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The creative director of the world’s first digital fashion house selects five era-defining moments from science fiction

root — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:00:27 +0000

When she was eight years old, Amber Jae Slooten started playing The Sims. For a young girl obsessed with clothes and identity, but too shy to express it in real life, this popular life-simulation computer game was the perfect way to experiment. “In this digital world I had all the room to explore without being

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Richard van der Laken fights social injustice one design challenge at a time

root — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:00:34 +0000

In conversation with Richard van der Laken, the co-founder of the global design foundation and conference series, What Design Can Do, Moholy-Nagy’s thoughts immediately spring to mind. For What Design Can Do, this attitude relates to creating solutions that not only respond to the needs of both individuals and society, but stimulate change. A trained

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Five fetching photo books with MENDO publisher Gunifort Uwambaga

Aimee Shirley — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:00:33 +0000

In a Nutshell: Five fetching photo books with MENDO publisher Gunifort Uwambaga When Gunifort Uwambaga walked into Mendo for the first time as a finance student at the University of Amsterdam, he had no idea that it was going to change the entire course of his future. “I immediately fell in love with it,” he

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Kuwaiti artist Monira al Qadiri on Japanese cartoons and the body as art

root — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 03:10:54 +0000

“Of course he was my favorite character. I saw myself in him, and wanted to be him.” Monira is speaking from her studio in Amsterdam’s Rijksakademie, where she is currently completing a two-year residency. She has recently returned from Brussels, where she performed a piece based on the cartoon and its role in shaping her

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Textile development, technological innovation and musical intervention with Dutch designer Borre Akkersdijk

root — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 04:22:49 +0000

From a vibration-integrated pillow created to help dementia patients communicate to a music-playing, Wi-Fi and GPS tracker-incorporated onesie for SXSW, and an air-purifying suit designed to combat pollution in Beijing, Amsterdam-based textile designer Borre Akkersdijk created a name for himself experimenting with wearable technology. “I ended up in the tech scene because I was curious,”

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Uri Gilad and Engin Celikbas reflect on the dynamic role of architecture in Amsterdam

root — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 03:12:05 +0000

Their friendship would soon turn into a business partnership, bringing together their expertise in an unusual way. A fascination with transformation is what binds them; in Uri’s profession, it manifests itself in more physical forms, while Engin works in the business ecosystems that surround change. It is this fascination that fueled their collaborative work: the

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Lucas Hardonk liberates our mind’s eye with images that reconstruct time and space

root — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 00:27:09 +0000

“We would go into the forest to photograph deer, and then to a nearby river where I captured every boat that passed,” says Lucas of a childhood spent with his grandfather who first introduced him to photography. Lucas went on to nurture his love of the craft at The Royal College of Arts in the

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Mark de Lange sets his sights on supporting emerging artists

root — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 20:38:01 +0000

Their formula: trim the proverbial fat by eliminating unnecessary steps in the value chain. So, the quality frames offered by Ace & Tate come with complete cost transparency—from €98 all-in, including prescription lenses, shipping, and returns. Not bad for a 34-year-old entrepreneur whose background is a far reach from eyewear design. “My background is in

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Menno van Meurs, a love of denim, and the pull of personalized retail

root — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 23:28:24 +0000

From jeans to vintage Eames chairs, slow drip coffee to suede Red Wing boots, Menno embraces “the good things in life.” It’s no coincidence that all of these objects take time to make — and that they’re crafted to last. When stepping into Tenue de Nîmes’ studio space in the west of Amsterdam, it feels

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Experiments In Spatial Dynamics: RAAAF

root — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 23:30:47 +0000

RAAAF stands for Rietveld Architecture-Art-Affordances, which doesn’t really prepare one for what’s revealed behind the doors of Shelter 610. A monstrous arthropod made out of steel with two spindly legs stares vacuously out of its white glassy eyes. Every attempt to name this mechanical being fails, it merely appears as a collision of past and future—science

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