumental pieces from several key contemporary designers, drawing directly from one-off or limited-edition studio work. Continuing to violate the classical boundaries drawn between 'art' and 'design', these Studios continue, presumptuously, to expand the definition of both, forging a new 'functional expressiveness' emblematic of a cross-boarder unification of both disciplines. Moving comfortably between the industrial process and an artesian, studio approach, these designer-artists, to varying degrees, draw simultaneously from both, creating a hybrid 'industrial craft' which benefits from both set-skills and traditions. >>more

December 7 - 10, 2006

Smart Deco: A Collaboration. Droog Design and Barry Friedman, Ltd. at Design Miami/2006

Barry Friedman Ltd. and Droog Design will present Smart Deco, a period room of the 21st Century at Design Miami/2006. Smart Deco represents an authentic expression reflecting the zeitgeist of cutting-edge design, as well as timeless necessity. The Smart Deco period room is furnished with specially designed works, all small editions, created by 10 of Europe's most innovative designers, architects, and artists, including Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der Lubbe, Jurgen Bey, Gijs Bakker, Marcel Wanders, Joris Laarman, and Atelier van Lieshout. >>more

December 7-10, 2006

Galerie Kreo presents work by among others Wieki Somers and Hella Jongerius

Galerie Kreo is located in the thirteenth arrondissement in Paris, a neighborhood that has become the city's focal point for art of today. Didier Krzentowski, expert in design and contemporary art, and his wife Clémence Krzentowski have brought together a collection of furniture and objects by internationally renowned contemporary designers. At Design Miami/2006 Galerie Kreo will selected Works by among others Hella Jongerius and Wieki Somers. >>more

Now Available!

BIS Publishers launches Real Dutch Design! 2006/2007

An uncensored cross section of Dutch design can be found in the new yearbooks of the Association of Dutch Designers (BNO) put out by BIS Publishers. The newest edition of this biannual publication, a Dutch-design classic in its own right, once again presents an objective survey of the current state of affairs of design in the Netherlands. Real Dutch Design, as the books are titled this year, was published in The Netherlands on July 7, 2006. Over 1000 pages of the latest and best work of over 300 designers and agencies make Real Dutch Design an indispensable reference work and a unique source of inspiration for both clients and designers. >>more

Now Available!

Episode Press launches Yearbook Dutch Design 2004-2005 by Aad Krol & Timo de Rijk