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DUTCH DESIGN WEEK

written by Grietje Schepers

Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, a week full week to see and celebrate (Dutch) Design! www.ddw.nl Some of the must see event are:

GRADUATION SHOW 2011, DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN

www.designacademy.nl

SPRING, DESIGNHUIS

Excellence, Talent and Inspiration in Design, Designhuis in Eindhoven

www.premsela.org

PIET HEIN EEK

During DDW Joep van Lieshout / Atelier Van Lieshout exhibits EPIDEMIA inside and outside of the Piet Hein Eek complex

Besides Joep van Lieshout many more designers/artists will exhibit their work at Piet Heijn Eek. There’s also a great shop and restaurant!

www.pietheineek.nl

DUTCH INVERTUALS

“With the exhibition UNTOUCHABLES we celebrate vulnerability”

SECTIE C

A New area where 56 designers, artists and creative companies have their workshops. It is a creative incubator, where young talent and established designers come together. During DDW, Sectie C will open its doors for the first time. All creatives will have Open Workshops.

www.smallehaven.com

BASIC INSTINCTS

Instead of struggling for words, I will soon have a visual explanation for people who ask me to assess “Dutchness” as a foreigner from Germany. Of course, I am not that foreign, given that Germany and the Netherlands are quite close geographically. Still, until I began working on Basic Instincts, I would have found it difficult to describe the Dutch mentality. Featuring more than 50 artists across various disciplines including fashion design, fine art, product design, photography and architecture, Basic Instincts reflects the diversity of Holland’s creative culture. ‘We Share Air’ is therefore not just the title of a work by participating artist Navid Nuur. It is an apt description of the concept behind the exhibition itself.

Basic Instincts is divided not into different disciplines so much as themed into ‘landscapes’ that are named after pivotal aspects of Dutch creativity. A fashion designer, an architect and a fine artist are showcased together in one room to demonstrate how their work relates to one another, thus symbolizing the sharing of air.

For instance, fashion designer Iris van Herpen is appropriately situated in Slow Forward with product designers BCXSY, Jo Meesters, and Doepel Strijkers Architects. Her presence reflects the paradox between the avant-garde and craftsmanship.

Luca Marchetti and Emanuele Quinz – mosign – artistic curation
José Klap and Sandor Lubbe – Zoo Magazine– creative direction
Henrik Vibskov – exhibition design
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