Design Guide

Thomas Traxler, Autonomous spinning wheel

robert andriessen — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:50:02 +0200

Powered by nothing but sunlight and some threads, Thomas Traxlers' "The idea of a tree project" shows us how objects can grow during the course of a day. The installation is powered by a couple of solar cells which power the entire device, causing the process to move faster or slower depending on the amount of available light. The speed of the process determines the amount of saturation of the thread, giving a visual recording in the resulting object. Thomas Traxler just graduated from the IM Masters department of the Design Academy Eindhoven, 2008. www.mischertraxler.com

Evolution: Nacho Carbonell at spazio Rossana Orlandi

robert andriessen — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:29:15 +0200

designguide.tv talks to Nacho Carbonell about his new project, 'Evolution'. As a reaction to the current information overload, Nacho created a refuge where you can escape to. The recycled paper originates from recent newspapers. Evolution explores different ways of communication, the private and the public form. see more on www.nachocarbonell.com

Curiosity Cabinet (connecting real objects and RFID)

robert andriessen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:58:01 +0200

Jon Stam, just recently graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven, shows his unique approach to a portfolio in the form of a wooden cabinet. His work is presented in two distinct ways, opening the drawers and looking at objects and pictures stored in the cabinet or by taking out a drawer and placing it on the RFID reader which shows the content on a computer. It also connects via an USB port for those of you who don't have the RFID reader (yet).

Pieke Bergmans, Melted & Light blubs

robert andriessen — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:08:57 +0200

Pieke Bergmans talks to designguide.tv about 2 of her projects, Melted & Light blubs, which she presented during the Salone del mobile 2008. The Light Blubs are a series of crystal lamps, designed by Pieke Bergmans, in cooperation with Royal Crystal Leerdam. The lamps are all unique handcrafted crystal pieces, equipped with leds by Solid Lighting Design. The Melted collection is a collaboration between Pieke Bergmans and Peter van der Jagt and will be further developed by Lensfeld. www.piekebergmans.com

Land of waterLand of water at Zuiderzee museum

robert andriessen — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:09:16 +0200

The land of water is once again being reclaimed from the sea. The sixtieth anniversary expresses itself in a living example of an accessible, approachable and open museum. designguide.tv takes a look at the work of studio job, scholten & baijings, joep van lieshout, anu tuominen and the pyramids of Makkum.

MU gallery: it's always six o'clock

robert andriessen — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:45:10 +0200

Born in Italy in 1976, Eva + Franco Mattes a.k.a. 0100101110101101.org have been besieging the art world with their clever hacks and elusive digital role-plays for more than ten years. In 'It's always six o'clock', the avatar portraits in their series 'Annoying Japanese Child Dinosaur' are attacked by an army of toys, not the digital representations but the real McCoy this time. From Manga characters to G.I. Joe, and from medieval knights to Winnie the Pooh, they're all performing in the theatre of pop culture. Cute yet ruthlessly aggressive at times, they're taking over the exhibition space. In the process, fantasy and collective imagination are fusing into a dramatically charged form of 21st ready-made sculpture. www.mu.nl

Meta launch in Milan

robert andriessen — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:30:35 +0200

Designguide.tv speaks with Barber & Osgerby about their pieces for Meta and the concept behind the company.
Meta is dedicated to combining exquisite materials with the world's finest artisans to create 21st century design at a quality once seen at the heights of the decorative arts. A group of leading designers, including Asymptote, Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby, Tord Boontje, Matali Crasset and Wales & Wales have been commissioned in association with over 50 master ateliers and artisans to create Meta's inaugural collection of contemporary objects and furniture. Mallett is the parent company of Meta.

