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Alert: Dutch Design 2005: An unprecedented roster of high-profile
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Dear Reader: We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and look forward to the Christmas season, which in New York will be officially called in on November 30, 9pm with the traditional lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. It promises to be yet another spectacular show! We also hope that you had a chance to visit all the wonderful exhibitions and events that took place in the last few months. In case you missed some of it, you can visit a brand new Image Gallery on dutchdesignevents.com, which features, among others, fashion shows by Angelos Bratis, Mada van Gaans, G+N, Percy Irausquin, Melanie Rozema, Jan Taminiau and Daryl van Wouw. Other noteworthy galleries showcase projects by Claudy Jongstra at Moss, Amie Dicke at Visionaire Gallery, and several exhibitions by the Dutch Fashion Foundation. The next two weeks are also your last chance to visit Dutch at the Edge of Design: Fashion and Textiles from The Netherlands, the much heralded exhibition at the Museum at FIT, which closes on December 9, 2005. In case you do not live in New York you can visit an image gallery here to see the installed work by more than 30 Dutch fashion and product designers. Another highlight was the opening of the much anticipated exhibition Safe: Design Takes On Risk by MoMA curator Paola Antonelli. Press attention for this in-depth show has been phenomenal, and it is a must visit (until January 2, 2006). Look out for work by Dutch designers such as Cindy van den Bremen, Mojo Barriers, Right To Die NL, Twan Verdonck / Neo Human Toys, Vlieger & Van Dam, Dre Wapenaar, and the archives of Paul Mijksenaar. Other noteworthy projects included work by the multi-talented artist and illustrator Lucky "Dubz" Trifonas, a special project by Kaptein Roodnat for Martinez Gallery, a RISD Athena Design Excellence Award for Hella Jongerius, the introduction of the New Shopping Bag by Susan Bijl, and the launch of the Dutch Design Yearbook 2004/2005 by Aad Krol and Timo de Rijk. Information about all these projects can be found at our events and archives pages. It has been a wonderful and exciting year, and it will only get better! As of December 1, 2005 the Orange Alert web site will become a national web site that not only features projects and events in New York, but all across the United States. To kick things off, we are featuring amazing upcoming projects in Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach (Dec. 1-4), including the fair design by artist and architect Tom Postma, a special group exhibition 05 Degrees of Separation with among others Maarten Baas, Tord Boontje and Claudy Jongstra at a special presentation by Moss at the new Design 05 event, Leolux at HausScape in the Miami Design District, as well as a special installation by Atelier van Lieshout at Art Positions on Miami Beach. More projects for 2006 will be announced soon. We hope that you will enjoy visiting or reading about these projects! For additional and up to date information, please visit www.dutchdesignevents.com. Best regards, Robert
Kloos, Editor |
