Orange
Alert: Dutch Design in New York 2005
An unprecedented year of high-profile events and exhibitions
throughout New York City
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
This
year, New York's most prestigious museums and exhibition spaces
will host an unprecedented roster of Dutch design projects,
encompassing the various disciplines of fashion, product, interiors
and architecture. The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum,
Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology, Museum of Arts and
Design, Moss and Olympus Fashion Week will spotlight the world's
leading and emerging Dutch designers. Exhibitions by Tord Boontje,
Viktor and Rolf, Hella Jongerius, Claudy Jongstra, Droog Design
and the Dutch Fashion Foundation will exemplify the best of
Dutch design.
Orange
Alert: Dutch Design in New York serves as the official launch
of what has shaped up to be an exciting, landmark year. For
the first time, all the participating venues are joining together
with one goal: to celebrate the work and creative process of
talented Dutch designers. It is the culmination of many years
of nurturing and supporting this talent by the Consulate General
of the Netherlands. A milestone occurred ten years ago, when
the Museum of Modern Art introduced the highly successful Dutch
Design Café. Since then, Dutch designers have enjoyed
high profile exhibitions throughout the United States, but never
before have we seen such a concentrated and unparalleled list
of events.
We
are truly proud of, and grateful to all the participating designers,
organizations, sponsors and individuals that have contributed
to Orange Alert. There are too many to mention in this brief
introduction, so please take a look at our colophon page. However,
a very special thanks goes to Abe Gurko from Space Downtown
who has embraced this project from the beginning, and who has
been instrumental in getting Orange Alert off the ground.
Be
sure to visit www.dutchdesignevents.com to be kept up-to-date
about Orange Alert developments throughout the year. Please
enjoy all the events and projects. We hope to see you there
and look forward to the next ten years of Dutch design in New
York and beyond.
Robert
Kloos, Editor
Director for Visual Arts, Architecture & Design
Upcoming Events:
February
8 - March 8, 2005
A massive creation by Dutch designer Tord Boontje, intended
as the final act in a trilogy of large scale Tord Boontje installations
exploring the myths inherent in universal fairy tales. The first
was his exhibition in Milan during the recent 2004 Salone del
Mobile, "Happy Ever After," produced by Italian furniture
producer, Moroso. The second, "Forever," was shown
in London during the September '04 Design Week. >>more
March
4 - September 4, 2005
Hella Jongerius will guest curate an exhibition of samplers
from the museum's collection of over 1,000 samplers from Great
Britain, Europe and the Americas, and related objects from all
four curatorial departments and the library, including embroidery
tools, embroidery design drawings, wallcoverings featuring embroidery
motifs, and penmanship and needlework books. Inspired by the
sampler collection, Jongerius has designed original textiles
for the exhibition, which incorporate motifs from the museum's
sampler collection and pairs the craftsmanship of embroidery
with contemporary needle-punch techniques. >>more
Spring
/ Summer catalogue, 2005
D.A.P. introduces a number of new titles to the American market,
including:The Furniture Collection: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
1850-2000- From Michael Thonet to Marcel Wanders; Rooftop Architecture:
Building on an Elevated Surface; Fear & Space: The View
of Young Designers in the Netherlands; Jacq. de Brouw; Van Sambeek
& Van Veen Architects: Freedom of Organization; and Fresher
Facts: The Best Buildings by Young Architects in the Netherlands.
>>more
April,
2005
MIT Press introduces In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World,
a new publication by design guru, critic and business provocateur
John Thackara. In the Bubble is about a world based less on
stuff, and more on people. Thackara describes a transformation
that is taking place now -- not in a remote science fiction
future. We are regaining respect for what people can do that
technology can't. At the heart of In the Bubble is a belief,
informed by a wealth of real-world examples, that ethics and
responsibility can inform design decisions without impeding
social and technical innovation. >>more
May
14 - 17, 2005
Artifort & Lande present new furniture lines during the
17th International Contemporary Furniture Fair.Artifort presents
selected designs from their wide roster of designers, such as
Michiel van der Kley, Nel Verschuuren, Jeremy Harvey, Bert van
der Aa, Patrick Norguet, Pierre Palin, among others.
>>more
May
14 - 17, 2005
Leolux presents new furniture lines during the 17th International
Contemporary Furniture Fair. Two years after the introduction
of the Silly Side collection, furniture manufacturer Leolux
is again introducing new high-tech innovation in New York: the
furry Fuzzy Face. This technique transforms the well-known,
new models into seating concepts with a soft velvet-like skin.
>>more
May
14 - 17, 2005
Pulp: Young Dutch Graduate Students from the Design Academy
Eindhoven at The Firehouse. A year after the highly successful
presentation of Improvvisare, a project by recent graduates
from the Design Academy Eindhoven at Design Downtown at the
Chelsea Hotel, a new group of graduates will express themselves
in paper and cardboard at Li Edelkoort's Firehouse. >>more
September
7 - December, 2005
Dutch at the Edge of Design: Fashion and Textiles from the Netherlands
at the Museum at F.I.T. The Museum at F.I.T. presents an exhibition
of avant-garde Dutch Fashion and textile designs, with work
by a wide range of Dutch designers, including Gijs Bakker, Nicolette
Brunklaus, Hil Driessen, Kiki van Eijk, Niels van Eijk &
Miriam van der Lubbe, Freedom of Creation (Jiri Evenhuis &
Janne Kyttanen), Hella Jongerius, Claudy Jongstra, Yvonne Laurysen,
Leendert Masselink, Eelko Moorer, Saar Oosterhof, Bertjan Pot,
Job Smeets, Marcel Wanders, Laurens van Wieringen, Viktor &
Rolf (Viktor Horsting & Rolf Snoeren), Saskia van Drimmelen,
Oscar Suleyman, Niels Klavers & Astrid van Engelen, Melanie
Rozema & Jeroen Teunissen, Gerrit Uittenbogaard & Natasja
Martens, Michiel Keuper & Francisco van Bentem, and Alexander
van Slobbe. >>more
September
30, 2005 - March 19, 2006 (final dates
to be determined)
Tord Boontje Solo Exhibition at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design
Museum. Innovative Dutch designer Tord Boontje will be showcased
in the third installment of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum's
acclaimed Solos exhibition series. Solos: Tord Boontje heralds
not only his first museum exhibition in the United States, but
also the opening of Cooper-Hewitt's new Ground Floor gallery.