Swarovski 2008: Crystal Palace Milan

robert andriessen — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:44:42 +0200

Swarovski Crystal Palace pushed the boundaries in Milan this year with an exhibition by leading designers during the Salone Internazionale Del Mobile. A carefully selected group of creators had been invited to design an atmosphere, which included items of lighting, furniture and interior design elements. Installations by Zaha Hadid, Paul Cocksedge, Front, Studio Job, Pierro Lissoni, Arne Quinze, Fredrikson Stallard, Marcus Tremonto, Marcel Wanders and Tokujin Yoshioka produced a spell-binding exhibition with over 18,000 visitors.

Milan 2008: Richard Hutten, Layers

robert andriessen — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:40:51 +0200

Layers is Richard Hutten's studio exhibit presented at the Milan 2008 furniture fair. Simply said, it's all about layers of meaning and what we read in it. The fun of making the objects was equally important and some of the works certainly have a rough look to them. Interestingly is the concepts behind the works and how the material & meaning shapes the furniture.

Droog Design, a touch of green

robert andriessen — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:10:52 +0200

We give an impression of the Droog Design exhibit at the Milan furniture fair 2008, this years theme was "a touch of green" which looked at the whole green movement from a different perspective. Featuring designs from Pieke Bergmans, Tobias Rockenfeld, FormaFantasma, Gaële Girault, Jens Praet, SMAQ. Of course if you get a chance, go see the exhibit in person!

The Farm by Studio Job

robert andriessen — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:27:53 +0200

Perfectly in tune with our times, the young couple has been designing an ode to their country roots in stark contrast with the opulent and monumental ‘robber baron’ series designed for the Americans. Now that the farmers of the world will clothe, feed and fuel us, a far-reaching movement will trigger designers to revisit folk and farm mentalities to blend rural and urban style. In an amazing barn-like space in the centre of milan, twenty-four bronze works and six pieces of pallissander furniture will evoke the archetypal artefacts of the low lands including germany, flandres and the netherlands. Shown in an almost calvanistic setting, this rigourous and strong collection is counterbalanced by a folding fresco screen depicting the ideal of life on the farm in bright and naive colours.

form + volume at Designhuis

robert andriessen — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:19:45 +0200

Designhuis shows an exhibit about design for the average person. Czech designer Maxim Velcovsky shows us how creative you can get with off the rack flatpack furniture with his customized pieces. Curated by Li Edelkoort

Popshop, remixing icons of massculture

robert andriessen — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:14:32 +0200

Popshop, remixing icons of mass culture is a group exhibition staged by MU, in which artists are rehauling pop stars, fans, and world hits. This time, it’s not about artists switching over to making clips, or to designing an LP sleeve, but clips being sucked back into the realm of contemporary art. www.mu.nl

Gimmi the loot! at Scope Art Fair

robert andriessen — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:56:31 +0100

"gimme the loot" was a guerilla exhibition which was seen across the many different art fairs at the Miami art week, december 2007. Gerard Kilgallon tells us some of the ideas behind the guns, according to him the AK47 (of which this collective created a plastic "miami style" version of) can be considered the most used weapon of mass destruction. We also take a quick peek at the Scope Art fair with works by Seon Ghi Bahk and Yong Ho Ji.

Pepe Heykoop, graduation design academy eindhoven 2008

robert andriessen — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:08:24 +0100

"Lightness of being" shows us the beauty of growth and decline in nature, captured in an enormous flexible lamp made of steel, carbon, felt and rubber. Pepe's other project, "A restless chairacter", has the look of being overpainted again and again, taking its' inspiration of an old wobbling chair. The chair looks stiff and sturdy at first sight but once you sit on it you notice how flexible it really is. Combining metal and rubber this chair is actually built for wobbling. Pepe is currently working on a wobble bench and a wobble table.

Alexander Pelikan, The Plastic Nature

robert andriessen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:10:56 +0100

A look back at the "Tales from Eindhoven" exhibit, milan 2007. Alexander Pelikan's work uses moulded plastics with wood to form new furniture under the name "the plastic nature".

