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De Bakkerswinkel — Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Dutch Design Week 2020: Ikea’s virtual greenhouse, networking fungi, and rethinking waste
Moving its programme of talks and exhibition online (17 – 25 October), the Eindhoven-based design event virtually showcases future-oriented design thinking, material innovation and next generation talent
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Leaving a trace: Bottle-Up tackles waste through craft in Zanzibar
The design initiative Bottle-Up made its debut during the current Dutch Design Week, presenting a new perspective on glass design. The project was initiated by Hubert and Elisabeth van Doorne, with the double goal of increasing sensibility on the waste situation in Zanzibar and offering a solution for recycling to the local population.
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Grey matter: Atelier Kempe Thill’s Antwerp housing draws on the city’s modernist legacy
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An industrial post-war era building in Rotterdam is home Héroine Restaurant and Bar, designed by Modiste Studio
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Michael Craig-Martin turns Covid-era objects into icons
Irish artist Michael Craig-Martin confronts a new age of consumer culture, putting his striking, bold-coloured spin on objects defining the times
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De Plantage — Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Van Gogh’s The Potato Eaters inspires architect Julius Taminiau’s Dutch monument to rural life
The Potato Shed, a family house built on the site of a former farm, is a contemporary response to agricultural architecture and the landscape of The Netherlands, inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s austere 1885 painting
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Composing Neutelings Riedijk’s biodiversity museum in Leiden
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Dutch Design Week 2019 captures the zeitgeist
What to expect from the 18th year of Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, from social design to sustainable innovations
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Starbucks launches a coffee ‘laboratory’ in Amsterdam
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A Parisian brasserie opens in Amsterdam
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Public affairs: OMA’s upgrade for Rijnstraat 8 enhances its original intention
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Shining examples: the winners of the 2016 Dutch Design Awards announced
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Landmark renovation projects and collective regeneration in Rotterdam
While Rotterdam is known for radical architecture and forward-thinking city planning, architects are finding ways to celebrate the city’s history too. Several landmark renovation projects have launched this year, and there’s an ever-growing interest in collective regeneration of city’s 20th century residential fabric led by a new generation of ambitious emerging architects
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Solar light by Marjan van Aubel brings the sun’s colours indoors
The new ‘Sunne’ solar light by Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel captures the sun’s energy and mimics its glow, evoking sunrise and sunset in your living room
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The Netherland’s George family of restaurants have amped up the glam factor with its new launch
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Amsterdam’s progressive architecture scene sees the rise of HQs, hotels and new neighbourhoods
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Architecturally inspired dressing from new brand Francon Editions
‘I thought it would be interesting to place a focus on settings rather than seasons,' says May Kaan, co-founder of the Rotterdam-based womenswear label, which launches with a lake house-inspired collection
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In memoriam: Wim Crouwel (1928-2019)
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A new level of sustainability at Amsterdam’s QO hotel
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The W Hotel group has finally opened the doors of its long anticipated Amsterdam outpost
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AMO unveils new platform for the Stedelijk Museum’s collection
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Floating architecture is a booming business, thanks to Dutch designers
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Asian cuisine gets a leg up in Amsterdam with a bold street food joint
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Amsterdam gains the first Fosbury & Sons venue outside Belgium
Co-working brand Fosbury & Sons launches Prinsengracht, its first ever venue outside of its home country of Belgium, in Amsterdam, located in a historic, redesigned hospital courtesy of interiors studio Going East
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American comfort fare in Amsterdam’s Wyers Bar & Restaurant