To mark this occasion, Boontje, rather than simply exhibiting
objects, will experiment with new materials and ways of relating
to a specific site. His new "True Love" installation--one
of the first he has ever created--is an opportunity for the
Museum to introduce the designer's "decorative, anti-Modernist"
design aesthetic to an American audience. >>more
September
2005 (final dates and locations to be
determined)
The Dutch Fashion Foundation presents work by various designers
during Fashion Week
As part of a three-year effort to introduce the work of some
50 emerging Dutch fashion designers to an American audience,
the Dutch Fashion Foundation launches a campaign that will include
various fashion shows, salons de couture, and exhibitions. The
foundation represents designers such as Mada van Gaans, Bas
Kosters, Spijkers & Spijkers, Keupr/Van Bentm, Wolf, Oscar
Suleyman, Melanie Rozema, Jeroen Teunissen, Katrin Neyer, Monique
van Heist, Percy Irausquin, Jan Timiniau and Angelos Bratis
among many others. During the Olympus Fashion Week, the foundation
will present the first ever Dutch fashion show in the tents.
>>more
Fall
2005 (final dates to be determined)
Solo exhibition Claudy Jongstra at Moss. Partly primitive, partly
animal, part magic, the felt textiles of Claudy Jongstra are
unique in their rough sophistication. Some seem to come straight
from the back of the beast, others are worked with a finesse
that makes them a statement in raw elegance. For Jongstra uses
only raw materials - wild silk, wild linen, wild camel, wild
cashmere and especially wild wool - which she then felts and
treats with original techniques that result in some of the most
creative fabrics ever seen. Felt is her instinctive fabric,
one she never tires of reinventing for clients as varied as
Christian Lacroix, Donna Karan, John Galliano, SO by Alexander
van Slobbe, Hella Jongerius, Steven Holl and many others. This
will be Jongstra's first solo exhibition in the United States.>>more
December
2, 2005 - April 9, 2006 (final dates to
be determined)
Colors: Viktor & Rolf and KCI at Cooper-Hewitt, National
Design Museum. Dutch design duo Viktor & Rolf (Viktor Horsting
& Rolf Snoeren), in collaboration with KCI, selected 80
works from the Kyoto Costume Institute' s extensive collection
of 11,000 objects for the exhibition Colors at the Mori Art
Museum in Tokyo (October 2004). The exhibition examines relationships
between colors, feelings and function in historical and contemporary
costume from around the world, and includes work by Azzedine
Alaïa, Cristbal Balenciaga, Coco Chanel, Christian Dior,
Dolce & Gabbana, Mariano Fortuny, Christian Dior by John
Galliano, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Rei Kawakubo, / Comme des Garcons
, Issey Miyake, Robert Piguet, Emilio Pucci, Yves Saint-Laurent,
Elsa Schiaparelli, Viktor & Rolf, Madeleine Vionnet, Junya
Watanabe, Vivienne Westwood, and Yohji Yamamoto. Cooper-Hewitt
National Design Museum will be the exclusive U.S. venue to present
this show.
>>more
Winter
2005 - 2006 (final dates to be determined)
Simply Droog: 10+ Years of Avant-Garde Design from the Netherlands
at Museum of Arts & Design. The design network Droog Design
celebrates its tenth anniversary with the international exhibition,
Simply Droog: 10+ years of avant-garde design from the Netherlands.
A Droog Design restrospective. The network's history, products
and projects through today will be presented. The exhibition
consists of two parts, with the first part focusing on the history
of Droog, told through textile installations, photographs, videos,
drawings, models and finished products. A shop, with products
for sale and 'testing', comprises an important element of the
exhibition. Ten thematic rooms build the second part of the
exhibition, in which the visualization of the following Droog
Themes is manifest: 'Use it again', 'Famiar'; Not so Familiar',
'Open Concept', 'The inevitable Ornament', 'Simplicity', 'Irony',
'Tactility', 'Experience', 'Hybridization' and 'Form follows
Process'. Each room has an individual atmosphere and quality.
Among the many designers presented in the exhibition will be
Tejo Remy, Eibert Draisma, Marti Guixe; Jurgen Bey, Cynthia
Hathaway, Konstantin Grcic, and Gijs Bakker. >>more
Now
available from Phaidon Press
False Flat: Why Dutch Design is so Good by Adam Eeuwens &
Aaron Betsky. This book showcases the dynamism of contemporary
Dutch design and, through a detailed exploration of the country's
geography, culture, and history, defines its particularities
as a manifestation of things intrinsically "Dutch."
Eschewing a traditional academic presentation, authors Aaron
Betsky and Adam Eeuwens, together with the renowned Dutch book
designer Irma Boom, have conceived a witty, multidimensional
structure for the book that brings to life a prolific design
culture in a rich landscape of interconnected stories.
False Flat consists of an introduction and five illustrated
text chapters by Aaron Betsky, the director of the Netherlands
Architecture Institute. These chapters are interspersed with
16-page sections consisting solely of selected images and extended
captions, in a unique presentation conceived by Boom.
>>more