Maarten de Ceulaer, graduation design academy 2008

robert andriessen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:12:20 +0100

Design academy eindhoven graduation of Maarten de Ceulaer with his "Nomad Light Molecule" lamp.

Anke Louwers, design academy eindhoven 2008

robert andriessen — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:08:10 +0100

Anke Louwers graduation projects for the design academy eindhoven show. Both projects, "preservation" and "in your face" will be shown at design academy show in milan 2008.

Philippe Malouin, graduation design academy eindhoven

robert andriessen — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:06:44 +0100

Philippe Malouin just graduated from the "living" department of the Design academy Eindhoven with his Grace table, the ballpoint stool and the dervish lamp. All designs are inspired by simple every day objects like balloons or pens.

Backstage at fashion institute arnhem

robert andriessen — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:32:47 +0100

behind the scenes look at the FIA generation 9 fashion show at Amsterdam international fashionweek 2008.

Fashion Institute Arnhem: Generation 9

robert andriessen — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:42:00 +0100

Fashion Institute Arnhem presents Generation 9: Four new fashion designers, Lifu Hsiao, Sanne Schrijver, Julia Eichler, Claes Iversen

Food chain exhibition, Genevieve Gauckler

robert andriessen — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:51:36 +0100

'Food chain' is the title of the exhibit by French artist Genevieve Gauckler. Dutch gallery Mu has invited her to show us the many sides and stories of food. According to Genevieve, food is everybody’s concern, whether you like it or not. Food is ambiguous, it is good and bad at the same time. We have a talk with her and walk through 3 months of illustrations created especially for this space.

DG 33 Emily Hermans 'ID' collection

robert andriessen — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:27:34 +0100

presenting the new collection of emily hermans at the amsterdam fashion week januari 2008.

Proud as a Peacock

robert andriessen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:24:07 +0100

An experiment in new materials which give mankind animalistic behaviours.

The Farm Project, design miami 2007

robert andriessen — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:55:54 +0100

We have a talk with Mike Meiré at Design Miami 2007, who tells us about his "Farm Project" was created in conjunction with the Dornbracht Edges series. With this installation he wants to bring life back into the kitchen, thereby creating an antithesis to the minimalist design that has taken over this space in recent years. “The Farm Project” is an improvised living space, filled with materials, animals, plants, and objects. www.designmiami.com www.meireundmeire.de www.dornbracht.com www.designguide.tv

Dry tech

robert andriessen — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:51:03 +0100

Droog Design presented its third installment of the Dry Tech exhibition. A partnership between Droog Design, the Delft university of technology and some of the brightest minds in design. The aim is to bring high-tech materials and creativity to a higher level.

DG29: NAT, designing nature

robert andriessen — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:41:19 +0100

A project that is a cross between an exotic Garden of Eden and an illegal growshop, a home hothouse, and a biotech laboratory. NAT, designing nature is about the interface where nature and culture, biology and design intertwine. Some call it biomimicry, others next nature or simply ecodesign, but no matter what you call it, it is a fact that for some time now designers from a wide range of disciplines have expressed a keen interest in this specific interface. MU has challenged ten of these designers, all of them with a proven track record in successfully integrating living nature into their work, to develop a new work for NAT.

Miami Starbucks dancer

robert andriessen — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:14:38 +0200

crazy street performer dressed in pink does dance in front of starbucks in Miami, Florida

DG 28 - Learning to love you more

robert andriessen — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:05:10 +0200

LTLYM is best described as a website and an art project, a series of exhibitions and do-it-yourself assignments. It is image, text, and sound; it is film, photography, and performance. And most important of all, it is accessible to anyone who wants to contribute to it. www.mu.nl, www.learningtoloveyoumore.com

Antwerp Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2008

robert andriessen — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:17:31 +0200

We show the S/S 2008 collections of Emily Hermans, L&A Mathger, Ilja Visser and Cathy Pill. Interviews with Emily & Ilja.

DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN GRADUATION 2007 PART TWO

robert andriessen — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:06:29 +0200

We take a look at the second batch of designers graduating this year from the Design Academy Eindhoven. Featuring works of Anna Ter Haar, Georg Bohle, Jacqueline Couwenberg, Dajo Bodisco, Sjoerd Fedde Visser, Saline Toonen and others.

Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine arts 2007

robert andriessen — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:53:52 +0200

the schools' show of 2007 features work from students across all 4 years, we show some work of GUNHYO KIM, HUNG LA, YUIMA NAKAZATO, ANDREA CAMMAROSANO, MARC-PHILIPPE COUDEYRE, ANDREA AYALA CLOSA, LIUIS CORUJA BESGA, FILOMENA SALTARELLI, HEAVEN TANUDIREDJA. Watch the designers as they try to explain some of their reasoning behind the collections.

Geoff Mcfetridge: Bend the void

robert andriessen — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:36:20 +0200

Using mundane icons such as pencils and bears, Geoff Mcfetridge gives a twist to these well known icons. A mixture of humor and irony give his simple looking 2d drawings depth. He made clips for Plaid, Simian, and recently also for The Whitest Boy Alive, and he created film title sequences for The Virgin Suicides and Adaptation.

His work can be seen at his solo exhibition at the Mu Gallery in the Netherlands until August 5th 2007. Music by Death Cab for Cutie, available on music.podshow.com. Geoffs site can be found on http://www.championdontstop.com

Molo Design

robert andriessen — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:48:59 +0200

Stephanie Forsythe tells us about molo design, a company based in Canada. With their architectural background they invented a expandable honeycomb paper wall as well as other paper material expandables like the soft seating. more info on www.molodesign.com. Music by e*vax available on audiodregs.com.

Kiki van Eijk & joost van Bleiswijk: Quality time

robert andriessen — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:52:05 +0200

Quality time theme: "Our personal goal in design is to make products that are extremely special which withstand time because of their autonomous, personal and exclusive qualities."

Established and Sons

robert andriessen — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:57:10 +0200

Established and Sons presents their 2007 collection. New work by Sebastian Wrong (iconic clock), Amanda Levete and Zaha Hadid (nekton stools).

Designguide 20: Maarten Baas

robert andriessen — Mon, 21 May 2007 18:25:32 +0200

Maarten Baas presents his "Sculpt" furniture, Rough scale models of different kinds of products are transformed into 1:1 pieces of furniture, executed in various materials. His "Clay" furniture gets an update with a new table and extra large ventilator. Some of his other works include, "Hey Chair" and the burnt version of Rietveld's Zig Zag chair.
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Piet Hein Eek and Front Design at Spazio Rosanna Orlandi

robert andriessen — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:09:41 +0200

For Spazio Rosanna Orlandi (an intuitive talent scout of design attracting some of the best talents to her Spazio) Piet Hein Eek designed a series of wood one offs using reclaimed wood. Giving the courtyard a really homely feel. Front Design showed some new work, including the Changing cupboard, that changes colors each time you open it.
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traviganti milan design week

robert andriessen — Sun, 13 May 2007 15:40:28 +0200

Local artisan workshop Lavorazione Artistica Metallo opened up during the Milan design week, and proved to be a very refreshing visit after seeing hundreds of chairs and tables. Their influences range from 1960's robots and fantasy like coffee pots. The horse seems to be everyone's favorite so far. www.traviganti.com

Inflatable birds by Chico MacMurtrie

robert andriessen — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:10:25 +0200

Amorphic Robot Works directed by the American artist Chico MacMurtie has built more than two-hundred of them in the past fifteen years. MacMurtrie discovered and is actually currently exploring the possibilities of lightweight synthetics, plastics, and injection moulded joints. The result is a series of extremely lightweight robots: Inflatable Bodies. They do not only refer to human and animal bones, but to muscles as well. MacMurtrie’s first series of sixteen robots bears the name Inflatable Birds. http://www.amorphicrobotworks.org

Moroso

robert andriessen — Sun, 06 May 2007 21:16:34 +0200

Tokujin built an exhibit for Moroso out of 3 million straws. Taking a simple household item and turning it into art.

