…when we have thomas.matthews ‘ten ways design can fight climate change.’ thomas.matthews is an london based agency with commitment to high quality design, humour and fresh ways to communicate.

check out: recent projects – eat london

|thomas.matthews|
|ten ways to design can fight climate change – pdf|

It seems that he loves to hear himself talking – and we have to admit that we love it too. he is easy-going, making a lot of jokes and is laughing all the time. fabio novembre is a designer and an architect, who says about himself that he never draws. he said to me: ‘You are the first person who made me draw.’

draw yourself

describe yourself

draw your favourite product

|fabio novembre|

Maastricht. Netherlands. If somebody says that Eindhoven is the Meltingpot of Design in the Netherlands, I would answer back that it was Maastricht’s turn this weekend.

The Great Indoors were in town. Starting with a Conference which explores the growing influence of interior design on the private and public domain and complementing it with lectures by different designers. This event offered a unique opportunity to share the visions and experience of some of the world’s most talented designers. Thanks again to Guus Beumer, director of Marres and NAI and Robert Thiemann, founder of Frame, who made The Great Indoors possible.

Conference | NAI Maastricht

Lectures | NAI Maastricht

lidewij edelkoort
trend forecaster | nl

hella jongerius
designer | nl

Initiators
|the great indoors|
|frame magazine|
|marres|

robert thiemann co-founded the FRAME magazine. In 2005 he did the same with the MARK magazine – another architecture. this weekend he was the moderator of THE GREAT INDOORS. I liked to listen to him.

Draw yourself

Describe yourself in one word

'curiousdoubtfully'

What would you do if you wouldn’t be editor in chief

|frame magazine|
|mark – another architecture|

Maastricht. Netherlands. The trade show of interior design is in town. A lot to see, some common stuff to forget. Outstanding the commercial ‘I don’t have style – but I can buy it’ things.

But my Academy had the idea to have a stand where students can pimp old furniture. These are Fabian von Spreckelsen’s and my results: (spontaneously we invent a group)

‘pimp my furniture’ stand
Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht

Group Strijkijzer | table, chair and candleholder
the white quadrat is a bowl which can be taken out

Group Strijkijzer | table

The branding of the electric iron became our brand.
Group Strijkijzer (nl) = Group electric iron

|woonevent maastricht|
|Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht|
|mecc maastricht|
|first aid design – fabian von spreckelsen|

lalala is everywhere

Gent. Belgium. Its a yearly competition for videos of exactly 60 seconds which everybody can join. The awards were hand out on Saturday 10 November in the Concerthall Miry at 8 pm.
All nominations for the categories best of the world, inside out, portrait, visual knacks etc. were screened and the winners got their own ‘monkey’. Thanks to the two hosts – they made the audience constantly laugh with their dry sense of humour. In 2008 the Award Ceremony will take place in Beijing, China.

Award Ceremony

Maria Tarantino, Jury | Film and Televison maker
A commercial identity, Mrs. Tarantino?

Tableua vivant | Thierry Mandon, 2007

|the one minutes|

video. beatbox. dancing. maybe the most distictive words for daniel van hauten. he is an euregio kid: born in germany, grown up in belgium and living in the netherlands. daniel is not glorifying any filmmakers. he does what he does because he likes it. fun is necessary. that makes his work so unreckoned.

draw yourself

describe your work in one word

top 3: inspiring video work

|beatbaboon|
|beatbaboon myspace|

I wanted to participate into a photo competition. I got a reminder from my personal organizer at 7 p.m., 4hours ago. At 2 a.m. I wanted to upload them. But then I went on the website I was more than surprised. They have already chosen the winner!! The topic was ‘urban’. These are my photographs:

Belgium

Germany

Netherlands

Poland

|addict2select|

Leiden. Netherlands. I guess there are many people who are interested in ethnology. But who can bear everything in mind? The National Museum of Ethnology is there to dunk in the diversity of cultures and tribes.

was the ‘used-look’ really new?

| a man from the asmat tribe |
| asmat clothes |
| found by ‘JVS casuals-jeans-mode’ |

|roy villevoye|

a white black man

|tom van der leij|

|National Museum of Ethnology|

Cologne, Germany. In 2003 the ART.FAIR 21 started as a complementary art fair parallel to the FINE ART COLOGNE. The international fair for 21st century art has taken a firm place in the international art scene. Once a year you can have a look on the promising artworks of the 21st century from all over the world, focused on artists born after 1960.

where is the wardrobe?

ruby anemic – anemic eames – hang it all – hang it big, 2007
|galerie-reitz|

the skateboard bread

thomas raschke – essen auf rädern, 1996
check out his ‘wire frames’!
|thomas raschke|
|sakamotocontemporary|

peter and the choclate factory

peter anton – milk bar | dark bar | etc., 2007
|peter anton|
|galerie terminus|

self-imposed society formation

thomas schiela – nr.3, ACJ-party-cocktailbar, 6-03, 2004
|thomas schiela|
|galerie epikur|

|art-fair 21|

more:
|jörn grothkopp|
|joan fontcuberta| – googlerama!

Landbouwbelang Maastricht, Netherlands. 25 artists freshly graduated from the two academies ABK Maastricht and Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam created one total installation from the many separate pieces and objects of the individual artists. An multidisciplinary clash on the factory floor.

mireille gromowski | marlieke meyer
bjarke pz olsen | inside landbouwbelang

|theluckytravelershotel|

more:
|abe rechterschot|
|bjarke olsen|
|franziskus hisashi|
|kathrin klinger|
|kim rikken|
|veronique dejong|

Maastricht, Netherlands. The stARTfactory was in town. On the 1st nov you had the chance to find out how to run a business. Its a project to help art academy students. Workshops, Speedcoaching, How to present yourself … most important: how to get sponsorship from the netherlands. In december the stARTfactory is moving to Utrecht.

|stARTfactory|
|kunstenaarsenco|
|wwik|