Orange
Alert: Dutch Design 2005-2006: An unprecedented roster of high-profile
events
and exhibitions in New York City and beyond
Dear
Reader:
Back
in full swing after a brief hiatus, the Orange Alert Dutch Design
website has been updated to provide you with a comprehensive
overview of Dutch design and architecture projects and events
that are taking place throughout the United States in 2006.
The beginning of the year brought some highly successful and
acclaimed exhibitions, including The Holiday Home by UN
Studio at ICA Philadelphia; Boom / New Architecture
in Philadelphia with work by Winka Dubbeldam
(Archi-tectonics); Of Thrones and Lesser Elevations
at Moss in New York, with work by among others Jurgen
Bey and Maarten Baas; Netherlands
in Los Angeles at ACME Gallery, a group exhibition with work
by various Dutch designers; ColourForma in Philadelphia, a site-specific
exhibition by Minima with work by Ben van Berkel
for Knoll, and products by moooi; and The National
Building in Washingon DC saw the much anticipated arrival of
the Netherlands Architecture Institute's "Newer
Orleans - A Shares Space" exhibition, an exhibition
that reveals visions for symbolic and shared spaces for the
Crescent City by six firms, including designs by MVRDV,
UN Studio and West 8.
The
Visual Arts Department at Northeastern University in Boston
invited graphic designer Harmen Liemburg for
a four-month residency, and Art Center College of Design will
host designers from the firm 75B for a full
year starting this May. Art Center also organized the very successful
2nd Biennial Conference "Radical Craft, Stories
from The Source," which included keynote presentations
by Claudy Jongstra and artist Theo
Jansen. There were lectures by Rem Koolhaas
(for an overflow crowd of 1,500 at the National Building Museum)
and Petra Blaisse at the Wexner Center in Columbus.
And lastly, Jan Abrams at the Design Institute
at University of Minneapolis published the must-read "Else/Where
Mapping" with many contributions by Dutch authors
and designers, and Taschen this month launches
the beautiful "Architecture in The Netherlands,"
which features work by fourteen prominent Dutch architecture
firms.
For
an overview of all these (and more) events and projects, please
click here.
This
week international design comes to New York in all its facets.
An impressive array of events will take place during New
York Design Week 2006, with many Dutch design firms
presenting at the International Contemporary Furniture
Fair; the new and much anticipated Meatpacking
District Design Week, including participation by Winka
Dubbeldam and Dutchtub; many events
and projects in Brooklyn, including a group show with Dutch
designers from Eindhoven; and the eagerly awaited
solo exhibition with monumental assemblages by Hella
Jongerius at Moss. And finally, you can attend a Trend
Union presentation by Li Edelkoort at Parsons
School of Design. This wide array of events and presentations
shows that Dutch design is not only known for its cultural and
conceptual values, but also for its commercial success, with
product lines for such well known international companies as
Artecnica, Knoll, Maharam,
Moroso, Vitra and the like.
Below
you can find a brief overview of all the Dutch presentations.
For more elaborate information please click on the links or
visit our events
page. For comprehensive lists of the massive amount of projects
that take place all over New York, do visit the following sources:
Core77,
Icon,
Interni,
Meatpacking
District Design Week, and Metropolis
Online. 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
Dutchdesignevents.com
~
Brand
Van Egmond Chandeliers at Hudson Furniture Inc. New
York
May 19, 2006
>>more
Layers,
monumental assemblages created by Hella Jongerius
for Moss
May 20 - July 13, 2006
>>more
MADEINDHOVEN:
Eindhoven European design capital 2006 presents various Dutch
designers (Meesters & Van der Park, Frederik Roijé,
WATdesign, GRO design, AlissiaMT design, Kiki and studio JSPR)
at A&G MERCH, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
May 20 - June 1, 2006
>>more
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
May 20 - 23, 2006
>>more
Winka
Dubbeldam at Sharp Panel Discussions as part of Meatpacking
District Design Week ?06
May 20 - 22, 2006
>>more
Danskina
rugs and moooi furniture at Karkula, as part
of the Meatpacking District Design Week 2006, New York
May 20 - June, 2006
>>more
Hella
Jongerius polder sofas presented at Vitra, as part
of the Meatpacking District Design Week 2006, New York
May 20 - June, 2006
>>more
Artecnica
presents Tord Boontje at the International
Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth 822
May 20 - 23, 2006
>>more
Artifort
by M2L presents new furniture lines during the 18th International
Contemporary Furniture Fair, Booth 1504
May 20 - 23, 2006
>>more
Susan
Bijl presented at the 18th International Contemporary
Furniture Fair - Booth North Concourse
May 20 - 23, 2006
>>more
Fatboy
presented at the 18th International Contemporary Furniture Fair
- Booth 848
May 20 - 23, 2006
>>more
Frame
Magazine presents at the 18th International Contemporary
Furniture Fair - Booth 1666
May 20 - 23, 2006
>>more
Gewoon
presents at the 18th International Contemporary Furniture Fair
- Booth 1809
May 20 - 23, 2006
>>more
Leolux
presents new furniture lines during the 18th International Contemporary
Furniture Fair - Booth 1512, Hall 1A
May 20 - 23, 2006
>>more
Maharam
presents Tord Boontje at the 18th International
Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth 1114
May 20 - 23, 2006
>>more
Materialise.MGX
presents Marijn Vink at the 18th International
Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth 862
May 20 - 23, 2006
>>more
Mischa
Vos (MVOS) presented at the 18th International Contemporary
Furniture Fair - Booth North Concourse
May 20 - 23, 2006
>>more
Rendezvous
in New York: Moroso presents Tord Boontje
at the 18th International Contemporary Furniture Fair - Booth
410
May 20 - 23, 2006
>>more
Li
Edelkoort / Trend Union invites you to a full morning
seminar at Tishman Auditorium at Parsons School of Design
May 23, 2006 from 9:30am - 12:30pm
>>more
