Project:
Something Here Feels Horribly Wrong, Brigitte Hendrix (...and beyond)
Fashion designer Brigitte Hendrix’s collection of tough-looking clothing is full of symbolic references to krumping, the culture of violence, and the film Donnie Darko – and the Dutch still lifes of the seventeenth century. And as the title indicates, we can see here that something isn’t quite right.
Interview:
Looking on the Dark Side
Brigitte Hendrix (...and beyond), ‘Something Here Feels Horribly Wrong’
The colourful streets of Amsterdam are a laboratory for fashion designer Brigitte Hendrix, 27. Her collection ominously entitled ‘Something ... person: Brigitte Hendrix
Twenty-seven-year-old Brigitte Hendrix designed the fashion collection ‘Something Here Feels Horribly Wrong’ as her final exam project at ... Organisation: ...and beyond
Designers Brigitte Hendrix and Jolanda van den Broek continue to develop their style under the joint name ‘...and beyond’. Partners since art ... “I designed a scarf with mobile phones, skyscrapers and airplanes, the three ingredients of 9/11. I like to see how far I can go."
Brigitte Hendrix “I was very affected by the Dutch still lifes of the Golden Age. Lovely bouquets go hand in hand with dark references to death."
Brigitte Hendrix
about us:
Behind the Scene #01
This website was launched in conjunction with the exhibition Behind the Scene #01, held 5-10 April 2006, during the 2006 Salone Internazionale ... "I called up Anthon Beeke to ask for work. He didn’t take much persuading. He’d learned that way himself."
Niels Meulman
Project:
Coat of Arms, Niels Shoe Meulman and Dennis Polak (Unruly)
Niels Shoe Meulman and Dennis Polak of Unruly helped four underprivileged teenagers to design a coat of arms for Amsterdam’s multicultural ... "We have to see to it that machines start working for us again, instead of allowing ourselves to be led by them."
Jeroen Verhoeven, Demakersvan
Interview:
The Long Road from the Farm
Esther Polak & Ieva Auzina with RIXC, Riga Centre for New Media Culture, Milk
For two years, artist Esther Polak carried a compass to help her find her way around in Amsterdam. Since then, spatial awareness has been the ... "We want to aesthetically educate the average person. That’s why we’re looking at producing in India."
Jeroen Verhoeven, Demakersvan
Interview:
Linking Arms
Niels Shoe Meulman and Dennis Polak (Unruly), Coat of Arms
T-shirts with slogans are out. And new media – that’s over by now too. In fact, according to Niels Meulman, alias Shoe, trends are a thing of ... "Really, everyone needs their own map. Everyone has their own spatial pattern, their own view of reality."
Esther Polak Credits
Interview:
Making It as a Team
Jeroen Verhoeven/Demakersvan, Industrialized Wood
Imagine being fresh out of art school and selling your work to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, a firm of architects in Los Angeles, a ... “I wondered how to represent our economic relationship with the landscape, and realised I could use new technology."
Esther Polak
Project:
L’Essence de Mastenbroek, Birthe Leemeijer
Artist Birthe Leemeijer has created a perfume that expresses life on a Dutch polder through the medium of scent. Working closely with local ...