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|

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|

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|

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|

Eindhoven. The Dutch Design Week is over.

foundation cultural initiative
food(performance)|exhibition|music|drinks|

|wei|

delicious showfood – place for socialising

|frankeelshout|

Eindhoven. The Designhuis is presenting an exhibition of Studio Job.
It’s the first retrospective exhibition of the work of Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel who are widely considered to be among the world’s leading designers today. They prefer the freedom of unique designs – appearing to come out of a fairy tale. The press use to say: It’s love-them or hate-them design. I love them!

|studiojob|
|designhuis|

Eindhoven. A lot to see, some stuff to buy.
The Strijp-S had organized a designersmarket. Designers from different disciplines had the change to sell their products. Also the Yksi Shop in the Designhuis gives some possibilites to lose some money.

Here are my ‘hebbedings’:

|sachalannoye|
blablabla chain
|richardhutten|
domoor cup

unfortunatly richard hutten doesn’t have the cup on his website.
but you can buy it in almost every design shop.