I received an email from a trade publication last week and it was talking about 5 days of Dutch Design in the New York area this month. If you have been been paying any attention at all to design within the last 10-ish years, you can't help but have noticed how Dutch Design has really made its way to the forefront. Rem Koolhaas may perhaps be the most heard of name, but there are MANY others. Piet Oudolf, Hella Jongerius, Marcel Wanders.....design icons in all design genres.
Anyhoo, I was reading this article and decided it must be shared. I do have a Dutch connection, so I am more than a little partial. My parents are from Holland and all of my family are still there. Love it!....read on...
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November 12-16, 2009 - 5 Dutch Days Dates
5 Days of Celebrating Dutch Arts & Culture Past & Present 5 Dutch Days is a five day cultural event which takes place in New York City every November. It celebrates the continuous influence of Dutch arts and culture in New York City and brings together arts and cultural organizations from across the city. Programs include walking tours, lectures, concerts and contemporary art offerings. Join us in 2009 for an exciting calendar of events!
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Here is an invitation to one particular event during the Dutch Design event............
Co- CURATING & EXHIBITING: BITS 'N PIECES at Material Connexion, New York
Bits ‘n Pieces to debut at Material ConneXion®, November 4-December 4, 2009
Interactive exhibition to examine dialogue between the analog world and digital technologies transforming design in a post-digital era.
Curated by Dutch and Belgian designers Claire Warnier and Dries Verbruggen of UNFOLD, Lucas Maassen, Jan Habraken and Alissia Melka-Teichroew (byAMT ). Bits ‘n Pieces is a traveling exhibition of work by international designers, architects, computer scientists, and material and technology researchers. It will showcase projects still in their development stage, as well as furniture, architecture, jewelry, graphic design and products that anticipate the next phase of the digital revolution, focusing on how society is imbued with, shaped by and shapes technology. This new era will be marked by increased awareness about, and accessibility of, continuously advancing technologies and materials and the changes that we will be making in our lives through them will be not just formal but structural, not merely aesthetic but substantive, changing how we actually think about, design and build our objects and space. What will life look like based on changes that are sometimes visible to the public and sometimes invisible?
Please join us at the Opening on November 4th at Material Connexion, from 6pm-8:30pm. Please RSVP before October 30th: rsvp@materialconnexion.com
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For more info on all of the above go to www.5dutchdaysnyc.org
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