eindhoven Рthe city which wants to become THE design city in the netherlands. why not? maybe because, in my opinion, eindhoven is the worst city in the netherlands. but on the other hand the whole city, including the mayor, wants to hit this target. they have the world wide known design academy (a propaganda machine for themself Рdamn, they are good), the dutch design week (the arena of dutch design) and since last year the designhuis (another promoter of dutch design Рespecially for the prot̩g̩s from the design academy). we should start to admit that they are on a good way.

eduard sweep, yksi shop – dutch design to buy
jeanne van beers, general manager designhuis
telling the designhuis story
(sorry for the pic, eduard and jeanne. I like it – it’s spontaneous)

frank tjepkema – xxl chair – living – 1996
as the proportions of people evolve to the standards of western consumerism so may the proportions of objects that surround us, this project is a preview. he designed this chair with super size aesthetics in mind

willem derks – my archetypes – well being -2000
household electronics brought back to their most basic forms. the purity of form emphasises the functionality of the design

maarten baas – clay furniture – activity – 2002
clay furniture address the issue of form-giving in industrial design, revealing, literally, the designer’s ‘hand’ in this intimate process, today normally concealed through the use of a computer (but there, none-the-less)

lotty lindeman – ontspruiten – living – 2006
a mobile mechanical daybed which can fold and unfold and change function in a slow mechanical motion

cris bartels – skininterior – identity – 2007
observation of skinny models on the runway, so fragile the garments define them instead of the other way around, resulted in nine filmsy looking yet strong stools