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Impressions of the Fuori Salone Del Mobile Milano

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Fleurons of Hope, Max Kisman et al. Max Kisman, Jim Richardson and Tamye Riggs invited designers around the world to create digital flowers in remembrance of the tsunami disaster. The ‘Fleurons of Hope’ were collected and converted into computer fonts made up of pictures rather than letters. There are a total of more than 400 graphic images by 230 designers and artists. The fonts cost twenty dollars from Myfonts.com; proceeds go to the victims. Fleurons of Hope, Max Kisman et al.
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Industrialized Wood, Jeroen Verhoeven/Demakersvan Jeroen Verhoeven of Demakersvan used drawings of seventeenth-century furniture to make his Industrialized Wood table. He converted different views of them into a three-dimensional design using a computer programme. In this way, he was able to industrially manufacture this table based on traditional craftsman’s forms. Industrialized Wood, Jeroen Verhoeven/Demakersvan
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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. Something Here Feels Horribly Wrong, Brigitte Hendrix (...and beyond)
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Roots of the Rúntur, Rob Hornstra The introduction of fishing quotas has greatly changed Iceland. The young people there no longer wish to work in the fishing industry and are leaving for the city. Low-paid jobs are being filled by immigrants. In the photography book Roots of the Rúntur, Rob Hornstra has recorded these changes in penetrating portraiture. Roots of the Rúntur, Rob Hornstra
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 residents, she sought out the characteristic smells of the landscape. The perfume’s packaging, too, is an homage to Mastenbroek. With Leemeijer, graphic designer Renate Boere created a box that’s austere on the outside, but inside shows the polder through the seasons and contains a leaflet with a map to Mastenbroek. L’Essence de Mastenbroek, Birthe Leemeijer

Culture, Public space, Visual

Interview: An Uncomfortable Examination
Tina Roeder, Naked Couch
What is the relationship between anonymous objects and intimacy? This question was the starting point for Naked Couch, a doctor’s examining ... Interview: A Bench with a Heart
Ineke Hans, Herinneringsbank (Memory Bench)
During her master’s course in furniture design at London’s Royal College of Art, she was discovered by the store chain Habitat. She worked ... 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 ... "I called up Anthon Beeke to ask for work. He didn’t take much persuading. He’d learned that way himself."
Niels Meulman "The clash between the innocence you’d expect and the harsh reality makes you look at objects in a different way."
Tina Roeder “How often do we look at things properly? The relationship between reality and fiction is totally confused, and we've become lazy."
Tina Roeder "It takes time to set up my cameras. That means more spontaneous pictures. When people pose for a long time, they eventually relax."
Rob Hornstra 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 ... 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 ... Project: Herinneringsbank (Memory Bench), Ineke Hans
Ineke Hans built a bench with a hole cut into it for a new tree to grow through, replacing the one used to manufacture the bench. The concept of ... 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 ... 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 ... Project: Table de Ville, Hans Meiboom (Studiomeiboom)
A table that’s more than two kilometres long ought to get people talking to each other again. Hans Meiboom wants to build just such a table in ... Project: Naked Couch, Tina Roeder
Artist Tina Roeder endeavours to make us look at objects with new and different eyes. Naked Couch, her version of a doctor’s examining table, ... Deep Focus
Rob Hornstra, Roots of the Rúntur
In spite of the many excellent photography museums in the Netherlands, there are precious few places for young talent to exhibit. Photographer ...
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