Pieke Bergmans in Milan, Zona tortona

robert andriessen — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:27:40 +0200

YDN caught up with Pieke Bergmans in Milan during the salone, and had a talk about her new vases and Vitra virus.

A trip to Luxemburg

robert andriessen — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:18:34 +0200

enjoy the landscape while i travel to luxemburg for a conference to be shown in a future show. Music by Chris Resu - Electronic Candy Link:

Swoon and Poncho street art exhibition

robert andriessen — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:45:00 +0000

We take a look at street art presented at a gallery by artists Swoon and Poncho. Canciones del mundo al revés is their first collaborative exhibiton. A paper cut-out exhibition about the ever-growing divide between rich and poor, between the power and the powerlessness and between the US and Mexico. Music by The Tape Vs. [...]

DG 13: Design Academy Eindhoven graduates 2007

robert andriessen — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:56:04 +0000

We visit the Design academy Eindhoven to see some of the new graduates of 2007. Featuring projects of Bart Hess, Steven Kessels, Patricia Weusten, Reinier Bosch, Moniek Driesse, Nacho Carbonell Ivars, Solvi Sigurdsson and Vivian Wierts. More info on www.designacademy.nl This episode features music from the podshow music network. Track used in this video is [...]

Jan Taminiau - s/s fashion show 2007

robert andriessen — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:57:56 +0000

fashion show by jan taminiau with his s/s collection 2007. featuring music from 37Hz - Moonscape, The Frail - count on this. You can find their music on music.podshow.com as well as many other great artists. Download Online VideoDownload Podcast Video

2nfro videoclip: try

robert andriessen — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:05:28 +0000

2nfro's first music video. 2NFRO's sound is moving from and jumping to a whole lot of different directions: reggae and hiphop, but also funk, soul, jazz, latin and dance. “Funked up Urban Reggae Vibes”, the band itself calls it. www.2nfro.nl

AIFW - Dutch Fashion Foundation show: Generation 8

robert andriessen — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:18:02 +0000

The graduation collection of the Dutch fashion institute generation 8. Works of Lars Willhausen, Maikel Bongaerts, Margarethe Przywara, Pierre Millasson and Iniy Sanchez van Oort. The show was held at the Amsterdam International Fashion Week in Januari 2007. Music from http://music.podshow.com, Inner Flux - Highway of dissolution Ogun Ferraille - My jeep here Lato - [...]

a forest tale

robert andriessen — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:04:10 +0000

we took a little video during the photoshoot of emily hermans. It took place near a forest during one of the colder days of december 2006. The photographer present was Rahi Rezvani whose pictures will also be in the upcoming issue of YDN Magazine (7) Download Online VideoDownload Podcast Video

fashion show a/w emily hermans

robert andriessen — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:14:16 +0000

the authumn/winter collection of emily hermans presented at the amsterdam international fashion week. More shows coming up! Download designguide WMVDownload Podcast Video

brightlive

robert andriessen — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:48:01 +0000

panoramic filming, inflateable virtual environment, realtime sampling on mixtables Download Podcast Video

eepybird.com at Klokgebouw

robert andriessen — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:19:25 +0000

YDN Design Guide episode 7 is a quicky. The guys from EepyBird.com just happened to be in town and we took the liberty of filming their amazing event which took place a few floors down from our main office. The music used in the video is by Audiobody and can be found on www.audiobody.com. More [...]

The Creepy Church

robert andriessen — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:46:39 +0000

We take a look at one of the projects presented at the Glow Festival in Eindhoven. A church in the center of town is lit through a project of 'Marcus'. Sounds in the area are added and give it an extra creepy appeal, yet they originate from moving large structures Download Podcast Video