http://matandme.net design, people, interview, drawing, art, style, matyda krzykowski Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:30:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en arne quinze, belgian designer, has done another wooden installation called the sequence in the center of brussels. I've been at the opening last sunday. it looks basically like the one he did a while ago. also in bruxelles. it is called city scape and was opened last summer. the difference ... http://matandme.net/arne-quinze-another-wooden-installation/ so, I am doing a little stopover in bruxelles, the capital of belgium. visiting friends, enjoying various surroundings and still working for dezeen. so why not traveling as long as I can.. in fact I am here since saturday night - (I've spend that night in the 'famous' cafe central). ... http://matandme.net/matylda-in-bruxelles/ rabih hage is an architect and interior designer. he specialises in contemporary design, furniture and art. he is the gallery owner of the rabih hage gallery - south kensington, london. (see my previous post about the piet hein eek exhibition and the one about matali crasset) creatives like moritz ... http://matandme.net/rabih-hage-a-creative-needs-a-believer/ matali crasset is a french designer. one I once heard of because she was on the cover on icon magazine. (what other people have with hollywood celebrities have design interested students with designers. haha) I meet matali last thursday evening when I went to the opening of her 'another logic ... http://matandme.net/matali-crasset-another-logic-of-a-designer/ It was like a natural decision to meet matthew plummer fernandez. first I saw his sound chair and then I was fascinated by his window installation at selfridges department store in london - another project for designersblock (rory, you really boost this kid). matthew is born in colombia but raised ... http://matandme.net/matthew-plummer-fernandez-the-brave-one-with-engineering-skills/ comme des garçons, the avantgard of fashion, created a collection for hm, the mass market of fashion. today was the official launch of the work of rei kawakabu, the japanese designer of iconic status. also here in london. hm is selling its clothes in 32 countries. a huge chain of ... http://matandme.net/comme-des-garcons-for-the-masses/ another 'I need to mention it' design from the london design festival... the design weeks and festivals just have so much content to show... the first piet hein eek pop-up store was launched at the rabih hage gallery in south kensington, london. it was the biggest solo showcase the ... http://matandme.net/piet-hein-eek-pop-up-shop-in-london/ there is an exhibition with the title 'cold war modern' at the v&a museum, london right now. yesterday I was there and took some illegal pictures, forgot to switch off my flash and was almost kicked out. it was thrilling. installation view oasis 7 by hans-rucker-co at documenta 5, kassel, ... http://matandme.net/vic-bert-show-what-war-brought-afterwards/ I saw esther stocker's work at the liftoff, (location was the office of buro philip van den hurk financial consultants) at the dutch design week in eindhoven, which ended last month. the title of the exhibition was 'the truth of basics, resetting the history of living between four walls' and ... http://matandme.net/esther-stocker-there-it-is-in-black-and-white/ oliver klimpel is a graphic designer. he was born in germany. after studying at the royal college of art he decided to stay in london. maybe because he thinks that german tv sucks and that the english tv programs are much better. it's not the real reason. it's my theory. ... http://matandme.net/oliver-klimpel-i-hugged-a-clown-today/ another post from the saatchi gallery (the current exhibition 'the revolution continues' about chinese art is worth to visit!) here is the 'old persons home' installation by sun yuan and peng yu. they are renown for working with extreme materials such as human fat tissue, live animals, and baby cadavers ... http://matandme.net/sun-yuan-and-peng-yu-world-leaders-in-weelchairs/ I am in london since friday, had a great halloween evening at the no. 5 cavendish square hotel, get to know the cold and rainy british weather and didnt see anything designish worth to post. but I present 'the diet chip', an invention of stephan siepermann during the dutch design ... http://matandme.net/the-diet-chip/ call me crazy or scream at me because I cant stay somewhere for long. but I feel home in different places. sometimes I just think that it is just nicer somewhere else. you learn a lot while traveling and meeting people. that's what I do. london was good - london ... http://matandme.net/london-you-were-calling/ I was already familiar with bart and lucy. I guess that mireille de koning, a friend I met in maastricht, told me about them. but I saw their work again at the mu eindhoven during the dutch design week. I am quoting the text about their work. why should I ... http://matandme.net/dutch-design-week-lucy-mcrae-bart-hess-and-their-mutants/ another event at the dutch design week. the designhuis (eindhoven's design museum - some people would even say that it is another playground for lidewij edelkoort, ex-chairwoman design academy) presents a detailed exhibition of works of 180 students from over 30 european design colleges and universities. the good thing: it ... http://matandme.net/dutch-design-week-show-me-the-talent-in-2008/ he is a 'fun-loving designer' - at least you can read this in articles about him... to be honest, it's true! jeroen wesselink is a little boy (I don't want to measure that with his real height) with curly hair and a contagious smile. he graduated at the design academy ... http://matandme.net/jeroen-wesselink-design-with-a-laugh/ some fashion in between - itske van deursen graduated this year at the willem de kooning academie hogeschool rotterdam. her collection was exhibited at modebelofte in the krabbedans, eindhoven. I saw this outfit and I fell in love. itske, you made a matylda outfit. see my previous entry about the ... http://matandme.net/modebelofte-a-promise-again-itske-van-deursen/ I met jon stam and his curiosity cabinet at the design academy graduation show during the dutch design week. I passed the cabinet without noticing it. at first glance it looks like an ordinary cupboard. but I went back because some people were standing there, starring at it. I found ... http://matandme.net/jon-stam-how-simple-things-can-make-a-difference/ they are maybe famous or know for their furniture, their products and many other reasons: but not for making punk music. joost van bleiswijk, stephan siepermann and jos kranen are a band. but not a regular one. they never do auditions. they think that they call themself '4 mouthed barbarelas' ... http://matandme.net/dutch-design-week-designer-punk/ here is my selection of work from the graduation show at design academy, which is located in the witte dame, eindhoven. perfect for me and my travels! http://matandme.net/ddw-design-academy-show-off/ this poster is hanging close to the witte dame, the ‘heart‘ of eindhoven. just a quick post. you will find more tomorrow. hm.. I should have photoshoped my face into the poster. haha http://matandme.net/the-mission-dutch-design/ after 2 months in london I am back (not really back but just here again.. for a while, I guess ). with a little stopover at my parents in germany, I am on my to the dutch design week in eindhoven. Its the seventh edition of the largest design event ... http://matandme.net/dutch-design-week-i-am-on-my-way/ london-based mr. bingo is an illustrator and animator. and when I arrived in london 2 months ago, marius claudy, a guy I know from germany highly recommended him for a "meet & greet". what really made me laugh is the wikipedia entry of mr. bingo. it says for example:"he describes ... http://matandme.net/mr-bingo-new-age-illustrator/ rose etherington is the assistant, co-editor and right hand woman of marcus fairs and rupinder boghal, founder of dezeen, online design and architecture magazine. together we have soup for lunch, chocolate for breakfast and champagne in the evening (at all the receiptions). If you google her name you find loads ... http://matandme.net/rose-etherington-dezeen-blonde-no1/ last night lacoste unveiled zaha hadid's ne footwear collection. It is some very special footwear capsule collection which were designed in collaboration with the zaha hadid architects - a preview during london's frieze art fair. http://matandme.net/zaha-hadid-bring-me-a-drink/