When I was in Amsterdam 3 days ago, I get off the train and saw the Bijenkorf ( netherlands famous department store ) shop window…
…that’s what I saw
window decoration | bijenkorf | ? | 2008 – approx. $100
…that’s what I was thinking about
rag chair | droog design | tejo remy | 1991 – approx. $4,200.00
so what about cutting-edge design?
| david report blog | Interview with tejo remy
Amsterdam. Netherlands. The Fashion Week is going on. On the ouderzijds achterburgwal (street name) in the city centre you can buy the latest couture party dress in the red light district of Amsterdam. Some of the former prostitution establishments are temporarily available for sixteen fashion designers. It’s a cultural clash of fashion and prostitution, they say.
In one shop front window a ‘women’ (rather a girl) in garish lingerie is advertising her body to passers-by and in the next front window you find one of the hippest designers the dutch fashion avantgarde has thesedays – a brave performance somehow, I must admit.
But possibly it was me who was the bravest on that day. 5 to 10 prostitutes yelled at me and some more showed me their middlefingers (no photos of that) . I guess they don’t like it when people take pictures of them… just for you guys, just for you.
window girl
| sjaak hullekes | – arnheim fashion
| mada van gaans | suddenly men are interested in fashion
| jan taminiau |
wanna go for a walk?
| redlight fashion |
That will get a little bit messy. I’ve still got some cool stories to tell from both Cologne and Amsterdam. Here’s one from the IMM Cologne. The [d³] contest attracts 450 product submissions every year. Entrants must be students or recent graduates who completed their studies no longer than three years ago. This year there were 35 prototypes on display. Here are three of them.
raphael van allmen
This year, first place went to raphael von allmen from switzerland for his chair with flexible backrest. Raphael studied at ECAL University of art and design Lausanne. I like his chair and the fact that he speaks polish (learned it because of his girlfriend).
jordi canudas
Jordi Canudas is born in Barcelona but works and lives in London. His sofa is a piece of interactive Architecture. A wall and a place to sit or to lounge. Movement, sound and touch hint at what might be happening on the other side.
aylin kayser & christian metzner
The two Germans developed a wax lamp which melts when it is used… good design and marketing.
The Superstore04 was, in my opinion, the highlight of the modefabriek event this past sunday and monday. The Superstore04 wants to be a manifesto for the inspiring power of nature in design. So, how does that look like these days ? Let me show you some of the fashion, products and nature coalesced on one event.
press conference superstore04
nicole from uniquole – curator | pr – superstore04
lab assistant | superstore04 team
| frederik moleshot | susanne happle – solid poetry
when the concrete block gets wet, the graphics appear. I don’t like the theme but imagine a whole house with that process – great!
| laszlo rozsnoki | hidden values
| femke agema | hide out collection
the mushroom jacket
tobias rockenfeld | he makes objects from old electronic toys
| floral sulpture clinic | simone van bakel & matthias keller
cosmetical jewellery – bio-ceramics under the skin
