PIXELPOORT

PIXELPOORT

Windmills, multiculturalism, traditional green ‘Zaanse’ wooden houses, nature, the harbour and flat Dutch polders: these are some of the impressions that adorn the walls of the ‘Pixelpoort’ bicycle tunnel in Zaandam, just outside Amsterdam. Maartje Dros and Eric Klarenbeek of Dutch design firm Overtreders W, designed the pixellated mosaic walls of a bicycle tunnel in Zaandam in collaboration with local residents from the region. The tunnel is situated along the route that leads to the ferry connecting…
27 Jan 10 | Architecture
THE EMPTY CHAIR BY MAARTEN BAAS

THE EMPTY CHAIR BY MAARTEN
BAAS

On the invitation of Amnesty International, and in honour of the Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, Maarten Baas has designed 'The Empty Chair'. Amnesty…
26 May 11 | Arts
PAPER PORCELAIN

PAPER PORCELAIN

The daughter of a German mother and an Iranian father, Amsterdam-based designer Siba Sahabi is interested in traces of the past lost in time and space, and the exploration of migration…
21 May 10 | Products
PARTICLE BY SARA IVANYI

PARTICLE BY SARA IVANYI

Amsterdam-based designer Sara Ivanyi's latest project is this table object called 'Particle' which represents the atoms and bonds that make a citric acid molecule. The piece has…
30 May 11 | Products
GESUNDHEIT

GESUNDHEIT

Last year, during the frenzy of media coverage over the swine-flu pandemic, James Sadler from Netherlands-based agency 180 Amsterdam organised a call for artistic interpretations…
21 May 10 | Arts
NANNA VAN BLAADEREN AT DROOG

NANNA VAN BLAADEREN AT DROOG

Fashion designer Nanna van Blaaderen will be presenting her latest knitting designs in an exhibition at Droog in Amsterdam soon. Her new collection, ‘Species. A Tribute’…
10 Jun 11 | Fashion
PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING

PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING

Photographer couple Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin are returning to home turf at the end of this month to exhibit 'Pretty Much Everything'; a retrospective show in Amsterdam's…
17 Jun 10 | Arts
T-SHIRTS BY FUTURE SENTIMENTS

T-SHIRTS BY FUTURE SENTIMENTS

The super cool t-shirts of Future Sentiments have recently appeared on our radar, and we think they should be on yours too. Based out of Amsterdam, the independent experimental…
29 Jul 11 | Fashion
STRAIGHT DYNAMICS

STRAIGHT DYNAMICS

Dutch designer Dave Keune has recently created this wooden oak deck chair that forms part of his CH outdoor furniture series. 'CH001' has a chunky play of lines that runs through…
22 Jul 10 | Products
SOBER STUDIO AW 2012

SOBER STUDIO AW 2012

Here's a new-ish label for your fashion notebooks, and definitely something for devotees of sleek, no-fuss dressing to investigate further. According to Sober Studio's website…
02 Aug 11 | Fashion